There are two festivals this weekend in the DC Area: Celebrate Fairfax and Capital Jazz Festival. Now, I’m not sure why Fairfax is worth celebrating, but this festival ends up being a good time every year. This year not only is the most populous county in VA bringing Blues Traveler to town, but their also bring in Tone Loc, Naughty by Nature and Sugar Hill Gang for some old school hip-hop jams. Across the river in MD, the Capital Jazz Festival should be good fun for all even if you aren’t a big jazz fan. Also, don’t forget about the Louisiana Swamp Romp on Sunday at Wolf Trap.
Mar
07
Capital Jazz Fest 2009
Capital Jazz Festival – June 5-7, 2009
- Merriweather Post Pavillion (Columbia, MD)
- For tickets click here.
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Jun
06
Festivals: Capital Jazz Fest 2008
This is a festival packed weekend! Get your tickets for the 2008 Capital Jazz Fest at the Merriweather Post Pavillion. The festival is Friday-Sunday. While I think calling it a “jazz fest” is a stretch, there are some really good acts playing there this weekend. For some reason, over the past decade and a half, venues have shifted the meaning of “jazz fest” to mean commercially oriented music geared towards an older-adult crowd (think beyond “Adult Contemporary”). Most of these acts are smooth-jazz and R&B artists, many of whom are phenomenal, but many tend towards commercial cliché. The times and acts are listed below.