The Ponce Jazz Festival is a musical celebration that takes place every year in Ponce, Puerto Rico.''Ni la lluvia frenó al Ponce Jazz Fest.''
Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 30, Issue 1535. Page 26. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.

History

The festival is one of the newest in the Western Hemisphere. It was inaugurated in 2012. It takes place at the '' Concha Acustica'' (English:

acoustical shell In theater, a shell (also known as an acoustical shell, choral shell or bandshell) is a curved, hard surface designed to reflect sound towards an audience. Often shells are designed to be removable, either rolling away on wheels or lifting into ...

) Amphitheatre of Parque de la Abolición in Barrio Cuarto.

List of events

2012 edition

The festival starts on the last Friday of April, and the 2012 events were as follows: ''Friday 27 April 2012''
Grupo Zambaríbiri Stage Band ( Guayanilla)
Escuela de Música de Guayama
Grupo Sound Jazz y Jazz Jam ''Saturday 28 April 2012''
Edwin Gutiérrez & Jazz Project
Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround Band
Julito Alvarado and his group Del Sur al Norte ''Sunday 29 April 2012''
Eugenio Torres & Sol Creciente

Banda Municipal de Ponce The Ponce Municipal Band (Spanish: ''Banda Municipal de Ponce''), also known as ''Centenaria Banda Municipal de Ponce'', is the band of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The band is the oldest continuously-performing band in the Caribbean ...

, Carlos Juan Colón & Manus, and William Cepeda

2013 edition

The 2013 events were as follows.''El International Ponce Jazz Festival 2013.''
Son de Aqui PR: Turismo Interno y Mucho Más. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013. ''Friday, 26 April 2013''
Stage Band - Instituto de Musica Juan Morel Campos
Diversis Quartet
Flautista Joche Caraballo and his Trio
Irvin Cancel and his Band ''Saturday, 27 April 2013''
Luis Gonzalez & his Orchestra
Joseito Ruiz & Quartet
PuertoSax
''Sunday, 29 April 2013''
Black Jazz
Master Jazz Big Band

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