Scranton Jazz Festival

Jazz musicians placed at various venues in downtown Scranton. Friday is free, Saturday free jazz walk and one ticketed event, and Sunday jazz brunches and one ticketed event.

AUGUST 5

Jazz Walk

Free to the community – (start/end times vary by venue)

(*) Indicates outdoor performance

*Art Room/Fork&Bowl/Peculiar Kitchen – (6:30-8:30pm) Scott Kwiatek, Tyler Harvey, Sterling Cozza, Danny Gonzalez (straight ahead jazz)
*Adezzo -(6:30-8:30pm) The Pa Jazz Society Hot Trio- Mike Kuehn, Paul Kendall, Jon Streenstra (dixieland/hot swing)
Backyard Ale House – (9:00-12:00am) Young Lion (reggae/blues)
Bar Pazzo – (6:30-9:30pm) Presbybop Trio- Bill Carter, Tony Marino, Mike Carbone (jazz standards)
Bartari – (7:30-10:30pm) Dustin Douglas and the Electric Gentlemen (blues and rockabilly)
Catch 21 – (6:30-9:30pm) vocalist Corinne Mammana, Tom Kozic, Arturo Baguer (jazz vocal standards)
Commonwealth Coffeehouse – (6:30-8:30pm) The Pa Jazz Institute Students (local students)
Courthouse Square (brought to you by The Recovery Bank) – (5:30-7:00pm) The Merchants of Groove (blues)
Fidelity Bank (6:00pm-8:00pm) – Jacob Cole Duo (world beat/new age)
Lavish – (6:00-8:00pm) Bill Washer, Paul Rostock, Bob Velez (Brazilian Jazz)
*Marketplace at Steamtown – (6:30-8:00pm) Electric City Steel Project directed by Frank Torquato (calypso/Caribbean reggae)
*Northern Light Espresso Bar – (6:00-7:00pm) Bordo & Cullen
PJ’s Pub – (8:30-11:30pm) Marko Marcinko, Gary Keller, Chris Rogers and special guests (straight ahead jazz)
*Rennaissance at 500 Lackawanna – (6:00-7:00pm) Keep Out Brass Band (New Orleans Brass Band) (folk rock/bluegrass), (7:15-8:00pm) Bordo & Cullen 
*Scranton Cultural Center – (6:00-7:00pm) Young Lion, (7:30-8:30pm) Keep Out Brass Band
The Bog – (9:00-12:00pm) Indigo Moon Brass Band (New Orleans brass band)
*The Garden – (6:00-9:00pm) Nancy & Spencer Reed (jazz vocal standards)
The Railyard – (8:00-11:00pm) The Merchants of Groove (blues)
*The Ritz Theater – (6:30-9:30pm) Adam Gresko, Zane Carnes, James Melton with Dave Mirarchi (jazz originals/standards)
*Trax @ The Radisson -(8:30-11:30pm) Bill Washer, Bill Goodwin, Nate Birkey, Paul Rostock (jazz vocals and be-bop)