Preview: 16th Annual Jazz and Art on Riverdale Festival
The Jazz Association of Macon will be hosting their 16th annual Jazz and Arts on Riverdale Festival on Oct. 26. Every year, musicians, artists and patrons gather to listen to music, eat food and celebrate the diverse art culture of Macon.
This year, there are four bands on the line up. These bands include Bravo!, Phillips Jazzy Jazz Band, Jam All Stars and Son Jazzy Latin Jazz Orchestra.
The featured artist for the festival will be Arrin Freeman. Freeman is a local artist, specializing in paintings and pet portraits.
The festival will host food trucks, a family friendly kids art corner and several art vendors selling prints, paintings, jewelry, pottery, trinkets and gems.
Proceeds from the event will go toward the Jazz Association of Macon, which sponsors scholarships in music for students across Middle Georgia. The Jazz Association of Macon has three scholarships available for middle school, high school and college students. These scholarships help foster and facilitate musical abilities among young students in Bibb County and the surrounding area. The scholarships help pay for instruments, equipment, music lessons or summer band camp.
The Jazz and Arts on Riverdale Festival will take place on Riverdale Drive in Macon Georgia. The event will start at 12 p.m. and end at 6 p.m.
Jules Tollett is a senior English and Theatre major at Mercer University. She has been writing for The Cluster since her freshman year, and has enjoyed...
My husband of 37 years and I moved to Macon in 2018. I was born here and always wanted to come back home. So as Georgia was always on my mind, I came back and discovered the richness of life in Macon. I amso glad to be back and look forward to the Jazz & Arts on Riverdale tomorrow. Faye