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The Cathedral Park Jazz Festival returns to the grassy area under the St. Johns Bridge, beginning on Friday, July 20 and continuing through Sunday.
Cathedral Park Jazz Returns
Expanded
festival to fill
weekend calendar
The 32nd Annual C athedral Park
Jazz Festival, produced by InterArts,
returns Friday, July 20 through Sun
day, July 22 to Cathedral Park under
the St. Johns B ridge in north P ort
land.
The festival runs each day from noon
until 10 p.m. It’s the longest-running
free jazz and bluesTesti val west of the
Mississippi.
This year's line-up has been made
possible by generous donations of time,
money and products from many com
munity sponsors, including KMHD-
FM, Portland's Jazz Radio; Ninkasi
Brewing; and Maletis Beverage.
Organizers say they ’ ve expanded the
festival this year to include more musi
cians and a broader range of jazz styles
than in any previous year, as a true
sampler platter of the entire PDXjazz
scene.
Founded in 1981 as part o f a major
St. Johns community revitalization ef
fort, the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival
has traditionally been held the third
weekend of July.
Admission has always been com
pletely free. And with a beautiful, casual
setting and large array of food, craft and
music vendors, the festival remains a
fantastic opportunity for families to pic
nic and mingle with their neighbors and
fellow music lovers.