BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:Events & Public Meetings METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//alexandriava.gov//Web Calendar 1.0//EN SUMMARY:Events & Public Meetings X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Events & Public Meetings X-WR-CALNAME:Events & Public Meetings X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts,Concerts,Family,Old & Historic Alexandria,Old Town,Parks,Pe rforming Arts,Recreation,Tourism,Waterfront DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=43325\n\nNow in its 44th year\, the Alexandria Jazz Fest - formerly known as the Memorial Day Jazz Festiv al - is moving to a new date in 2022. The City of Alexandria's Office of t he Arts is joining forces with Visit Alexandria to expand the Portside in Old Town Summer Festival to two days\, June 17 and 18\, 2022. \n\nThe 44th Annual Alexandria Jazz Fest will open the weekend festivities at Waterfro nt Park on Friday\, June 17\, from 6 to 9 p.m. with three renowned perform ance groups accented by readings from some of Alexandria's poets between s ets.\n\nThe free two-day Portside Festival continues on Saturday\, June 18 \, from 1 to 9 p.m. with an array of live music\, local craft beer from Po rt City Brewing Company and fun for the whole family with hands-on art and history activities and more. Learn more at PortsideFestival.com.\n\nThe C ity of Alexandria's Office of the Arts is a division of the Department of Recreation\, Parks and Cultural Activities. Learn more at alexandriava.gov /arts. \n\nFor reasonable disability accommodation\, contact arts@alexandr iava.gov or call 703.746.4586\, Virginia Relay 711.\n\n\nSchedule subject to change: \n\nFriday\, June 17 (44th Annual Alexandria Jazz Fest)\n\n6:00 - 6:15 p.m. Opening Remarks\n6:15 - 7:00 p.m. Cuban o Groove\n7:15 - 8:00 p.m. VERONNEAU\n8:15 - 9:00 p.m. Eric Byrd Trio\n\nInterludes of poetry between sets by:\n? KaNikki Jaka rta\, City of Alexandria Poet Laureate\, 2019 to 2022\n? Zeina Azzam\, Cit y of Alexandria Poet Laureate\, 2022\n? Special closing guest set by an up -and-coming Alexandria youth poet\n\n\nSaturday\, June 18 (Portside in Old Town Summer Festival)\n\n1:00 p.m. Opening Remarks\n1:15 - 2:00 p.m. Eli Lev\, folk rock\n2:30 - 3:15 p.m. La Unica\, Irish Latin rock\n3:45 - 4:30 p.m. ilyAIMY\, folk rock\n 5:00 - 5:45 p.m. Rob Curto's Forro for All\, Brazilian forro\n6: 15 - 7:15 p.m. Ras Band\, Ethiopian reggae\, jazz and funk\n7:45 - 9:00 p.m. Pablo Antonio y La Firma\, Salsa\, merengue and bac hata\n\n\n\nLocation: Waterfront Park\, 1 Prince St.\nContact Email: arts@ alexandriava.gov\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Arts\, Concerts\, Fam ily\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\, Parks\, Performing Arts\, Rec reation\, Tourism\, Waterfront\n\nImport this event into your calendar: ht tp://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=43325\n\nWeb resourc es:\n\nPortside Festival Homepage\nhttps://visitalexandria.com/events/port side-festival/\n DTEND:20220618T010000Z DTSTAMP:20220510T180918Z DTSTART:20220617T220000Z GEO:38.803380;-77.039641 LOCATION:Waterfront Park\, 1 Prince St. SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Alexandria Jazz Fest at Portside in Old Town TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:69a24920-c7ee-43e0-8655-9de837373668 URL:https://visitalexandria.com/events/portside-festival/ X-COA-DTSTAMP:20220510T180918Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR