BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:The 44th Annual Alexandria Jazz Fest - formerly known as the Me morial Day Jazz Festival - is moving to a new date in 2022. The City of Al exandria's Office of the Arts is joining forces with Visit Alexandria to e xpand the Portside in Old Town Summer Festival to two days\, June 17 and 1 8\, 2022. METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//alexandriava.gov//Web Calendar 1.0//EN SUMMARY:Alexandria Jazz Fest at Portside in Old Town on Jun 17\, 2022 X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Alexandria Jazz Fest at Portside in Old Town on Jun 17\, 2022 X-WR-CALNAME:Alexandria Jazz Fest at Portside in Old Town on Jun 17\, 2022 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/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=43325\n\nNow in its 44th ye ar\, the Alexandria Jazz Fest - formerly known as the Memorial Day Jazz Fe stival - is moving to a new date in 2022. The City of Alexandria's Office of the 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 Wate rfront Park on Friday\, June 17\, from 6 to 9 p.m. with three renowned per formance groups accented by readings from some of Alexandria's poets betwe en sets.\n\nThe free two-day Portside Festival continues on Saturday\, Jun e 18\, from 1 to 9 p.m. with an array of live music\, local craft beer fro m Port City Brewing Company and fun for the whole family with hands-on art and history activities and more. Learn more at PortsideFestival.com.\n\nT he City 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@alex andriava.gov or call 703.746.4586\, Virginia Relay 711.\n\n\nSchedule subj ect to change: \n\nFriday\, June 17 (44th Annual Alexandria Jazz Fest)\n\n 6:00 - 6:15 p.m. Opening Remarks\n6:15 - 7:00 p.m. C ubano 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 Jakarta\, City of Alexandria Poet Laureate\, 2019 to 2022\n? Zeina Azzam\, City of Alexandria Poet Laureate\, 2022\n? Special closing guest set by a n up-and-coming Alexandria youth poet\n\n\nSaturday\, June 18 (Portside in Old Town Summer Festival)\n\n1:00 p.m. Opening Remarks\n 1:15 - 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 ro ck\n5:00 - 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\n 7:45 - 9:00 p.m. Pablo Antonio y La Firma\, Salsa\, merengue and bachata\n\n\n\nLocation: Waterfront Park\, 1 Prince St.\nContact Email: a rts@alexandriava.gov\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Arts\, Concerts\, Family\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\, Parks\, Performing Arts\, Recreation\, Tourism\, Waterfront\n\nImport this event into your calendar : http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=43325\n\nWeb resources:\n\nPortside Festival Homepage\nhttps://visitalexandria.com/eve nts/portside-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