DC Jazz Festival

The DC Jazz Festival, originally the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival, is a jazz festival held in early to mid June for nearly two weeks in Washington, D.C., United States. [1] It was established in 2004, and changed to its current name in 2010. It is sponsored "with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, and by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts".[2] At least 100 musicians perform annually in numerous venues across the city.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Edleson, Harriet (1 February 2012). Little Black Book of Washington DC, 2012 Edition. Peter Pauper Press, Inc. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-4413-0661-6.
  2. ↑ "DC Jazz Festival". Dc.about.com. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Frommer's (30 May 2012). AARP Washington, D.C. 2012. John Wiley & Sons. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-118-26863-6.
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