| Holiday Name: | Ponce Jazz Festival |
| Official Name: | Ponce Jazz Festival |
| Nickname: | The Jazz Festival |
| Observances: | Yearly |
| Observedby: | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Date: | Last weekend in April |
| Date2012: | 27–29 April |
| Date2013: | 26–28 April |
| Date2014: | 25–27 April |
| Date2015: | 24–26 April |
| Date2016: | 29 April - 1 May |
| Date2017: | 28-30 April |
| Date2018: | 27–29 April (Est.) |
| Celebrations: | Music |
| Longtype: | Local, cultural |
| Type: | Cultural |
| Relatedto: | http://www.poncejazzfestival.com/ Website |
| Frequency: | annual |
| Duration: | 3 days |
The Ponce Jazz Festival is a musical celebration that takes place every year in Ponce, Puerto Rico.[1]
The festival is one of the newest in the Western Hemisphere. It was inaugurated in 2012.[1] It takes place at the Concha Acustica (English: acoustical shell) Amphitheatre of Parque de la Abolición in Barrio Cuarto.[2]
The festival starts on the last Friday of April, and the 2012 events were as follows:
Friday 27 April 2012
Grupo Zambaríbiri Stage Band (Guayanilla)
Escuela de Música de Guayama
Grupo Sound Jazz y Jazz Jam
Saturday 28 April 2012
Edwin Gutiérrez & Jazz Project
Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround Band
Julito Alvarado and his group Del Sur al Norte
Sunday 29 April 2012
Eugenio Torres & Sol Creciente
Banda Municipal de Ponce, Carlos Juan Colón & Manus, and William Cepeda
The 2013 events were as follows.[3]
Friday, 26 April 2013
Stage Band - Instituto de Musica Juan Morel Campos
Diversis Quartet
Flautista Joche Caraballo and his Trio
Irvin Cancel and his Band
Saturday, 27 April 2013
Luis Gonzalez & his Orchestra
Joseito Ruiz & Quartet
PuertoSax
Sunday, 29 April 2013
Black Jazz
Master Jazz Big Band