Saturday, June 16th marks the 4th annual Queen City Jazz Fest. Charles Whitfield has curated another great event. This year, the Queen City will play host to Mr. Smooth and Mellow - Will Downing, The Rippingtons, power music couple - Kindred the Family Soul and the incredible and eclectic - Normal Brown. From beginning to end, this one day festival has something for everyone.
I've had to opportunity to catch Will, but the festival was rained out, so I missed him. This will be a treat for me. Kindred, I've covered them a few times and even went to Philly to catch one of their Kindred Presents shows. This is a couple/group you can never grow tired of. So I'm excited to see Fatin and Aja. And Norman, well I caught him last year at the Richmond Jazz Fest and I instantly became a fan. I don;t know too much about The Rippingtons but I'm eager to find out more about them and their music... that's the beauty of music festivals.