13th Annual Davis Jazz & Beat Festival

Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 at 02:00 pm UTC-07:00

John Natsoulas Gallery | Davis

Davis Jazz and Beat Festival
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13th Annual Davis Jazz & Beat Festival
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The Beat Goes On!
The Davis Jazz & Beat Festival is returning for its 13th year, after a long hiatus! Experience live jazz, poetry readings, and performance dance and painting on two stages at the John Natsoulas Gallery and at the Davis Commons. Free admission.
All ages welcome. Make sure to also come check out the major exhibition Lyrical Vision: Six Gallery 1954-1957, hosted in honor of the 70th anniversary of Allen Ginsburg's first public reading of Howl! We'll also be open for special hours until 9pm on October 10 in conjunction with the ArtAbout - featuring even more live jazz music and free refreshments!
OCTOBER 11th
Location - Davis Commons Stage
1:45 pm - Maximum Ernst (Jazz Band) – With Performance Painter
2:30 pm – Jimmy Toor Trio (Jazz Band) – With Poet and Performance Painter, Philippe Gandiol
3:15 pm – UC Davis Jazz Band Combo
4:00 pm – Davis High School Jazz Band – With Davis High School Poet, Performance Painter, Adam Forfang
Location - John Natsoulas Gallery
5:30 pm – Linda Bair Dance Group Performance
6:00 pm – Ted Fontaine Trio - John Natsoulas poetry and CJ Borges (flute and percussion); with Dr. Andy Jones
6:30 pm – Rick Newby and Dr. Andy Jones
7:00 pm – Peter Coyote
8:30 pm - Tumble (Jazz Band) and reception, featuring free refreshments
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John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st St, Davis, CA 95616-4613, United States

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