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Riverfront Jazz Festival Analysis

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Labor Day Weekend in Dallas is usually filled with white pants (maybe don’t square it down to just pants—ensembles?) and the smell of barbeque on the grill. However a new tradition for the holiday is starting as The Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL), Inc. hosts its first Riverfront Jazz Festival.

To the excitement of the TBAAL Founder and President Curtis King, the festival is finally coming to life after being in the works for 15 years. Six years ago King sought to get the festival started, but unfortunately funds were limited. Now with the help from sponsors, the festival will convene over the course of three days from Sept. 1-3 at Texas Horse Park.

“I’ve gone to a number of jazz festivals around the country and I’ve studied …show more content…

From the ticket sales King plans to enhance the youth programs at TBAAL, such as making the Annual Summer Arts Institute year-round.

With this festival King will showcase successful artists to children and young adults on the “Promising Young Artists” stage in addition to the Jazz stage, and Blues & Soul stage. King is also hosting a Q & A session with a variety of artists for the festival attendees.

Along with educating children, King hopes the festival will bring light to how exceptional Dallas is. From the arts district to its beaming skyline, Dallas sustains its promising and sophisticated culture.

“Dallas is an amazing city, so I hope that when people come here they don’t see this as the Wild Wild West in terms as the cowboy stereotype,” King said. Hopefully this festival will achieve just that, for people from all over the world have expressed interest in Dallas, and this festival gives incentive for tourists and Dallasites to explore the

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