Later this month, Downtown Indiana will once again be filled with blues and jazz music as the Delaney Chevrolet Westsylvania Jazz and Blues Festival returns on May 28th.
The festival will return to its traditional home of IRMC Park on North 7th Street for the day-long music festival featuring local, regional and national blues acts. The 2020 edition of the festival was cancelled in the wake of Covid-19, and last year’s festival was held along Philadelphia Street in a socially-distant setting. Also returning will be the after-hours performances at many of Downtown Indiana’s local establishments.
Performers on this year’s schedule include award winning composer, drummer and percussionist Hugo Cruz, who will pull double-duty in working with the Marion Center High School Jazz Band to open the festival at 11 AM and performing with his own band, Caminos, at 5:45, with the second performance presented by the August Wilson Center and the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival. The featured performer at the end of the festival will be Gentlemen Brawlers, a Brooklyn-based six-piece psychedelic soul band, who have performed as the opening act for many Grammy winning artists, and have been featured on the music show “Daryl’s House” with Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates.
Other acts slated to perform include Alex Price Project, Jukehouse Bombers and the Paulo Schianchi Trio.
For more information, you can log on to the festival’s website, www.westsylvaniajazzandblues.org. The festival is free and open to the public.
