“A little more than a year ago, the team behind Denver’s annual Juneteenth celebration announced it would begin hosting monthly live concerts in Five Points, the historic epicenter of “Jazz in the West.” But like so many other things, the First Friday Five Points Jazz Hop was put on ice after COVID-19 locked the city down.
But fear not, music lovers. Mile High Festivals, the people behind Jazz Hop, are bringing live jazz to the neighborhood in partnership with the local Curtis Park Neighbors RNO.
On Friday, Feb. 5, Mile High Festivals will welcome the Matt Skellenger Trio to Sonny Lawson Park, next to the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library on Welton Street. Music should start around 5 p.m. People who arrive at 4:30 will be treated to a half hour of storytelling.”
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Beaty, Kevin. Denverite 2 February 2021.