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SATURDAY, AUGUST 7: Berks Jazz Fest preview event THE BERKS HORNS 7:30 p.m.: “I Got Life!” The Music of Nina Simone Santander Performing Arts Center: $59 & $49 (Reserved Seating) CAROL RIDDICK & GERALD VEASLEY with AARON GRAVES 7 p.m.: Remembering Jim Connors and TIM HUTSON READING POPS ORCHESTRA CELEBRATES THE SPIRIT OF WCR Center for the Arts; Tickets: $30 (General admission) DJANGO REINHARDT featuring special guests JULIEN LABRO, ANTHONY WILSON, MAX O’ROURKE, JOSH TAYLOR, CHRIS HESLOP FRIDAY, AUGUST 13 Miller Center for the Arts: $49 (Reserved Seating) 11:30 a.m.: Harold B. Leifer Memorial Kickoff Luncheon 7:30 p.m.: Funk Party at TNB THE GROOVEMASTERS featuring Bennie Sims, Cliff Starkey, Erich Cawalla REGGIE BROWN & BUNCH-A-FUNK The Peanut Bar Restaurant; Call 610-376-8500 for reservations Truck N Brew at Willow Glen Park: $15 at door 7 p.m.: Opening Night Celebration 8 p.m.: WDIY 88.1 FM presents CHRIS BOTTI CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM and VANESSA COLLIER Santander Performing Arts Center: $69 & $59 (Reserved Seating) DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $49 (Reserved Seating) 7:30 p.m.: Litchfield Jazz Camp Night 9:30 p.m.: Cheers Lounge Jazz Party ZACCAI CURTIS & ALBERT RIVERA LATIN JAZZ BAND AL “DJ ACT” TAYLOR DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Cheers Lounge: FREE with special guest TRADING FOUR Club ECP at the DoubleTree: $20 (General Admission) Midnight: GERALD VEASLEY’S MIDNIGHT JAM 7:30 p.m.: 9-Piece Dance/Party Band Blake Aaron, Tom Braxton, Nick Colionne, Nelson Rangell, Alex Bugnon, BRASS POCKET Marc Antoine, Brian Bromberg, Andrew Neu, Albert Rivera, Rob Zinn, Tony Exum Jr., Donald Robinson, Richard Waller and more Truck N Brew at Willow Glen Park: $10 (General Admission) Club ECP at the DoubleTree: $30 (General Admission) 9:30 p.m.: Cheers Lounge Jazz Party AL “DJ ACT” TAYLOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Cheers Lounge: FREE 10 a.m. doors, buffet/11:30 a.m. show: 9:30 p.m.: ijazzglobal.com presents Sunday Brunch hosted by Michael Tozzi PIECES OF A DREAM with special guest MAYSA JAZZ FUNK SOUL featuring JEFF LORBER, EVERETTE HARP, and introducing JUSTIN-LEE SCHULTZ PAUL JACKSON JR. DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $56 (Reserved Seating) DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $52 (Reserved Seating; Midnight: GERALD VEASLEY’S MIDNIGHT JAM Includes brunch) Blake Aaron, Tom Braxton, Albert Rivera, Nick Colionne, Andrew Neu, 2:30 p.m.: Ijazzglobal.com presents Alex Bugnon, Brian Bromberg, Rob Zinn, Tony Exum Jr., Donald Robinson, SOUL PATROL featuring LARRY BRAGGS, BLAKE AARON, Richard Waller and more TOM BRAXTON Club ECP at the DoubleTree: $30 (General Admission) Club ECP at the DoubleTree: $42 (General Admission) 3 p.m.: WCR Center for the Arts presents SATURDAY, AUGUST 14 JANIS SIEGEL with JOHN DI MARTINO 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.: SOUTH Kitchen & Jazz Parlor presents WCR Center for the Arts: $30 (General Admission) GERALD VEASLEY UNSCRIPTED AT BERKS 6 p.m.: WDIY 88.1 FM presents featuring NELSON RANGELL, ALEX BUGNON, MARC ANTOINE DAVID BROMBERG QUINTET with special guest Club ECP at the DoubleTree: $40 (General Admission) KING SOLOMON HICKS 1:30 p.m.: WDIY 88.1 FM presents DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $45 (Reserved Seating) KENNY NEAL & THE NEAL FAMILY REVUE MONDAY, AUGUST 16 plus THE GABE STILLMAN BAND Get JazzED Night Truck N Brew at Willow Glen Park: $49 (General Admission) 7 p.m.: 2 p.m.: Ijazzglobal.com presents RMF PROJECT PENSKE JAZZ JAM hosted by Mike Eben, Albert Rivera, KEIKO MATSUI & KIRK WHALUM Gerald Veasley, Brian Bromberg, Eric Marienthal, Aubrey Logan, Bobby Lyle, Tony Moore DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $56 (Reserved Seating) Club ECP at the DoubleTree: (Donation at the door) 3:30 p.m.: A2Z Jazz Party ANDREW NEU & ROB ZINN TUESDAY, AUGUST 17 DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Cheers Lounge: FREE 7 p.m.: Night of Classy Jazz Vocals 6 p.m.: 30th Anniversary All-Star Celebration BOBBY LYLE & THE LADIES OF SONG featuring TONI LYNNE, PETER WHITE, MINDI ABAIR, EUGE GROOVE, NICK COLIONNE, ANNETTE HINES, GRETCHEN PATTI, AMAANI LYLE LARRY BRAGGS, BRIAN BROMBERG, ERIC MARIENTHAL, Club ECP at the DoubleTree: $20 (General Admission)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18 1 p.m.: WHUR 96.3 FM Day 7 p.m.: WDIY 88.1 FM presents CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF STEVIE WONDER THE MUSIC OF LARRY CARLTON: CRAIG THATCHER & FRIENDS Chris “Big Dog” Davis, Maysa, Kimberly Brewer, Eric Darius, Nick Colionne, Art Sherrod Jr., Ragan Whiteside, Glenn Jones, Ray Fuller, Fresh Wind Gospel featuring CHICO HUFF, CLIFF STARKEY, DAVE MOHN, NELSON HILL Ensemble Club ECP at the DoubleTree: $20 (General Admission) DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $56 (Reserved Seating) 7 p.m.: 30th Anniversary Berks Bop Big Band 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.: The Music of Steely Dan ANDREW NEU, ERIC MARIENTHAL, GERALD ALBRIGHT, THE ROYAL SCAM with THE RS HORNS EVERETTE HARP, SKIP SPRATT, RANDY BRECKER, PETER NEU, Crowne Plaza Reading Goodnites Lounge: $25 (General Admission) CRAIG KENNEY, TONY DESANTIS, AUBREY LOGAN, PAUL ARBOGAST, JEFF BUSH, DAVE CIANCI, BRIAN BROMBERG, 2 p.m.: Afternoon of Swinging Blues BOBBY LYLE, TONY MOORE, GIL PARRIS plus Chuck Loeb Scholarship MARCIA BALL & TOMMY CASTRO Winner TRADING FOUR with special guest JAMES SUPRA/SARAH AYERS BAND DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $45 (Reserved Seating) Truck N Brew at Willow Glen Park: $49 (General Admission) 3:30 p.m.: Brazil & Chill THURSDAY, AUGUST 19 ANN WALSH & TOM ZINK featuring BRIAN BROMBERG 7 p.m.: Ijazzglobal.com presents DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Cheers Lounge: FREE CHUCK LOEB MEMORIAL ALL-STAR JAM featuring 6 p.m.: ECP/Berks Jazz Fest at Sea Night Gerald Veasley, Brian Bromberg, Gerald Albright, Dean Brown, Chris “Big MARCUS MILLER & FRIENDS Dog” Davis, Randy Brecker, Eric Marienthal, Andrew Neu, Nick Colionne, featuring special guests DAVID SANBORN, JONATHAN BUTLER Chieli Minucci, Eric Darius, Aubrey Logan, Bobby Lyle, Tony Moore, Tom Scottish Rite Cathedral: $58 (Reserved Seating) Zink, Ray Fuller 7 p.m.: WDIY 88.1 FM presents DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $58 (Reserved Seating) THE BRUBECK BROTHERS CELEBRATE DAVE BRUBECK’S 7 p.m.: DOC MULLIGAN MEMORIAL JAM hosted by MIKE EBEN’S CENTENNIAL FROM THE HIP Miller Center for the Arts: $49 (Reserved Seating) Club ECP at the DoubleTree: $15 (General Admission) 7:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m.: Cheers Lounge Jazz Party TBA AL “DJ ACT” TAYLOR Truck N Brew at Willow Glen Park DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Cheers Lounge: FREE 9:30 p.m.: Cheers Lounge Party FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 AL “DJ ACT” TAYLOR 6 p.m.: Ijazzglobal.com presents DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Cheers Lounge: FREE BONEY JAMES 9:30 p.m.: WHUR 96.3 FM presents An Incredible Night of Music Scottish Rite Cathedral: $58 (Reserved Seating) CHRIS “BIG DOG” DAVIS & FRIENDS PLAY THEIR HITS! 7 p.m.: Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz Night Kim Waters, Marcus Anderson, Maysa, Eric Darius, Nick Colionne, PAT BIANCHI QUARTET featuring Joe Locke, Paul Bollenback, Byron Lin Roundtree, Brian Lenair, Alyson Williams Landham with special guest TEEN TOWN DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $56 (Reserved Seating) Club ECP at the DoubleTree: $30 (General Admission) Midnight: GERALD VEASLEY’S MIDNIGHT JAM 7 p.m.: Classic Music from 1968-1972 Nick Colionne, Eric Darius, Glenn Jones, Ragan Whiteside, Ray Fuller, Tony DEAN BROWN’S SUMMER OF LOVE EVOLUTION Moore, Tom Zink, Bobby Lyle, Chieli Minucci, Jazmin Ghent, Andrew Neu, featuring Randy Brecker, Eric Marienthal, Honey Larochelle, Keith Carlock, Art Sherrod Jr., Donald Robinson, Richard Waller and more Jim Beard, Schuyler Deale, Devron Patterson, Mino Cinélu, The Berks Horns Club ECP at the DoubleTree: $30 (General Admission) Miller Center for the Arts: $49 (Reserved Seating) 7:30 p.m.: A Night of Soulful Blues SUNDAY, AUGUST 22 BILLY PRICE CHARM CITY RHYTHM BAND 10 a.m. doors, buffet/11:30 a.m. show: Truck N Brew at Willow Glen Park: $20 (General Admission) Sunday Brunch hosted by Michael Tozzi 9:30 p.m.: Cheers Lounge Party BRIAN BROMBERG‘S UNAPOLOGETICALLY FUNKY BIG AL “DJ ACT” TAYLOR BOMBASTIC BAND featuring Everette Harp, Ray Fuller, Tony Moore, DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Cheers Lounge: FREE Tom Zink, Andrew Neu, The Berks Horns DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $50 9:30 p.m.: Ijazzglobal.com presents GERALD ALBRIGHT & JONATHAN BUTLER (General Admission; Includes brunch) DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $56 (Reserved Seating) 3 p.m.: Ijazzglobal.com presents Midnight: GERALD VEASLEY’S MIDNIGHT JAM DAVID BENOIT & LINDSEY WEBSTER Nick Colionne, Glenn Jones, Ragan Whiteside, Ray Fuller, Tony Moore, Miller Center for the Arts: $49 (Reserved Seating) Tom Zink, Andrew Neu, Bobby Lyle, Chieli Minucci, Jazmin Ghent, Brian 6 p.m.: 30th Anniversary Finale Bromberg, Art Sherrod Jr., Donald Robinson, Richard Waller and more BRIAN CULBERTSON Club ECP at the DoubleTree: $30 (General Admission) Scottish Rite Cathedral: $58 (Reserved Seating) SATURDAY, AUGUST 21 9:30 a.m. registration/10:30 a.m. auction The official registration and financial BERKS JAZZ FEST AUCTION information of the Berks Arts DoubleTree by Hilton Reading Lobby: FREE Council may be obtained from the 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.: SOUTH Kitchen & Jazz Parlor presents Pennsylvania Department of State by GERALD VEASLEY UNSCRIPTED AT BERKS calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, featuring BOBBY LYLE, CHIELI MINUCCI, JAZMIN GHENT (800) 732-0999. Registration does not Club ECP at the DoubleTree: $40 (General Admission) BERKS ARTS INSPIRE | ENGAGE | UNITE imply endorsement.