OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY March 27- April 5, 2020 Reading, PA With over 120 scheduled events, it’s the perfect spring break for lovers! Tickets on sale now! www.berksjazzfest.com

SPECIAL 30TH ANNIVERSARY CRUISE GIVEAWAY! Anyone who purchases a Berks Jazz Fest concert ticket is eligible to win. In celebration of the Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest’s 30th anniversary, Entertainment Cruise Productions is offering all Berks guests a chance to win a free stateroom for two on the 2021 sailing of Blue Note at Sea, hosted by , Robert Glasper and President Don Was. Just buy a Berks Jazz Fest concert ticket and you will automatically be entered to win an Ocean View Stateroom on Blue Note at Sea, which sails January 23-30, 2021 from Miami on the luxurious Celebrity Infinity with stops in Aruba and Curacao. The raffle will be held Saturday, April 4, prior to the Marcus Miller Laid Black Tour concert at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. The winner will be part of the Berks Jazz Fest at Sea group hosted by BJF General Manager John Ernesto and will enjoy group activities including an invitation to a special onboard Meet and Greet party. Note: The prize does not include port charges, taxes and gratuities, which total $350 per person. The winner is responsible for airfare, ground transportation, onboard purchases and shore excursions. TICKETS FOR THE Stop by the Weidenhammer Box Office at the Santander Order online through 30TH ANNUAL Arena, Seventh and Penn Streets, Reading, to place your Ticketmaster. BOSCOV’S BERKS order in person. www.berkjazzfest.com/ tickets JAZZ FEST CAN BE Weidenhammer Box Office/Santander Arena Hours 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday PURCHASED TWO WAYS: 10:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. Saturday NOTE: Ticketmaster no longer accepts ticket orders by phone. Box office is open during all concerts and sporting events at the Arena.

BERKS JAZZ FEST PREVIEW CONCERTS

TUESDAY, MARCH 10 FRIDAY, MARCH 20 7 p.m.: Swinging at the Crowne 7:30 p.m.: Berks Jazz Fest Night @ Jazz Upstairs Series THE LAST BIG BAND ERICH CAWALLA QUARTET Crowne Plaza Reading/Goodnites Lounge; Ticket info: www.readingcp.com with Bennie Sims, Steve Rudolph and Marko Marcinko WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 Miller Symphony Hall - Rodale Community Room, Allentown 7:30 p.m.: Alvernia Performing Arts & Culture Series Tickets: www.millersymphonyhall.org GERMAINE INGRAM & THE RED ROSE COLLECTIVE SATURDAY, MARCH 21 Francis Hall Theater - Alvernia University; Ticket info: www.alvernia.edu/arts-culture 7 p.m.: Jazz on the Avenue presents SATURDAY, MARCH 14 KELLY POWERS TRIO 7:30 p.m.: “I Got the Life:” The Music of Nina Simone Yocum Institute for Arts Education; Tickets: www.institute-of-arts.org CAROL RIDDICK & GERALD VEASLEY with AARON GRAVES and TIM HUTSON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 WCR Center for the Arts; Tickets: $30 (General admission) 7 p.m.: The Great American Songbook CD Release TUESDAY, MARCH 17 ERICH CAWALLA’S ALL-STAR BIG BAND & ORCHESTRA 7 p.m.: Swinging at the Crowne featuring Larry McKenna, Bennie Sims, Marko Marcinko, Steve Rudolph and more THE BUDDY RICH TRIBUTE BIG BAND with special guest TULPEHOCKEN HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND Crowne Plaza Reading/Goodnites Lounge; Ticket info: www.readingcp.com Crowne Plaza Reading Ballroom; Ticket info: www.erichcawalla.com

30TH ANNUAL BOSCOV’S BERKS JAZZ FEST SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, MARCH 27 SUNDAY, MARCH 29 11:30 a.m.: Harold B. Leifer Memorial Kickoff Luncheon 10 a.m. doors, buffet/11:30 a.m. show: Smooth Jazz JJZ Sunday Brunch THE GROOVEMASTERS JAZZ SOUL featuring Bennie Sims, Cliff Starkey and Erich Cawalla featuring , , PAUL JACKSON JR. The Peanut Bar Restaurant; Call 610-376-8500 for reservations DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $52 7 p.m.: Opening Night Celebration (Reserved Seating; Includes brunch) CHRIS BOTTI 1 p.m.: DOC MULLIGAN GET JazzED DAY Santander Performing Arts Center: $69 & $59 (Reserved Seating) featuring MIDDLE SCHOOL BIG BAND FESTIVAL 7:30 p.m.: Litchfield Jazz Camp Night Miller Center for the Arts: $10/adults; $5/students at door. Cash only. ZACCAI CURTIS & ALBERT RIVERA LATIN JAZZ BAND 2:30 p.m.: Smooth Jazz JJZ presents with special guest TRADING FOUR Club ECP at the DoubleTree: $20 (General Admission) SOUL PATROL featuring LARRY BRAGGS, BLAKE AARON, TOM BRAXTON 7:30 p.m.: Special Reunion Concert The Inn at Reading: $42 (General Admission) DANCE HALL DOCS with special guest TOM BOWES The Inn at Reading: $25 (General Admission) 3 p.m.: Manhattan Transfer Founding Member 8 p.m.: Funky Friday JANIS SIEGEL with JOHN DI MARTINO REGGIE BROWN & BUNCH-A-FUNK WCR Center for the Arts: $30 (General Admission) Crowne Plaza Reading/Goodnites Lounge: $15 at door 6 p.m.: DOC MULLIGAN GET JazzED DAY 9:30 p.m.: Cheers Lounge Jazz Party featuring HIGH SCHOOL BIG BAND FESTIVAL AL “DJ ACT” TAYLOR Miller Center for the Arts: $10/adults; $5/students at door. Cash only. DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Cheers Lounge: FREE 6 p.m.: XPN Welcomes 9:30 p.m.: Smooth Jazz JJZ presents BÉLA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES PIECES OF A DREAM with special guest MAYSA featuring VICTOR WOOTEN, ROY “FUTUREMAN” WOOTEN, and introducing JUSTIN-LEE SCHULTZ HOWARD LEVY DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $56 (Reserved Seating) Santander Performing Arts Center: $59 & $49 (Reserved Seating) Midnight: GERALD VEASLEY’S MIDNIGHT JAM Blake Aaron, Tom Braxton, Albert Rivera, Nick Colionne, Andrew Neu, Nelson MONDAY, MARCH 30 Rangell, Alex Bugnon, Marc Antoine, Donald Robinson, Richard Waller and more 7 p.m.: Get JazzED Night The Inn at Reading: $30 (General Admission) RMF PROJECT PENSKE JAZZ JAM SATURDAY, MARCH 28 hosted by Mike Eben, Albert Rivera, Gerald Veasley, Brian Bromberg, Eric Marienthal, Aubrey Logan, Bobby Lyle 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.: SOUTH Kitchen & Jazz Parlor presents The Inn at Reading: (Donation at the door) GERALD VEASLEY UNSCRIPTED AT BERKS featuring NELSON RANGELL, ALEX BUGNON, MARC ANTOINE TUESDAY, MARCH 31 Club ECP at the DoubleTree: $40 (General Admission) 7 p.m.: Reading Eagle Community Concert 1:30 p.m.: WDIY 88.1 FM presents Blues at The Inn U.S. AIR FORCE RHYTHM IN BLUE JAZZ ENSEMBLE KENNY NEAL & THE NEAL FAMILY REVUE with special guest FRANK BEY featuring special guest The Inn at Reading: $49 (General Admission) ERIC MARIENTHAL plus BERKS HIGH SCHOOL ALL-STAR JAZZ BAND 2 p.m.: Smooth Jazz JJZ presents KEIKO MATSUI & KIRK WHALUM directed by ALBERT RIVERA DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $56 (Reserved Seating) Exeter High School: FREE (General Admission; Tickets distributed Monday, Feb. 10) 3:30 p.m.: A2Z Jazz Party 7 p.m.: Jazz at the Abe ANDREW NEU & ROB ZINN BOBBY LYLE & THE LADIES OF SONG DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Cheers Lounge: FREE featuring TONI LYNNE, ANNETTE HINES and more 6 p.m.: 30th Anniversary All-Star Celebration The Abraham Lincoln: $20 (General Admission) , PETER WHITE, MINDI ABAIR, NICK COLIONNE, LARRY BRAGGS, BRIAN BROMBERG, EUGE GROOVE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 Santander Performing Arts Center: $59 & $49 (Reserved Seating) Noon: Reading DID MidDay Jazz Café 7 p.m.: WDIY 88.1 FM presents U.S. AIR FORCE RHYTHM IN BLUE JAZZ ENSEMBLE READING POPS ORCHESTRA CELEBRATES THE SPIRIT OF DJANGO featuring special guest RANDY BRECKER with JULIEN LABRO, FRANK VIGNOLA, VINNY RAINOLO, DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: FREE JOSH TAYLOR, TOM STROHMAN (General Admission; Tickets distributed Monday, Feb. 10) Miller Center for the Arts: $49 (Reserved Seating) 7 p.m.: WDIY 88.1 presents Blues at The Inn 9:30 p.m.: Cheers Lounge Jazz Party ERIC CLAPTON RETROSPECTIVE AL “DJ ACT” TAYLOR DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Cheers Lounge: FREE as performed by CRAIG THATCHER BAND The Inn at Reading: $20 (General Admission) 9:30 p.m.: Dynamic Violinist DAMIEN ESCOBAR 7 p.m.: 30th Anniversary Berks Bop Big Band DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $49 (Reserved Seating) ANDREW NEU, ERIC MARIENTHAL, GERALD ALBRIGHT, EVERETTE HARP, Midnight: GERALD VEASLEY’S MIDNIGHT JAM SKIP SPRATT, RANDY BRECKER, RICK BRAUN, CRAIG KENNEY, TONY Blake Aaron, Tom Braxton, Nick Colionne, Nelson Rangell, Alex Bugnon, DESANTIS, AUBREY LOGAN, PAUL ARBOGAST, JARRED ANTONACCI, DAVE Marc Antoine, Brian Bromberg, Andrew Neu, Albert Rivera, Donald Robinson, CIANCI, BRIAN BROMBERG, JEFF LORBER, SHERRIE MARICLE, GIL PARRIS Richard Waller and more plus BERKS HIGH SCHOOL ALL-STAR JAZZ BAND directed by ALBERT RIVERA The Inn at Reading: $30 (General Admission) DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $45 (Reserved Seating)

30TH ANNUAL BOSCOV’S BERKS JAZZ FEST SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, APRIL 2 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.: SOUTH Kitchen & Jazz Parlor presents 7 p.m.: Smooth Jazz JJZ presents GERALD VEASLEY UNSCRIPTED AT BERKS CHUCK LOEB MEMORIAL ALL-STAR JAM featuring BOBBY LYLE, CHIELI MINUCCI, JAZMIN GHENT Rick Braun, Gerald Veasley, Brian Bromberg, Dean Brown, Chris “Big Dog” Davis, Club ECP at the DoubleTree: $40 (General Admission) Randy Brecker, Eric Marienthal, Andrew Neu, Nick Colionne, Chieli Minucci, Eric 1 p.m.: WHUR 96.3 FM Day Darius, Aubrey Logan, Bobby Lyle, Gerald Albright, Tony Moore, Ray Fuller CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF AT 70! plus CHUCK LOEB MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS Chris “Big Dog” Davis, Rick Braun, Maysa, Kimberly Brewer, Eric Darius, Nick DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $58 (Reserved Seating) Colionne, Art Sherrod Jr., Ragan Whiteside, Glenn Jones, Doxa Gospel Ensemble 7 p.m. DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $56 (Reserved Seating) THE PETER ROGAN BAND: NASHVILLE EDITION 1:30 p.m.: WDIY 88.1 FM presents Blues at The Inn featuring special guest PHIL MADERIA and Cliff Starkey, Fred Moreadith, John TAB BENOIT plus GREG SOVER BAND Fundyga, Charise Rogosky, Dawn Blanford, Charlene Holloway The Inn at Reading: $49 (General Admission) The Inn at Reading: $20 (General Admission) 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.: The Music of Steely Dan 7 p.m.: CALIENTE: LATIN JAZZ NIGHT THE ROYAL SCAM with THE RS HORNS Crowne Plaza Reading: $12 at the door (Includes buffet) Crowne Plaza Reading Goodnites Lounge: $25 (General Admission) 7:30 p.m.: KU Presents! Series 3:30 p.m.: Brazil & Chill THE FABULOUS EQUINOX ORCHESTRA: BIG BAND FOR A NEW ANN WALSH & TOM ZINK featuring BRIAN BROMBERG GENERATION and SPECIAL GUESTS Kutztown University Schaeffer Auditorium DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Cheers Lounge: FREE Ticket info at www.kutztown-edu/events/ku-presents 6 p.m.: Blue Note at Sea Cruise Night 9:30 p.m.: Cheers Lounge Jazz Party MARCUS MILLER LAID BLACK TOUR AL “DJ ACT” TAYLOR featuring SURPRISE SPECIAL GUESTS DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Cheers Lounge: FREE Scottish Rite Cathedral: $58 (Reserved Seating) 7 p.m.: WDIY 88.1 FM presents THE BRUBECK BROTHERS CELEBRATE FRIDAY, APRIL 3 DAVE BRUBECK’S CENTENNIAL 6 p.m.: Smooth Jazz JJZ presents Miller Center for the Arts: $49 (Reserved Seating) BONEY JAMES 9:30 p.m.: Cheers Lounge Party Scottish Rite Cathedral: $58 (Reserved Seating) AL “DJ ACT” TAYLOR 7 p.m.: Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz Night DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Cheers Lounge: FREE PAT BIANCHI QUARTET 9:30 p.m.: 40th Anniversary Tour featuring JOE LOCKE, PAUL BOLLENBACK, BYRON LANDHAM INCOGNITO with MAYSA Club ECP at the DoubleTree: $30 (General Admission) DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $56 (Reserved Seating) 7 p.m.: Classic Music from 1968-1972 Midnight: GERALD VEASLEY’S MIDNIGHT JAM DEAN BROWN’S SUMMER OF LOVE EVOLUTION Nick Colionne, Eric Darius, Glenn Jones, Ragan Whiteside, Ray Fuller, Tony featuring Randy Brecker, Eric Marienthal, Honey Larochelle, Keith Carlock, Moore, Tom Zink, Bobby Lyle, Chieli Minucci, Jazmin Ghent, Andrew Neu, Jim Beard, Schuyler Deale, Devron Patterson, Mino Cinélu, Berks Horns Donald Robinson, Richard Waller and more Miller Center for the Arts: $49 (Reserved Seating) The Inn at Reading: $30 (General Admission) 7:30 p.m.: Blues at The Inn BILLY PRICE CHARM CITY RHYTHM BAND SUNDAY, APRIL 5 The Inn at Reading: $20 (General Admission) 8 p.m.: WDIY 88.1 FM presents Funky Friday 10 a.m. doors, buffet/11:30 a.m. show: Smooth Jazz JJZ Sunday Brunch FELIX PASTORIUS & HIPSTER ASSASSINS BRIAN BROMBERG‘S UNAPOLOGETICALLY FUNKY BIG featuring Crowne Plaza Reading/Goodnites Lounge: $20 (General Admission) BOMBASTIC BAND Everette Harp, Ray Fuller, Tony Moore, Tom Zink, Berks Horns 9:30 p.m.: Cheers Lounge Party The Inn at Reading: $50 (General Admission; Includes brunch) AL “DJ ACT” TAYLOR DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Cheers Lounge: FREE 12:30 p.m.: The Frank Scott Memorial Art Show THE ART OF JAZZ AWARDS CEREMONY 9:30 p.m.: Smooth Jazz JJZ presents GoggleWorks Center for the Arts’ Schmidt Gallery: FREE GERALD ALBRIGHT & JONATHAN BUTLER DoubleTree by Hilton Reading/Grand Ballroom: $56 (Reserved Seating) 3 p.m.: Smooth Jazz JJZ presents Midnight: GERALD VEASLEY’S MIDNIGHT JAM & LINDSEY WEBSTER Nick Colionne, Glenn Jones, Ragan Whiteside, Ray Fuller, Tony Moore, Tom Miller Center for the Arts: $49 (Reserved Seating) Zink, Andrew Neu, Bobby Lyle, Chieli Minucci, Jazmin Ghent, Brian Bromberg, 6 p.m.: 30th Anniversary Finale Donald Robinson, Richard Waller and more BRIAN CULBERTSON: THE XX TOUR The Inn at Reading: $30 (General Admission) Scottish Rite Cathedral: $58 (Reserved Seating)

SATURDAY, APRIL 4 9:30 a.m. registration/10:30 a.m. auction BERKS JAZZ FEST AUCTION DoubleTree by Hilton Reading Lobby: FREE

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