Events

[JAZZ] Much of the booking and promoting that goes on at Nietzsche’s in Allentown is done by jazz musician Ellen Pieroni, so it’s no surprise that she would use her passion for jazz to create something totally new for the venue. She’s worked hard to build a community of jazz and improv musicians and to bring in top notch national talent, and that hard work coalesces each year for what has now become Nietzsche’s annual JazzFest. The third annual edition of the Nietzche’s JazzFest will take place over five days this week, beginning this Wednesday, April 11 and wrapping up on Sunday, April 15. The line up this year includes some names you’ll recognize and some you may not, but it’s all guaranteed to be interesting. The top billed act this year is Maz, a multi instrumentalist known for his work with the Grammy-award winning band Snarky Puppy, who will perform on Friday, April 13. The rest of the line up includes names like the Tim Clarke Soul-Tet, Andrew Nixon Trio, Dark Matter Trio, the Jon Lehning Quintet, Greg Barresi, Lindsey Holland, Ann Philippone, Steve Baczkowski & John Bacon, What Would MIngus Do, and many more—nearly 30 acts in total. Admission for each individual night of the festival is between $5 and $10, and oen night—Sunday—is free, so to attend the entire festival will cost a whopping $35. Not too bad a price to pay to see dozens of high quality jazz acts. For a full daily line up of performances, check out the Nietzsch’es JazzFest Facebook event page.