Festival Fever: Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend, 7/26-28/13

The Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend is back again, transforming Lee into a jazz destination this weekend. In addition to performances around the town by local musicians, there are two main concerts on tap for jazz fans.

At 8pm on Friday (July 26), guitarist Freddie Bryant and his band Kaleidoscope are schedule to perform at the Mainstage Lee Meeting House at the First Congregational Church.

Then at 7:30pm on Saturday, the Meeting House will be roaring with the swinging sounds of the Greg Caputo Big Band. The 16-piece band will be serving up “A Salute to the Big Bands: Benny Goodman to Gordon Goodwin,” and just to make the evening a bit more enticing, veteran sax master and four-time Grammy Award-winner Phil Woods will be featured with the band.

Tickets are $25 for each of the two main concerts, or you can bundle them together and catch both shows for $40.

ADDITIONAL UPCOMING FESTIVALS FOR 2013:
Caramoor Jazz Festival @ the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah, 7/26-28/13
African American Family Day @ the Empire State Plaza, Albany, 8/3/13 (FREE)
The Big Up @ Hemlock Hollow Farm, Clavarack, 8/8-10/13
New York State Food Festival @ the Empire State Plaza, Albany, 8/14/13 (FREE)
The Felice County Fair @ Opus 40, Saugerties, 8/31/13
Restoration Festival @ Contemporary Artists Center at Woodside, Troy, 9/6&7/13
Hispanic Heritage Celebration @ the Empire State Plaza, 9/14/13 (FREE)
FreshGrass Festival @ MASS MoCA, North Adams, 9/20-22/13
Farm Aid @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, 9/21/13 (SOLD OUT)
PearlPalooza @ North Pearl Street, Albany, 9/28/13 (FREE)