Ponce Jazz Festival
Logo of the Ponce Jazz Festival
Official name	Ponce Jazz Festival
Also called	The Jazz Festival
Observed by	Ponce, Puerto Rico
Type	Local, cultural
Celebrations	Music
Observances	Yearly
Date	Last weekend in April
Frequency	annual
Related to	http://www.poncejazzfestival.com/ Website

The Ponce Jazz Festival is a musical celebration that takes place every year in Ponce, Puerto Rico.^[1]

The festival is one of the newest in the Western Hemisphere. It was inaugurated in 2012.^[1] It takes place at the Concha Acustica (English: acoustical shell) Amphitheatre of Parque de la Abolición in Barrio Cuarto.^[2]

The festival starts on the last Friday of April, and the 2012 events were as follows:

Friday 27 April 2012
Grupo Zambaríbiri Stage Band (Guayanilla)
Escuela de Música de Guayama
Grupo Sound Jazz y Jazz Jam

Saturday 28 April 2012
Edwin Gutiérrez & Jazz Project
Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround Band
Julito Alvarado and his group Del Sur al Norte

Sunday 29 April 2012
Eugenio Torres & Sol Creciente
Banda Municipal de Ponce, Carlos Juan Colón & Manus, and William Cepeda

The 2013 events were as follows.^[3]

Friday, 26 April 2013
Stage Band - Instituto de Musica Juan Morel Campos
Diversis Quartet
Flautista Joche Caraballo and his Trio
Irvin Cancel and his Band

Saturday, 27 April 2013
Luis Gonzalez & his Orchestra
Joseito Ruiz & Quartet
PuertoSax

Sunday, 29 April 2013
Black Jazz
Master Jazz Big Band

• Carnaval de Ponce
• Feria de Artesanías de Ponce
• Fiesta Nacional de la Danza
• Día Mundial de Ponce
• Festival Nacional de la Quenepa
• Bienal de Arte de Ponce
• Festival de Bomba y Plena de San Antón
• Carnaval de Vejigantes
• Festival Nacional Afrocaribeño

• The 2013 Edition of PJF, YouTube video.

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