# The Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival returns to the streets of Boston: Video

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2017/09/20/berklee-beantown-jazz-festival-returns-streets-boston-video/
- Published: 2017-09-20T23:28:03+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**The Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival returns to the streets of Boston on Saturday,
September 30, 2017. The free festival, which is curated by drummer, producer and
Berklee faculty member Terri Lyne Carrington, takes place from noon to 6 pm on Columbus
Avenue between Massachusetts Avenue and Burke Street in Boston’s historic South 
End neighborhood. **

Headliners include: Lizz Wright, Jazzmeia Horn, Camille Thurman and the Darrell 
Green Trio, Mehmet Ali Sanlikol and What’s Next, Emily Estefan, Oscar Stagnaro and
the Peruvian Tinge and several others. In addition, the Corea/Gadd Band will perform
a ticketed concert on Sunday at Berklee Performance Center.

For the fourth year the Blue Man Group Boston Drum-Off will be held during the festival.
In this competition, five finalists will perform for the festival audience as well
as a judges’ panel. The winner will perform live with Blue Man Group and will receive
more than $6,000 in prizes. Jarrell Campbell, a student at Berklee, was last year’s
winner.

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