The Downtown Berkeley Jazz Festival

The Jazzschool in conjunction with the Downtown Berkeley Association and UC Berkeley Extension present the DOWNTOWN BERKELEY JAZZ FESTIVAL’05 "A Celebration of Latin Jazz!" Thursday - Sunday, August 18-21, 2005

The Downtown Berkeley Jazz Festival (DBJF) is a 4-day summer music festival featuring jazz and related styles of music from throughout the world. Music and other performing arts as well as correlated literary, fine, visual and culinary arts will be featured both outdoor and indoor at various venues throughout the city, promoting Berkeley's unique businesses and contributing to creating a more vibrant Downtown. The festival's focus will change annually. The DBJF '05 - "A Celebration of Latin Jazz", celebrates Afro-Caribbean (Cuban and Puerto Rican) and Brazilian music and culture. The focus of DBJF '06 may be the "Hard Bop and its Children", for example.