Twilight

The 2nd Annual UGA/Athens Twilight Jazz Festival will bring top national artists and local players onstage in what organizers are billing as "an instrument of outreach and service to the community and region."

Sponsored by the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music, in partnership with the Athens Twilight Criterium, the Festival will combine and revive two jazz festival traditions in Athens: the UGA Jazz Festival of Champions organized by late UGA Director of Bands Roger Dancz and the Athens Jazz Festival held in conjunction with the Twilight Criterium for many years.

The festival will be free to the public on the Twilight Outdoor Stage in downtown Athens. Auditioned groups from the festival participants will play there, including local jazz groups and the Festival All-Star band made up of top clinicians.

The Festival will be headlined by The Jazz Guardians with guest Andy Martin (trombone), which will perform Friday, April 24, at 8:00 p.m.

Cine will play host to the Festival Jam Sessions, open to all, $5at the door on Friday night at 9:30 pm. The house band will be Prime Time Jazz, which features local musicians Jim McKillip on piano, Tony McCutchen on drums and Chris Enghauser playing bass.