Arts & Entertainment

TGIF Jazz in the Parks

Summer concert series spends its first three weeks at Stagecoach Park, before shifting to Poinsettia Park and Calavera Hills Park. Continues through Aug. 19.

June 24: Janiva MagnessΒ won the Blues Music Awards’ B.B. King Entertainer of The Year in 2009 – only the second woman ever to win the coveted award.Β 

July 1: Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, a six-piece band, playsΒ festival stages nationwide, fueled by horns, laid-back grooves and funk and heavy backbeats.Β 

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July 8: Β B-Side Players offer upΒ bilingual reggae, funk andΒ cumbia. The San Diego-based band incorporates the sounds of Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico and Brazil into their funk, rock, jazz and hip-hop rhythms.Β 

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