Arts & Entertainment
11th Annual OSPAC Jazz Festival on September 20
The OSPAC Jazz & Brew Fest will be hosted by WBGOJazz88.3FM Musical Director and On Air Host Gary Walker.

The lineup for the 11th Annual OSPAC Jazz & Brew Fest will include Bill Charlap Solo Piano, the Hendrik Meurkens Samba Jazz Quartet, the Bob DeVos Organ Quartet, Billy Drummond’s “Freedom of Ideas,” the Nat Adderley, Jr. Quartet, and the Dave Stryker Organ Quartet.
Jazz House Kids will open the all day festival on September 20 at the Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center (OSPAC) amphitheater nestled on a mountain ridge next to Crystal Lake in West Orange, New Jersey.
New this year is a beer garden that will be located lakeside along with food vendors. Proper ID is required. Grounds open at noon and the music runs from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and children and can be purchased at the venue day of show. Children under 5 are free.
Bring blankets and lawn chairs and prepare to be entertained by this great line up of jazz musicians.
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The line up is as follows:
- 1 p.m. Jazz House Kids under the Leadership of Ted Chubb
- 2 p.m. Bill Charlap Solo Piano
- 3 p.m. Hendrik Meurkens Samba Jazz Quartet with Miho Nobuzane, Itaiguara Brandao, Adriano Santos
- 4 p.m. Bob DeVos Organ Quartet with Ralph Bowen, Dan Kostlenik, Joe Brown, Jr.
- 5 p.m. Billy Drummond “Freedom of Ideas” with Tim Ries, Orrin Evans, Francois Moutin
- 6 p.m. Nat Adderley, Jr. Quartet with Vincent Herring, Trifon Dimitrov, Rocky Bryant
- 7 p.m. David Stryker Organ Quartet with Steve Nelson, Jared Gold, McClenty Hunter
The rain date is Sunday September 21. For more performance information please visit this site.
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