National Gallery of Art - Jazz in the Garden

The National Gallery of Art offers free jazz performances at Jazz in the Garden at its outdoor café every Friday evening throughout the summer. Visitors can enjoy cocktails and a light dinner while listening to great music amid 17 monumental works of 20th-century sculpture and flowering trees, shrubs, groundcovers, and perennials. Arrive early for optimal seating. In inclement weather, concerts are held inside the Pavilion Café.

Dates: Every Friday, May 22 to September 11, 2009

Time: 5 to 8:30 p.m.

Location: The Pavilion Café at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, 7th and Constitution NW, Washington, DC. The nearest Metro stations are Archives/Navy Memorial, Smithsonian and Judiciary Square.

Admission: Free

Food: You may bring your own picnic or purchase food from the Pavilion Cafe. See the menu. Phone: (202) 289-3360

2009 Jazz in the Garden Performance Schedule

• May 22 - Lady A (jazz and R & B vocalist)
  
  
• May 29 - Young Lions (fusion rock / jazz)
  
  
• June 5 - Afro Blue (a capella ensemble), Duke Ellington Jazz Festival
  
  
• June 12 - Deanna Bogart ("bluesion")
  
  
• June 19 - Origem (Brazilian jazz)
  
  
• June 26 - Junkyard Saints (contemporary zydeco)
  
  
• July 3 - Bio Ritmo (hot salsa)
  
  
• July 10 - Days Ahead (jazz and R & B vocalist)
  
  
• July 17 - Marty Nau (jazz saxophonist)
  
  
• July 24 - Young Lions (fusion rock / jazz)
  
  
• July 31 - Dixie Power Trio (traditional jazz)
  
  
• August 7 - Krupa-Pilzer Quintet (women in jazz)
  
  
• August 14 - Bruno Nasta / U.S. Army Blues (jazz violinist / big-band jazz)
  
  
• August 21 - Robert Boguslaw (jazz pianist)
  
  
• August 28 - Tom Williams (jazz trumpeter)
  
  
• September 4 - Phil Mathieu (jazz guitar)
  
  
• September 11 - Robert Redd / U.S. Navy Commodores (jazz pianist / big-band jazz)