America's First Jazz Festival - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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Who would have ever thought that Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania would claim America's First Jazz Festival? Here's their proof.
Waymark Code: WM1ZQ4
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2007
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America's First Jazz Festival
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
February 23, 1951
On February 23, 1951 history was made in Wilkes-Barre. Eight jazz bands got together for "The Cavalcade of Dixieland Jazz" which became the country's first Jazz Festival. On this occasion April 29, 1994, the City of Wilkes-Barre acknowledges and pays tribute to those early jazz musicians and promoters who initiated the tradition which continues today, not only here in its birthplace, but throughout the country.
Lee A.Namey
Mayor of Wilkes-Barre
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 02/23/1951
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