Glass City JazzFest returns to Glass City Metropark on Saturday, August 9, and so does the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority’s shuttle service to this event, with rides available from two park-and-ride locations.
Buses at Franklin Park Mall and The Docks will be running directly to JazzFest, which begins at 12:30 p.m., and is expected to draw 8,000 people to the park. For $3 round-trip, attendees can connect to this celebration of Toledo’s past, present and future in jazz music.
The celebration is a weeklong event this year, with free jazz performances slated around the area August 4 through 8, as part of Toledo Jazz Week.
Trips from Franklin Park Mall to Glass City Metropark will begin at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and run every 30 minutes until 8:30 p.m. Return trips to Franklin Park will run from 1:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Trips from the parking lot at The Docks to the event will begin at 11:45 a.m. and run every 15 minutes until 9 p.m. Shuttles back to The Docks begin at 1:05 p.m. and run until 10:20 p.m.
TARTA Move paratransit service to the event can be scheduled by calling 419382-9901, and fixed route service on TARTA routes 2, 12 and 14 stop near the Glass City Metropark.
Glass City JazzFest will include performances by:
•Jean Holden, 12:30 p.m.
•Otonowa, 2 p.m.
•RiShon Odel and The 5th Element, 3:45 p.m.
•Straight Ahead, 5:30 p.m.
•Vinicius Gomes Quartet, with SongYi Joen, 7:15 p.m.
•Brian Bromberg, 9 p.m. Music fans also can take TARTA to Jazz Week performances, 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, August 8—Gene Parker and Damen Cook at Glass City Metropark, 1001 Front Street. Accessible via TARTA routes 2, 12 and 14.
