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Twilight Music Festival to Jazz Up Criterium

by Glenn Fullington
04.22.2008

This weekend marks the 29th Annual Athens Twilight Criterium and UGA is hosting the first Twilight Jazz Festival to celebrate the race. 

The event is sponsored by the Hugh Hodgson School of Music and is a both a revival and combination of two past Classic City jazz festivals. The headline of the event is a performance by The Joshua Redman Trio on Saturday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. at Hodgson Hall. Tickets for the event are $35. 

A free series of performances will be presented downtown on Friday, April 25 from noon to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on College Avenue.

The two day event will cater to education as well as to entertainment. Middle and high school students from around the state will be traveling to Athens to participate in the festival.

For more information visit AthensTwilight.com or the UGA website.

Volunteers are needed to help run the outdoor stage. Please contact Zack Gruczkowski at zack.gruczkowski@gmail.com if you are interested.