Stars align for 8th annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival
By Howard Reich
September 25, 2014 at 12:12 p.m.
It’s the most magical weekend of the year, venues large and small, familiar and novel lighting up a single Chicago neighborhood.
No jazz soiree in Chicago, and perhaps none in the country, embraces its environment as effectively as the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, which unfolds on the campus of the University of Chicago and its environs. With most of the concert spaces within walking distance of each other, listeners can amble from one spot to the next, enjoying the scenery and conversing with fellow music lovers along the way.
The 8th annual festival runs from 1 p.m. to midnight Saturday and 1 to 5:45 p.m. Sunday, plus a post-fest jam session that evening. It’s all free.