Hyde Park Jazz Festival Wants You To Support Musicians This Weekend — Just Don’t Mob Their In-Person Concerts

Saturday's concerts will be livestreamed from the Logan Center at University of Chicago. Sunday afternoon's performances will be livestreamed from 18 locations across Hyde Park.

Block Club Chicago

By Maxwell Evans

September 23, 2020

HYDE PARK — The 14th annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival kicks off this weekend with a mix of virtual concerts and small, in-person performances spread throughout the neighborhood.

The festival begins 4 p.m. Saturday with six virtual performances from the Logan Center. The hourly concerts will be livestreamed on the festival’s website and YouTube, and they will not be available beyond Saturday.

Festivities will continue 12:30 p.m. Sunday with 18 mobile and pop-up performances around Hyde Park that require social distancing and masks.

The mobile performances will also be livestreamed on the festival site. In-person attendees are encouraged move around the neighborhood to prevent crowding.

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