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Savannah Music Festival Family Jam features jazz, blues, Afro-Venezuelan performances
Community jam session from 2:15-2:45
Tambores Bombayá
Tambores Bombayá, a local Afro-Venezuelan percussion ensemble, will deliver a high-energy performance at the Savannah Music Festival Family Jam on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park at Plant Riverside District. (Submitted photo.)

Special to the Herald 

The  Savannah Music Festival will present the 2024 Savannah Music Festival Family Jam, featuring live performances along the riverfront at Plant Riverside District’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, 400 W. River St. in Savannah, Saturday, Oct. 26, beginning at noon. This event is free and open to the public.

This family-friendly event features live performances of classic jazz and blues songs by student ensembles as well as the SMF Jazz Academy Messengers, a local touring band. SMF Jazz Academy is a free after-school jazz program organized by the Savannah Music Festival that aims to empower the whole student by instilling life-long musical, academic and social skills.

More than 60 local students will take the stage in nine different ensembles. In addition, Tambores Bombayá, a local Afro-Venezuelan percussion ensemble which includes SMF Jazz Academy student Isod Vital, will deliver a high-energy performance defined by rhythm and style.

Members of the public are invited to bring their instruments and participate in a community jam session from 2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

A wide variety of Plant Riverside District restaurants and food vendors will be available on-site.