Kentucky Heritage Jazz Festival

Join us for live jazz, food, and fun at the Kentucky Heritage Jazz Festival  "Harrodsburg 250 Celebration" at historic Old Fort Harrod State Park. This is a free Event showcasing 17 regional and national jazz ensembles.This is an outdoor event held rain or shine.

Schedule Of Events

David Hall - 11:00AM

David Hall plays saxophones, clarinet, flute, flugelhorn, trumpet, EWI, steel pan drum, harmonica and keyboards. He has performed with The Temptations, The Four Tops, Bob Hope, The Drifters, Carol Channing, The Sensations, Mag 7, The Men of Note, Percy Sledge, Lexington Philharmonic, Lexington Swing Society, Tee Dee Young, The Bourbonaires, Dave Parry Band, Ed Minor Big Band, Vince DiMartino, Dixieland South, Don Krekel Orchestra, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus Band, Ice Capades Band and many others. David has opened shows for Chuck Mangione, Burt Bacharach, Three Dog Night, Blood Sweat and Tears, Chubby Checker, Donny Osmond, The Spinners, America, Helen Reddy, Marie Osmond, Crystal Gayle, The Grass Roots, Junior Walker and The All Stars, Don McLean and many others. He has played for President Bill Clinton, numerous governors and senators, Lee Greenwood, The Pointer Sisters, George and Amal Clooney, Michael Bolton, Neil Sedaka and many others.

12:00PM - University of Kentucky Jazz Ensemble

A very active group on the road, the University of Kentucky Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Miles Osland has toured the Mid-West and South including performances in Chicago, Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Louisville, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Georgia, and invitational performances at the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference and the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. In July 2011 UKJE and the Osland/Dailey Jazztet toured France, Switzerland and the Netherlands, performing at the world’s most prestigious jazz festivals.

1:00PM - Kentucky State University Choir

The Kentucky State University Concert Choir begins its 57th year under the direction of Dr. Keith McCutchen. McCutchen comes to the choir, following the 50-year legacy of former director, Dr. carl Smith, programming diverse concerts that reflect all genres of choral music. composed of undergraduates from all academic areas of the university, the concert choir is a well-rounded, diverse organization that upholds the highest standards in performance, as well as academics. the choir has appeared in several major cities throughout the united States and has also performed in foreign countries, including Montreal, Toronto, and Nassau, Bahamas.
in addition, the choir is a frequent guest performer for the Frankfort and Kentucky communities, university functions and the state government. a choral documentary was filmed and featured on German television in the 1980’s. the choir has performed for the regional and national American choral Directors association conventions. the choir was first place winner at several choral competitions including the national Spiritual competition held at Music hall in Cincinnati, Ohio and a two time winner of the annual historically Black colleges and universities choral Festival, held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

1:50PM - Transylvania University Jazz Ensemble

2:40PM - Asbury University Jazz Band

The Music Department is a vibrant part of the ministry of Asbury University located in Wilmore, Ky. The AU Jazz Band is one of many fine music ensembles at Asbury under the direction of Dr. Glen Flanigan. AU jazz band is a seventeen-piece, big band that includes talented musicians attending Asbury as well as community members.  The band performs at numerous functions both on and off campus, including the High Bridge Film Festival, as well as annual touring ministry mission trips throughout the United States.

3:30PM - Eastern Kentucky University

4:20PM - Morehead State University Jazz Band

MSU Jazz Ensemble I is MSU’s premiere jazz ensemble and maintains an active performing schedule on campus, throughout Kentucky, and beyond. The jazz big band consists of students from all disciplines and membership is by audition. Regular appearances are made at the Marshall Jazz Festival, UK ‘Battle of the Bands,’ Morehead State Jazz Clinic, the Elmhurst Jazz Festival and more. MSU Jazz I frequently performs with internationally renowned jazz artists and has received outstanding recognition at past jazz festivals.

5:00PM - Advocate Brass Band

Performing for audiences around the world is nothing new for the Advocate Brass Band. The band, from neighboring Danville, Ky, has entertained local audiences throughout the Commonwealth of Ky., and has played for audiences in Europe, Trinidad, and Venezuela. Reminiscent of the turn-of the-century town bands, the band was founded by Dr George Forman, former managing director of Centre College’s Norton Centre for the Arts, with financial backing from the late Mary Schutz, former publisher, chairman, and editor emeritus of the Advocate Messenger Newspaper. Originally, the band was formed to play during a political rally sponsored by the newspaper. This later evolved into creation of the Great American Brass Band Festival held annually in Danville with the Advocate Brass as the GABBF host band.