In 2016, 10 of Soul was just completing their warmup when their concert was washed out by rain.
About fifty yards.
Jazz Under the Stars, Cedar Rapid’s longest-running jazz concert series, celebrates its 30th anniversary in Noelridge Park by moving a little bit to the west.
The new All-Inclusive Playground at Noelridge Park is being installed in the location where concerts like Jazz Under the Stars have traditionally taken place, necessitating a slight shift in location. The new site for the concert will be parallel to Council Street, near the park entrance.
“Like our original site, there is a natural slope that should provide good line-of sight to the performers,” says KCCK General Manager Dennis Green. “The new site makes the swimming pool lot even more convenient for parking, and the City says once the playground is finished, there will be a larger lot between the pavilion and playground.”
The 2017 lineup will have a healthy dose of funk, with performances by Goose Town, a band comprised of recent jazz students at the UI and UNI, and Quad Cities-based 10 of Soul, who’ll be returning to Noelridge after getting rained out in 2016.
Saxophonist and UI professor Damani Phillips will lead an organ trio, and the series will move for real to McGrath Amphitheatre for the closing performance by James Dreier and Ritmocano.
Here is the full lineup:
August 3 – Goose Town at Noelridge Park
August 10 – Damani Phillips Trio at Noelridge Park
August 17 – 10 of Soul at Noelridge Park
August 24 – James Dreier & Ritmocano at McGrath Amphitheatre.
All concerts begin at 7pm.