*From a press release: Parkville, Missouri will host their first annual Juneteenth Jazz and Blues Festival from 3pm to 9:30pm on Saturday, June 8, at English Landing Park. This free and open to the public event will raise funds for the Banneker School Restoration Foundation Project… The Banneker School Foundation and Historic Site in Parkville, Missouri, is restoring a one-room schoolhouse where African American children were educated from 1885 to 1905… Four bands will perform at the Saturday, June 8, Juneteenth Jazz and Blues Festival. The times and groups are: 3pm Kansas City Area Youth Jazz; 4:45pm Alex Ambramovitz & His Swingin’ Kansas City Jazz Band; 6:45pm David Basse & Band; 8:45pm Earnest James Zydeco. The event will take place rain or shine. The foundation requests that attendees bring their own chairs and purchase food and spirits from local vendors, in support of restoration of the Banneker School. The purchase of a brick or a donation would be welcome.
Confirmation: Weekly News and Notes
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