Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival

2018 Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival
Saturday, May 19, 2018 | Noon to 7 pm

San Antonio Park, 18th Ave and Foothill Blvd., Oakland
FREE

Celebrate jazz and its roots and future in Black communities. This year’s line up features some of the best and the brightest; the most promising; the legendary; some new on the scene; some who have years of knowledge and grace.

Jazz Stage:

Federick Douglass Youth Ensemble of the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music (OPC)
Tahree Amir
Jennifer Johns
Howard Wiley Quartet

Katherine Dunham Dance Stage:

Girl Project
Dana Fitchett
Chris Babingui
SambaFunk Funkquarians w/ King Theo

Dream Courts:

A Special Tribute to Pam the Funkstress at the Graffiti Court
Black Book Battles with TDK
Stencil Workshop with Nancypili
Lino Printing with Amor Eterno
Youth Walls (first come, first serve)
Live Painting with Special Guest
Sol Development
Melissa Jones
DC dj
Illa


Surprise Guest Performances

Javad Jahi Stage Poets:

Tanea Lunsford Lynx
Thea Matthews
Tureeda Mickell
A’aron Heard
QR Hand

DJs:

aebldee
LadyRyan

And many of your favorite local artists, artisans and food vendors and updates on the East Oakland Black Cultural Zone (BCZ)