The Jazz Club of Sarasota presents its 36th festival, which runs March 6 through 12. The mix of free and ticketed events brings internationally acclaimed jazz musicians to Sarasota including Howard Alden, Diego Figueiredo, Wycliffe Gordon, Dick Hyman, John Lamb, Russell Malone, Ken Peplowski, Byron Stripling.
In addition, the festival includes a “jazz trolley” and “pub crawl” through downtown Sarasota, presentation of the Satchmo award to trombonist Gordon, big bands and combos, young and not-so-young performers and a “patron package” with backstage passes.
March 6-12; various locations; 941-366-1552; jazzclubsarasota.org