The Beat Goes On: San Jose Jazz Summer Fest

Get ready for one of the Bay Area’s biggest summer music festivals! On August 7-9, the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest will rock downtown San Jose’s Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park with more than 100 shows on 13 stages. Music lovers are in for jazz, Latin, R&B, and much more, including legendary artists such as Grammy-winning Latin jazz and salsa icon Eddie Palmieri, New Orleans funk legend Zigaboo Modeliste, the saxophone supergroup Sax Appeal.

The festival will also feature a “Big Easy Parade” on August 8, and Club Crawls on Friday and Saturday nights. The festival offers a range of tickets and hotel deals. If you’re itching for more music, check out a concert at one of these Bay Area hot spots.