{"id":261177,"date":"2026-08-07T19:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T19:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261177\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T19:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T19:38:07","slug":"jazz-fest-getting-into-full-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261177\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz Fest getting into full swing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 21st annual Scranton Jazz Festival kicked off Friday, celebrating the city\u2019s rich musical legacy with three days of jazz, blues and world beat music showcasing internationally acclaimed artists like The Dirty Dozen Brass Band on Saturday, Aug. 8, followed by NEA Jazz Master Ron Carter on Sunday, Aug. 9. Visitors can also enjoy performances by more than 80 different acts at 20 different downtown locations. For more details, visit www.scrantonjazzfestival.org.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"THE NEPA Jazz Project plays at Chistopher A. Doherty Park...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/STT-L-JAZZ-0808-04.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>THE NEPA Jazz Project plays at Chistopher A. Doherty Park in Scranton Friday, August 7, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The NEPA Jazz Project plays at Christopher A. Doherty Park...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/STT-L-JAZZ-0808-01.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The NEPA Jazz Project plays at Christopher A. Doherty Park in downtown Scranton during the Pocket Park LIve Series Friday, August 7, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ruth Ann Rocchio, of Stroudsburg, and Paul Kovie, of Scranton,...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/STT-L-JAZZ-0808-03.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ruth Ann Rocchio, of Stroudsburg, and Paul Kovie, of Scranton, watch live music at Chistopher A. Doherty Park in Scranton Friday, August 7, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 3<\/p>\n<p>THE NEPA Jazz Project plays at Chistopher A. Doherty Park in Scranton Friday, August 7, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 21st annual Scranton Jazz Festival kicked off Friday, celebrating the city\u2019s rich musical legacy with three days&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[182,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-261177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-local-news","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}