Down with Jazz

Down with Jazz

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Meeting House Square, Sunday 5th September

Down With Jazz is back and jazzing with a special edition to give a belated kick-start to the new roaring 20’s in the wake of you-know-what!

The festival takes a tongue-in-cheek look back to 1930s Ireland when jazz and ‘foreign’ music was seen by the Church as a filthy force of corruption, which culminated in a repressive ‘anti-jazz’ campaign to ban jazz music from the dance halls and airwaves of Ireland. Today’s Down With Jazz festival links audiences with 21st century Ireland’s vibrant and diverse music scene through the playful prism of this notorious period of our social history.

The popular weekend festival ran from 2012-2017 in Dublin’s Meeting House Square, and now, with thanks to Dublin City Arts Office’s Local Live Performance Scheme, it is back for a special live and proud edition for all of you hungry post-pandemic jazz fans.

Date:
Sunday 5th September
Time:
2.00pm, 5.00pm & 8.00pm
Price:
Free
Address:
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
Google Map of Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland

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