Glass City Jazz Fest

JazzFest Express Service Connects Music Fans To Glass City JazzFest

Glass City JazzFest returns to Glass City Metropark on Saturday, August 9, and so does the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority’s shuttle service to this event, with affordable rides available from two park-and-ride locations. 

Buses at Franklin Park Mall and The Docks will be running directly to JazzFest, which begins at 12:30 p.m. and is expected to draw 8,000 people to the park. For $3 round trip, attendees can connect to this celebration of Toledo’s past, present and future in jazz music.

That celebration is a weeklong event this year, with free jazz performances slated around the area August 4-8 as part of Toledo Jazz Week. 

Trips from Franklin Park Mall to Glass City Metropark will begin at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and run every 30 minutes until 8:30 p.m. Return trips to Franklin Park will run from 1:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Trips from the parking lot at The Docks to the event will begin at 11:45 a.m. and run every 15 minutes until 9 p.m. Shuttles back to The Docks begin at 1:05 p.m. and run until 10:20 p.m.

TARTA Move paratransit service to the event can be scheduled by calling 419-382-9901, and fixed route service on TARTA routes 2, 12 & 14 stop near the Glass City Metropark.

Glass City JazzFest will include performances by: 

• Jean Holden, 12:30 p.m.
• Otonowa, 2 p.m.
• RiShon Odel & The 5^th Element, 3:45 p.m.
• Straight Ahead, 5:30 p.m. 
• Vinicius Gomes Quartet, with SongYi Joen, 7:15 p.m.
• Brian Bromberg, 9 p.m.

Music fans can also take TARTA to Jazz Week performances (6-8 p.m. each night), which include:

• Leslie Deshazor at Assembly American Brasserie (101 N. Summit Street) on Monday, August 4. Accessible via TARTA routes 2 & 5.
• Lori Lefevre & Toledo School of the Arts Jazz Vocalists at Middlegrounds Metropark (111 Ottawa Street) on Tuesday, August 5. Accessible via TARTA routes 27, 31, 32 & 34. 
• Keith Bernhard & More Jazz Messengers at Toledo Club (235 14^th Street) on Wednesday, August 6. Accessible via TARTA routes 2, 5, 22 & 26.
• Jerome Clark Trio at Club 1343 (1343 Avondale Avenue) on Thursday, August 7. Accessible via TARTA Route 33. 
• Gene Parker & Damen Cook at Glass City Metropark (1001 Front Street) on Friday, August 8. Accessible via TARTA routes 2, 12 & 14.