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Express Service Connects Music Fans To Glass City JazzFest

Music will be in the air Saturday, August 12 for the Glass City JazzFest at Glass City Metropark, and The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) will help customers enjoy this day-long event with express service.

Buses at Franklin Park Mall and The Docks will be running directly to JazzFest, which runs from noon to 9 p.m. This service will be free of charge to customers, courtesy of Glass City JazzFest.

The first Express bus from Franklin Park Mall to Glass City Metropark departs at 11 a.m., and rides will leave every 45 minutes until 6:30 p.m. Return trips to Franklin Park start at 1:35 p.m. and run every 45 minutes until the last bus back at 9:50 p.m.

Shuttle service from Boyer Way at The Docks – which will host parking for the event – will leave every 15 minutes, beginning at 11:30 a.m. The final trip to the event from Boyer Way leaves at 9:30 p.m., and the final return trip departs Glass City Metropark at 9:50 p.m.

Glass City JazzFest will include performances by:

• John Cunningham, featuring the Rock Steady Band, noon
• Sammy Deleon Y Orquesta, 1:30 p.m.
• Ramona Collins, 3 p.m.
• Four80East, 4:30 p.m.
• Jeanette Harris and David P. Stevens, 6 p.m.
• Jeff Lorber, 7:30 p.m.