Live on Logan / Jazz in the Park 2025
We are pleased to announce that our lineup for our Sunday Jazz series is committed for 2025. We have some awesome talent lined up to continue our family-friendly, canine-friendly, picnic-friendly event
The kickoff of the 2025 season of Live on Logan starting July 13 from 1 to 3 pm.
Every year we raise money to pay for the programming season through individual donations and local business.
Live on Logan is on IG and FB that advertise every week to remind those that follow the series. Block Club will be running a story. Any funding will help; We are asking larger businesses to donate $750 to sponsor a show or whatever they can do. We do a shout out every week to those who sponsor and will post it on the socials. We will also be sending over info on WDCB Jazz station, and they will announce it on the radio on a weekly basis.
Link for donations here https://www.palmersquareparkcouncil.org/wp/?page_id=16
We are excited to announce another session of Live on Logan this summer on Sundays starting July 13th – September 14th at Palmer Square Park from 1PM – 3PM. Picnic in the beautiful shaded park and enjoy world class musicians right outside your doorstep, summer never sounded so sweet.
Eric Hines and Pan Dulce 7/13
Ernest Dawkins 7/20
Alyssa Allgood 7/27
Joe Policastro Trio 8/3
Nicholas Barron and The Galaxy 5 8/10
Electric Forecast featuring music from the Weather Report 8/17
Bonzo Squad 8/24
Marcel Bofim’s Brazilian Funkeria 8/31
J. Davis Trio 9/7
Pat Mallinger featuring the music of Sonny Rollins 9/14
We hope to see you this summer!!
As a reminder of the origins, the program was started by a local neighbor who wanted to provide a stage for local musicians unable to play due to lockdowns, and offered it as a free – tipping optional but encouraged – show. Not all of his neighbors were onboard with the congregations outside his house, and long story short, our Park Advisory Council picked up the show as we had the space in our park to meet C19 distancing (et al) guidelines, and could properly permit the show with the city.
However, unlike during the pandemic, musicians now certainly have choices of venues, and providing top-class talent basically required us to assure a minimum “take” per show. We believe that $750 was a fair recompense for the show, and offer this. (In a rain-out event, we offer $250).
At the moment, the board has committed to NOT use PAC funds (other than as a temporary buffer) with this event- meaning we need sponsorship to complete the series. Our initial shows have been funded from generous donations by local businesses – we will circulate a summary thank-you of all of them to encourage patronization as we can – but we will need some additional donations from wherever we can get them. Learn more about how to donate, here.