Polyrhythms 8th Annual Bill Bell Jazz & Heritage Festival will be held August 19-21 in Rock Island and Bettendorf!

Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center (Outside)
630 Martin Luther King Drive
Rock Island, IL

Rivermont Collegiate
Becherer Hall Auditorium
1821 Sunset Drive
Bettendorf, IA

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE TIMES:

Friday Aug 19 2022 –
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center

7-8p
Charlotte Blu

8:30-9:45p
Wes Julien with Club Crib Entertainment

Sat Aug 20 2022 –
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center

5:30-6:30p
Saul Lubaroff (alto sax) and Andy Parrott (guitar) Duo

7-8p
The Channel Cats

8:30-9:45p
Piso’s Cure

Sun Aug 21 2022 –
Rivermont Collegiate (Inside)
Becherer Hall Auditorium

3:45-4:30p
Manny Lopez (trumpet) & Daniel Leahy (piano) Duo
5-6p

James Culver and Kuchina Jazz 3
feat. Corey Kendrick (piano) and Andy Crawford (bass)

6:30-8p (2 sets)
Ernest Dawkins & the Young Masters

Polyrhythms is excited to host their first Black Authors Forum and Book Fair during the Bill Bell Jazz and Heritage Festival on Friday, August 19, 2022, from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Shellie Moore-Guy hosts a Black Author’s Forum: with local authors, those returning to the area to present their work and others wanting to speak about their books. Authors will also be vendors selling their books! The event will be at the Martin Luther King Center’s Ida Robinson Banquet Room, 630 – Martin Luther King Drive (9th Street) Rock Island. There will be an author’s “meet and greet one” from 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm.

Learn more here: JAZZ FEST

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