Jazz Fest

There is an event that the City of Jacksonville puts on each year that we wouldn't dream of missing. We have look forward to the next one as soon as its over.

Last year we saw Chris Botti in concert and thought it was a great concert- this year he came back only this time he was accompanied by the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. We arrived about 3-4 hours before his show was scheduled to start so we could try and get good seats. This is a free event, but you can pay for preferred seating, but didn't, so we had to wait out the crowds.

It was estimated that 10,000 people were in attendance for this particular show. The way the festival is set up there are several shows going on all over downtown Jax at the same time, it is really neat how its set up.

We ended up getting great seats and LOVED the show, it was amazing. Only the people who had been there since early that morning (and sat through all of the heat) had better seats. I don't even think you have to enjoy jazz to appreciate the talent that he had with him on the stage.

We will probably attempt to take Ava next year- with the way she loves to dance and clap we think it will be a hit with her!