Jazz Festival

The Prairie Village Jazz Festival Committee has finalized the lineup for this year's event, the fourth annual, slated for Sept. 7 at Harmon Park. UMKC jazz professor and saxophone virtuoso Bobby Watson and his All-Star Big Band are this year's...

The Prairie Village JazzFest planning committee is sure to be singing a happier tune after receiving permission from the City Council last week to engage a professional to raise funds for the event, which is heading into its fourth...

Mayor Ron Shaffer announced earlier this week that Jack Shearer, a commercial real estate salesman, will chair this year's Jazz Fest committee. Shearer takes over for Kathy Peterson, who became lead organizer of the 2011 event when festival co-founder...

Prairie Village Jazz Festival organizer Kathy Peterson was under a tent just to the north of the main stage Saturday when the winds began to whip through the municipal grounds. And she has one word for the experience of...

A wild, intense 30-minute storm put a damper on what was shaping up to be an excellent second Prairie Village Jazz Festival, doing damage to the stage and forcing organizers to cancel the rest of the event. The storm, which...

Put your ears on a fast today, Village people. Because they're going to get a feast tomorrow. The second annual Prairie Village Jazz Festival kicks off on the city's municipal grounds Saturday at 2 p.m. with a decidedly homegrown act:...

It’s been kind of a rough week for proponents of public puppy participation. First came news that the Prairie Village public pool was shutting down early for the season on account of the Crypto outbreak across the county, a move...

A second of the founders of the Prairie Village Jazz Festival has left the planning committee for this year's event, citing a situation that has been "untenable for several months." Rod Atteberry submitted his letter of resignation to Mayor Ron...

Organizers of the second annual Prairie Village Jazz Festival have released this year's lineup, which features performers old and young, from near and far. Among the headliners will be David Basse and 12th Street Jump, the band that plays a...

When Kimberly Genseal, 20, heard the announcer at Sunday's BRGR Run 4 Jazz 5K call "Go," she knew she had support around the globe. The Warrensburg, Mo., resident had spoken with her father, who is stationed with the Air Force...

Prairie Village Jazz Festival chair Kathy Peterson went door-to-door Saturday letting people who live along the route of the BRGR Luv 4 Jazz 5K run know that the roads along their houses will be closed off during the run....

If your jazziness levels are critically low, you're in luck. The first fundraiser for this year's Prairie Village Jazz Festival takes place tomorrow night at US Bank in The Village Shops. "Jazzree" will feature a silent auction, wine tasting and live...