ArtsFalmouth Jazz Stroll 2024

ArtsFalmouth’s Jazz Stroll Offers Free Jazz Concerts in Downtown Falmouth on Saturday, October 5

ArtsFalmouth’s signature fall event, the Jazz Stroll, returns to downtown Falmouth on Saturday, October 5. The event, which is free and welcoming to all, takes place rain or shine from 3 to 9:30 PM in locations along Queens Buyway, Palmer Ave, and Main Street, ending with an After-Stroll Concert from 6:30 to 9:30 PM at the Vine Restaurant. Free refreshments will be offered at many Stroll locations.

“Jazz Stroll 2024 offers ten performances by well-known local jazz and blues musicians and introduces some new voices to Falmouth,” said Marilyn Rowland, president of ArtsFalmouth. “ArtsFalmouth is delighted to be able to offer this popular community event to residents and visitors. The music is outstanding, but so is the opportunity to explore local galleries, shops, and restaurants, to meet up with friends and neighbors, and to admire the many creatively decorated scarecrows along the way, thanks to Falmouth Village businesses.”

The Stroll features an eclectic array of jazz, blues, and contemporary music from American standards and international rhythms to progressive jazz and original compositions. The overlapping performances are each one hour and fifteen minutes long.

The event begins at 3 PM at The Black Dog General Store, 214 Main Street, with a performance by the Joe Mongelli Jazz Trio, offering original arrangements of classic jazz. Nice and Easy, a bluesy jazz trio led by Chris LoCasio, performs at 3:30 PM at So French, 303 Main Street.

Bongogenesis offers Afro-Cuban music at Falmouth Museums on the Green, 55 Palmer Avenue, at 4 PM, and the Fred Clayton Band plays the blues at 4:30 PM at Howlingbird Studio, 115 Palmer Avenue.

The Tish Adams Duo begins at 4:45 PM at ByWay Barber + Massage Co., 49 North Main Street. Vocalist Adams has an extensive repertoire of time-honored jazz standards with a dash of the blues. The Andrew Sexton Trio performs at Coffee Obsession, 110 Palmer Avenue, at 5 PM. Sexton sings American standards and plays guitar, accompanied on saxophone and bass.

At 5:30 pm, the Dawna Hammers Trio performs at the Pickle Jar Kitchen, 170 Main Street. A versatile musician, Dawna will sing jazz standards and originals. The Paul Ross Jazz Trio performs fun, classic jazz and pop music at the Main Street Gallery, 189 Main Street, at 6 PM.

The Jim Robitaille Group performs at 6:45 PM at the Gallery on Main, 317 Main Street. The group features Robitaille on guitar, John McKenna on saxophone. Tom Casale on bass, and Chris Poudrier on drums. The Vine Restaurant, at 824 Main Street, will feature the Bart Weisman Jazz Group from 6:30 to 9:30 PM at the Post-Stroll event. Stroll attendees are invited to relax and enjoy the music and an Italian meal.

Schedule cards will be available at Stroll venues. Information, including videos, is also available at artsfalmouth.org/jazz-stroll-2024/ or email info@artsfalmouth.org.

ArtsFalmouth is grateful for the support of the host venues. as well as organizations and foundations who have helped fund and support not only the Jazz Stroll, but also ArtsFalmouth’s other events, Arts Alive, and the Woods Hole Trad Stroll. They include the Mass Cultural Council, the Falmouth Cultural Council, the Woods Hole Foundation, the Melody Tent, the Falmouth Road Race, the Falmouth Fund of the Cape Cod Foundation, Falmouth Community Television, the Falmouth Art Center, and the Falmouth Enterprise.