Santo Domingo boasts the best night life in the DR and summer is the time when Casa de Teatro welcomes leading jazz performers for its Annual Summer Jazz Festival, with performances every Thursday throughout June and July. Musicians are coming from Cuba, Argentina, the US, France, Spain and many of the best from the DR will be joining them for the 10th year of the festival. This year the festival will be dedicated to Guillo Carias, regarded as a living Dominican jazz legend. This year’s list of foreign performers includes Roberto Carcasse and his trio from Cuba, Bryan Lynch from the US, and Paula Shokron and trio from Argentina. From Europe, Spain’s Natalia Calderon and Ossia Saxophons from France. Guillo Carias will be playing with Rafael Mirabal and Sistema Temperano, and Patricia Pereyra will be on stage.
Performances take place at the Cristobal de Llerena auditorium, with a giant screen outside in the Cafe Teatro for those who prefer an informal setting to talk with friends. And there will be a special concert with Bryan Lynch from the US at the Plaza Bartolome de las Casas on Saturday, 4 July.
This year’s schedule is: 18 June: Roberto Carcasse and his trio (Cuba); 25 June: Rafael Mirabal and Sistema Temperado (DR); 2 July: Patricia Pereyra (DR); 4 July: Bryan Lynch (USA); 9 July: Ossia Saxophons (France); 16 July: Natalia Calderon Quartet (Spain); 23 July: Guillo Carias and his group (DR); 30 July: Paula Shokron and trio (Argentina). Tickets are for sale for RD$350 for hall performance, and RD$200 for the Cafe Teatro.