ESTABLISHED 2013
AUGUST 2024
11 YEARS – SPOTLIGHT: CHARLIE PARKER IS BACK!
Featuring a new Partnership with the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra
Tickets Now On Sale! August 24th – Folly Theater!
“Spotlight: Charlie Parker” is an annual Kansas City-wide celebration of the life and music of Kansas City’s native son, Charlie “Bird” Parker in August.
Did you know…?
Your donation for KC Jazz ALIVE supports Spotlight: Charlie Parker, the annual multi-day festival focused on honoring Kansas City’s legendary Charlie “Yardbird” Parker and promoting many performances by the great generations creating the music on the scene today.
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Who We Serve
Kansas City Jazz ALIVE, and its Spotlight Charlie Parker initiative, serves five subgroups within the Kansas City jazz sector base, including artists, students, educators, venue owners, and enthusiasts.
The primary purpose of the initiative is to…
Celebrate the genius of Charlie “Yardbird” Parker and the current generation of musicians through educational and performance related events,
Increase awareness of Kansas City and its vibrant jazz scene,
Support venue owners by driving audience business traffic to performances through focused marketing and strategic promotions,
Drive tangible economic impact to benefit KC, our artists and our venues,
Build collaborative partnerships across the world,
Support the jazz education of young musicians through applicable programming.
KC Jazz ALIVE “Spotlights Charlie Parker” each August.
Supporting and elevating Jazz all year in the greater KC community aligns with the five pillars of our mission — Awareness, Listening, Ideas, Voice, and Exposure while being a nonaffiliated catalyst organization. Since 2014 KC Jazz ALIVE has been supporting artists, enthusiasts, and venue owners by raising the tides that lift all Jazz boats and increasing tangible engagement with the American Jazz aesthetic. As a catalyst organization, KC Jazz ALIVE builds Awareness of Kansas City’s vibrant Jazz scene. KC Jazz ALIVE is happily motivated to provide expanded promotion and publicity with an international reach for the KC’s annual Spotlight: Charlie Parker celebration.
To learn more about KC Jazz ALIVE, visit OUR WEBSITE + Get INVOLVED!
Also, visit the official Charlie Parker website at CharlieParkerMusic.com.