We’re back! After a hiatus in 2024 due to health issues, I rallied for additional support by applying for an artist’s grant with the Durham Arts Council to help with the stress of financing and producing the Orchard Park Jazz Picnic. I was pleasantly surprised when, just a short while later, I received an email informing me that I was the recipient of one of the grants.

I hope you will join the Mint Julep Jazz Band on June 14, 2025 from noon to 3 p.m. for an afternoon of relaxing, picnicking, and dancing at historic Orchard Park, near downtown Durham (1000 S. Duke St. at the corner of Duke St. and Cobb St.). Your hosts will perform 3 sets of music from and inspired by the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. 

This event is free and open to the public. Donations to the band are encouraged.

Parking is along the streets bordering the park and in the adjoining neighborhood.

This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and Durham Arts Council local grants administrator. 

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