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12th annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival begins this weekend

September 16, 2022 / 9:02 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

Maysa Leak of Incognito

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The 12th annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival kicks off on Friday night with the "A Taste of Jazz" party.

It all begins tonight at 9:30 at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center.

The weekend will see a lot of great acts including Ron Carter Foursight, Stanley Clark N 4Ever, Average White Band, Ledisi, and more.

Tickets for individual days are on sale now, as are 2-day passes to the event.

You can see the full lineup and get tickets on their website at this link!

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Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.