Denton Arts & Jazz Festival 2024 in Texas

Denton Arts & Jazz Festival is an annual event, happening in Denton, Texas, for a long weekend in early October. The festival is crafted for jazz connoisseurs, but besides the music, it also highlights dance, drama, choral, and visual arts. Needless to say, the affair draws folks with eclectic tastes.

Denton Arts & Jazz Festival Highlights

The Denton Arts and Jazz Festival offers a variety of events, activities, and exhibits for all ages. The traditional venue is Quakertown Park, making for a beautiful backdrop for seven stages (Jazz Stage, Courtyard Stage, Roving River Stage, UNT Showcase Stage, Festival Stage, and Celebration Stage), vendor booths, and games.

The Fine Art and Fine Art and Crafts stations are available for adult visitors to observe and purchase clothing, metal and wood crafts, jewelry, paintings, candles, dolls, and accessories. The Children’s Art Tent features different areas where volunteers instruct kids in Clay and Flower Sculpture, Tangram Art, Stamp Art, Collage, Drawing, and more. Three professional music stages will play non-stop music that will introduce guests to different cultures. Featuring folk, blues, country, rock, tex-mex, conjunto, ятв even polka, the festival is one of the region's most popular events.

Festival Location and Hours

Denton Arts & Jazz Festival runs at Denton’s Quakertown Park and Facilities on Friday from 3 pm to 11 pm, on Saturday from 10 am to 11 pm, and on Sunday from 11 am to 9 pm. Denton is a mere 40-45-minute car drive from Fort Worth and Dallas. So, you can book your stay in either of these nice cities in Texas.

Admission

The Denton Arts & Jazz Festival is produced by the Denton Festival Foundation, Inc. Thanks to generous sponsors, including the Dallas/Fort Worth American Federation of Musicians, the celebration has free admission to the public.

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