Jazz At The Vine Music Series Expands To 8 Concerts This Summer Beginning May 23

MILWAUKEE (May 1, 2024) — Summer kicks off in three weeks with the reopening of Bay View’s Humboldt Park beer garden and the first of eight Jazz at The Vine performances on Thursday, May 23.

The concert series is presented by Humboldt Park Friends (HPF), a nonprofit volunteer group working to improve the 73-acre park, in collaboration with Lakefront Brewery, Beer Capitol Distributing, Bay View resident Gary Hollander and Milwaukee County Parks.

Jazz at The Vine takes place from 6-8:30 p.m. at The Vine, the beer garden in the center of Humboldt Park. The Jazz at The Vine line-up is:

• May 23 – HEIRLOOM
• May 31 –  Bay View Jazz Fest
• June 13 – Garrett Waite Quartet
• June 27 – Paul Silbergliet Trio
• July 11 – Anne Davis Quartet (with Marquette University High School Jazz Quintet SANDWICH from 5 to 6 p.m.)
• July 25 – Neil Davis Quartet
• August 15 – Milwaukee Jazz Institute Night – Faculty and Youth Combos
• August 29 – Donna Woodall Group

Performances will be rain or shine. Inclement weather will move the performances inside the park’s pavilion adjacent to the beer garden. Free parking is available near The Vine on Park Road, E. Idaho Street, and along E. Oklahoma Avenue and S. Howell Avenue.

“Jazz at the Vine has been enthusiastically supported and gets bigger each year. We started with four nights in 2022, seven last year and we’ll have eight nights of jazz this year, including being a venue for the Bay View Jazz Fest and Gallery Night again this year,” said Ignacio Catral, former HPF president who is organizing the series. “This series allows us to support Milwaukee County Parks and is dedicated to promoting jazz in Milwaukee. Each of the past two years, people let us know they enjoyed the music and wanted more.”

Local businesses sponsoring Jazz at The Vine include Catral Doyle Creative, Peter Adams of Coldwell Banker Realty,  Mindpool Live, Alderwoman Marina Dimitrijevic, Jordanne Nail of The Golden Hare Barbershop, Tenuta’s Italian Restaurant,, and Centraal Grand Café & Tappery. Public radio stations 88Nine Radio Milwaukee and 91.7 WMSE are media sponsors of the summer jazz series.

“Our focus is to draw more people to Humboldt Park by creating events that engage the community,” said Catral. “Jazz at The Vine showcases the best local jazz musicians and gives individuals and families a no-cost opportunity to enjoy a summer evening at one of the jewels of our county park system.”

For more information, go to https://www.humboldtparkmilwaukee.org/jazz-at-the-vine-2024.

About Humboldt Park

Originally named South Park, Humboldt Park was one of six parks created when the City of Milwaukee established a Parks Commission in 1890. The original 45-acre park opened in 1891 and a picturesque lagoon and adjoining creek were excavated two years later. In 1900, the park was renamed Humboldt Park in honor of Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, a Prussian geographer and naturalist who did extensive work on botanical geography. Humboldt Park continues to be a center point of the Bay View neighborhood providing a wealth of events and accessible nature within an urban park setting. The park is known as a favorite destination for family-friendly celebrations, concerts, tennis and baseball and has its own beer garden.

About Humboldt Park Friends

Humboldt Park Friends is a non-profit organization through its membership with the Park People of Milwaukee, serving as a liaison between the Milwaukee County Parks Department and the community. Established in 1997 by Ruth Simos, Humboldt Park Friends operates under the Park People and is governed by its own elected board. Learn more at http://www.humboldtparkmilwaukee.org.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.