San Diego
January 20-27, 2019
FONT co-director Stephanie Richards became a faculty member of the University of California San Diego Department of Music in 2017. She and Dan Atkinson, a Grammy-nominated jazz producer and artistic director for UC San Diego Urban, have put together the first-ever West Coast edition of FONT, FONT West, for one week in January 2019. The festival involves the collaboration of leading San Diego arts organizations including the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, Digital Gym Cinema, UC San Diego Department of Music, Panama 66, The Loft, Fresh Sound, San Diego Symphony, Quartyard, and UC San Diego Urban.
JAN 20 7:30 PM
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
Athenaeum Jazz Series: Cuong Vu Trio
Tickets: ljathenaeum.org
JAN 21 12:00 PM
Lyceum Theater
Athenaeum Mini-Concert Series: Curtis Taylor Trio
Free: ljathenaeum.org
JAN 21-22 6:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Digital Gym Cinema
Film Screenings: “Keep On Keepin On,” Clark Terry
“A Man Called Adam,” Sammy Davis, Jr.
Tickets: digitalgym.org
JAN 23 6:00-8:00 PM 8:15-11:00 PM
Panama 66
Young Lions + Gilbert Castellanos with special guest Curtis Taylor
Free: panama66.com
JAN 24 7:00 PM
The Loft at UC San Diego
Ivan Trujillo (first set), Peter Evans (second set)
Tickets: theloft.ucsd.edu
JAN 25 7:30 PM
White Box at Liberty Station
Fresh Sound: Stephanie Richards Take the Neon Lights
Hearing the Future Festival*
Tickets: freshsoundmusic.com
JAN 26 8:00 PM
Copley Symphony Hall
San Diego Symphony: Jazz at the Jacobs Generation Next featuring Josh Evans
Hearing the Future Festival*
Tickets: sandiegosymphony.org
JAN 27 2:00-6:00 PM
Quartyard | FREE
Brass Band Blast-off presented by UC San Diego Urban and Quartyard
Featuring: Euphoria Brass Band, Gilbert Castellanos Dia de los Muertos Suite, Daniel Rosenboom Octet
Free, pre-register: https://bit.ly/FONTWest
* Find out more at: sandiegosymphony.org/festival