Ponce Jazz Festival
The Ponce Jazz Festival is a musical celebration that takes place every year in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
== History ==
The festival is one of the newest in the Western Hemisphere. It was inaugurated in 2012. It takes place at the Concha Acustica (English: acoustical shell) Amphitheatre of Parque de la Abolición in Barrio Cuarto.
== List of events ==
=== 2012 edition ===
The festival starts on the last Friday of April, and the 2012 events were as follows:
Friday 27 April 2012
Grupo Zambaríbiri Stage Band (Guayanilla)
Escuela de Música de Guayama
Grupo Sound Jazz y Jazz Jam
Saturday 28 April 2012
Edwin Gutiérrez & Jazz Project
Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround Band  
Julito Alvarado and his group Del Sur al Norte
Sunday 29 April 2012
Eugenio Torres & Sol Creciente 
Banda Municipal de Ponce, Carlos Juan Colón & Manus, and William Cepeda
=== 2013 edition ===
The 2013 events were as follows.
Friday, 26 April 2013
Stage Band - Instituto de Musica Juan Morel Campos
Diversis Quartet
Flautista Joche Caraballo and his Trio
Irvin Cancel and his Band
Saturday, 27 April 2013
Luis Gonzalez & his Orchestra
Joseito Ruiz & Quartet
PuertoSax
Sunday, 29 April 2013
Black Jazz
Master Jazz Big Band
Carnaval de Ponce
Feria de Artesanías de Ponce
Fiesta Nacional de la Danza
Día Mundial de Ponce
Festival Nacional de la Quenepa
Bienal de Arte de Ponce
Festival de Bomba y Plena de San Antón
Carnaval de Vejigantes
Festival Nacional Afrocaribeño

== External links ==
The 2013 Edition of PJF, YouTube video.