Uptown Row Django Jazz Fest

A whole day of live, outdoor, Django Reinhardt-style gypsy jazz? Used to be such things simply did not happen around here. More unusual still, Uptown Row is not a new music club, but rather one of the upstart retail/residential developments changing the face of West Lake Street. Gypsy jazz, which blends American swing and Parisian café jazz, is enjoying a renaissance through the hot club movement, with ensembles paying homage to the name and work of Django Reinhardt’s 1930s-era band, the Quintet of the Hot Club of Paris. At this festival, the Hot Club of Sweden with Connie Evingson, Clearwater Hot Club, Parisota Hot Club, and the Twin Cities Hot Club will all carry the style into our Cities. 1221 Lake St. W., Minneapolis; 612-824-7000