Ballard Park Summer Concert Series: Adirondack Jazz Orchestra
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7:00 PM
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About this event
The 2026 Ballard Park Concerts were made possible by the Town of Westport, Chazy Westport Communications, Champlain National Bank, Stewart’s Shops, Rogers-Carroll Family Foundation, Cloudsplitter Foundation, Essex County Arts Council’s Cultural Assistance Program with funding from Essex County, and with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, and our many generous supporters.
Concerts are free to all. They typically take place on Thursdays at 7:00 pm.
- July 9: Myra Flynn
- July 16: Adiorndack Jzz Orchestra
- July 23: Band O'Brothers
- July 30: Meadowmount School
- August 6: house of Hamill
- August 13: Sweet Megg
- August 20: Heard
Adirondack Jazz Orchestra
Known as the “Big Band of the Adirondacks,” the Adirondack Jazz Orchestra was founded in 2003 by Matthew Pray to bring together in a big band setting some of the Adirondack’s finest musicians. The AJO showcases the traditional big band sound of five trumpets, four trombones, and five saxophones with the added flavor of the tuba. Led by Pray, the band members are high school music educators, college professors, and college students, who perform arrangements by legends such as Glenn Miller, Buddy Rich, Charles Mingus, Thad Jones, and Maynard Ferguson, and original compositions by members of the AJO. In 2010, the group opened for The Glenn Miller Orchestra, then under the musical direction of Larry O'Brien.
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