The August First Friday art walk in downtown Scranton was all about music. Because First Friday coincided with the Scranton Jazz Festival, a number of venues offered live music and Jazz-themed art. The last First Friday of the summer delivered great art and great local music with crowds flocking to the AFA Gallery, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and Dionysus Downtown. The September First Friday will be held on Friday,...

First Friday isn’t the only thing going on in downtown Scranton this weekend. The fifth annual Scranton Jazz Festival will be held Friday through Sunday, Aug. 7-9, at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel. The festival brings together some of the finest jazz talents in the Northeast for a three-day celebration of music and art. On Friday, music begins at 7:30 p.m. with The Marko Marcinko Latin Jazz Quintet...

Planning has begun for the fifth annual Scranton Jazz Festival this August and to ensure it lives up to its reputation as one of the area’s biggest and best music festivals, organizers have put together a spring concert to support the festival. French jazz vocalist Ilona Knopfler and friends will perform on Friday, March 20, at the Old Brick Theater, 124 West Market Street, Scranton. A pre-concert reception and...