JAZZ FESTIVAL TICKET OUTLETS

Sonoita

National Bank of Arizona
Junction Highways 83 and 82

Patagonia

Global Arts Gallery
315 McKeown Avenue

Nogales

Nogales-Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce
123 West Kino Park

La Cinderella
381 West Mariposa Road

Rio Rico

Rio Rico Auto Service Center
1041 Yavapai Drive

Charles Mingus Biography

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HELP FUND THE CHARLES MINGUS HOMETOWN FESTIVAL & MEMORIAL PARK ON KICKSTARTER


Charles Mingus was born in Nogales, Arizona 90 years ago on April 22. The Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts is planning the Charles Mingus Hometown Jazz Festival to celebrate his birthday but we need your help to make this festival a fitting tribute to the great jazz bassist and composer. We also are raising funds to establish the Charles Mingus Memorial and Performance Park at the historical site of the entrance Camp Little where Charles' father was stationed in the Army in 1922. The City of Nogales has donated the land and will provide the basic infrastructure and we have some other donations of materials. However, we need to raise several thousand dollars to build the basic monument. Any money we raise above our goal will enhance the park even more. Not only will it be a Memorial with mosaic art designed by the town's mayor and built by local students, it will be a performance facility with a small stage and seating area. We also would like to have a statue and a brass plaque there. We just need this Kickstarter to get it going.

CHARLES MINGUS HOMETOWN FESTIVAL SPONSORS

Mingus Hometown Festival Sponsors: Nogales, AZ and Sonora Santa Cruz County Attorney's Office Young Audiences Wells Fargo ¡Caray! Arizona Commission on the Arts - ACA Santa Cruz Community Foundation Santa Cruz County School Superintendent IMFOCULTA Yamaha Music Corporation City of Nogales, Sonora Chicago Music Store Oasis Cinemas Nogales Unified School District City of Nogales, AZ Nogales - Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce Instrumental Music Store