Jazz Festival to entertain with music, animals, crafts

Editor's note: The following story published on July 14, 2010 contained an error regarding the date of the Little Apple Jazz Festival. The Festival's main celebration will take place from 4 to 10:45 p.m. on Saturday. The Collegian  regrets the error. The Following Story has been changed to reflect this.

The 2010 Little Apple Jazz Festival is prepared to entertain all of Manhattan Saturday night in City Park.


The Festival will be from 4 to 10:45 p.m. at the Jon and Ruth Ann Wefald Pavilion, said Blair Johnson, festival organizer.


Throughout the night, the Festival will also provide entertainment for children and community members besides music. There will be a petting zoo; featuring insects from the K-State Insect Zoo, crafts from the UFM, Manhattan Arts Center and the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art and a visit from Willie the Wildcat.


"The Jazz Festival will unite the community of Manhattan because it is an event for all ages and will have activities for all types of people," Johnson said.


The concert is expected to start around 5:30 p.m. and should last until 10:45 p.m. It will feature six performing acts at the Larry Novell Band Shell, Johnson said.