Herbie Hancock, George Benson, Mindi Abair to headline 2022 Jacksonville Jazz Festival

Tom Szaroleta, Florida Times-Union
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The pandemic shut down the 2020 Jacksonville Jazz Festival and forced the '21 fest to move to fall. This year, it's back in its Memorial Day weekend slot.
The pandemic shut down the 2020 Jacksonville Jazz Festival and forced the '21 fest to move to fall. This year, it's back in its Memorial Day weekend slot.
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Herbie Hancock and George Benson will headline the 2022 Jacksonville Jazz Festival when it returns to its traditional Memorial Day weekend slot.

Other acts announced Thursday for the May 26-29 festival in the downtown Jacksonville streets include Mindi Abair, David Sanchez, Jazzmeia Horn, the Christian Sands Trio, the Emmet Cohen Trio, the U.S. Air Force Airmen of Note and the John Lumpkin Trio. Other acts will be announced over the next few weeks.

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Hancock will perform Friday, May 26. Benson will headline the following night and Abair will close the festival Sunday night.

Attendance is free, but VIP packages are available.

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville Jazz Fest returns to Memorial Day for 2022