The highly popular concerts, known for exceptional quality and for a broad range of jazz and blues styles, now attract audiences numbering more than 3,000 to each performance. New features of the series in 2008 include new concert locations within two of the parks and a change in the number of concerts presented at each park site. The line-up of musical talent offers six new bands and four returning groups. “We love introducing our audience to terrific new ensembles; the TGIF crowd is accustomed to the best in a variety of styles,” says Arts Manager Peter Gordon. “And each year some of the best come back again and remind us why we all loved listening and dancing to them the first time.”

The first four concerts take place on June 20, June 27, July 4, and July 11 at Stagecoach Park, 3420 Camino de los Coches, between La Costa Avenue and Rancho Santa Fe Road. The concert site moves from the lower level bowl to Baseball Field #1 on the park’s upper level. Free parking is available until 9 pm directly across the street at La Costa Canyon High School. There is no shuttle service at Stagecoach Park.

TGIF moves to Poinsettia Park, 6600 Hidden Valley Road, for three concerts on July 18, July 25 and August 1. Free shuttle service will operate between 4:30 and 9 pm from two locations: south of the park at Pacific Rim Elementary School at the corner of Hidden Valley Road & Camino de los Ondas and north of the park at the Legoland parking lot off Hidden Valley Road, just north of Palomar Airport Road.

Calavera Hills Park, site of the final three concerts on August 8, August 15 and August 22, is at 2997 Glasgow Drive on the corner of Carlsbad Village Drive. The concert site moves to Baseball Field #3, on the opposite side of the Recreation Center from the former concert site. Free shuttle service will operate between 4:30 and 9 pm from Hope Elementary School, 3010 Tamarack Drive and from Calavera Hills School, 4100 Tamarack Drive at College Avenue.

Patrons should bring low-back beach chairs and ground cover to TGIF concerts. Many patrons bring picnics; light refreshments are also available for sale. Intermission opportunity drawings are conducted by the Carlsbad Friends of the Arts to support the concert series and other cultural programs. The use of bikes, skateboards and roller blades is not allowed in the parks during concerts. Pets and personal barbeques are not allowed in City parks by municipal ordinance. For more information on TGIF Jazz in the Parks concerts, visit the City of Carlsbad website: www.carlsbadca.gov/arts or call the Carlsbad Cultural Arts Office Info Line: (760) 434-2904.
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Stagecoach Park 3420 Camino de los Coches Carlsbad CA 92009 Poinsettia Park 6600 Hidden Valley Road Carlsbad CA 92008 Calavera Hills Park 2997 Glasgow Drive Carlsbad CA 92010, Carlasbad  

Visit the City of Carlsbad website: www.carlsbadca.gov/arts or call the Carlsbad Cultural Arts Office Info Line: (760) 434-2904.