Dutch Festival

29th Annual
Sunday, May 6, 2012

Admission: $6.00 adults, $4.00 seniors
Children under 12 – free

This year, Hofstra University is jazzing up the Annual Spring Dutch Festival!

The Dutch have had a long and vibrant tradition as well as great respect for jazz music. In the Netherlands jazz began around 1919. By the late 1920s the Dutch jazz group The Ramblers performed with Coleman Hawkins among others. Later Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington would perform in the nation sparking further interest.

Dutch jazz musicians had reflected Americans before the war and this continued to varying degrees until the late 1950s. In the 1970s jazz gained acceptance in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and government funding. Since then many jazz musicians choose the Netherlands as a place to study or settle.

This year, classical jazz music will fill the gardens and tents on the south campus. Enjoy delicious Dutch fare, shop with local vendors, stroll our beautiful gardens and pick up a plant or two at our annual arboretum sale. Magic, puppets and craft activities will delight the children.

Stay tuned for 2012 details

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What a great way to spend a "Family Funday!"

For program information call the Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6582.

For vendor information, call (516) 463-6504.