Free jazz festival coming to Grand Rapids' Rosa Parks Circle in August

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Organizers have announced that Grand Rapids is going to be hosting a free jazz festival this summer.

GRandJazzFest will be held at Rosa Parks Circle on Aug. 18.

The daylong festival is to feature Michigan-based jazz artists.

The festival is being organized by Grand Rapids resident Audrey Sundstrom and a group of jazz aficionados, including the West Michigan Jazz Society. Sundstrom is the wife of City Manager Greg Sundstrom.

GRandJazzFest is being financed by sponsors and in-kind contributors so it can be free to the public.