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Streets to hum with jazz and blues
By JORGE SANCHEZ, Times Staff Writer DUNNELLON -- The streets of downtown will be filled with the aroma of great foods and the sounds of blues and jazz during the annual Jazz Up Dunnellon street festival Saturday. Festival activities are held at sites along Pennsylvania Avenue and on a few side streets. This means that on any given corner or business parking lot, you can listen to a great jazz or blues band, while just a few doors away, the mouth-watering aroma of Cajun cuisine will entice. Festival hours are 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Admission and parking are free. Most of the businesses in the festival area are either staging live music or providing special foods. Jazz Up Dunnellon can involve several blocks' worth of walking, so wear comfortable shoes and possibly some insect repellent. There is a horse and carriage ride offered along Pennsylvania for $5 per passenger. A special open container zone along Pennsylvania from Maple Street to Cedar Street will allow festival goers to stroll around with a mug of cold beer without breaking the law. The beer must be purchased in a mug from a festival vendor and cannot be brought in from outside. Plenty of foodFood vendors are at the following locations: -- Sausages, burgers and kabobs at JR's Sports Pub and Grill, 401 E Pennsylvania. -- Pork chops on a stick by The Sundance Grill at Badcock Furniture, 20319 E Pennsylvania. -- Wine and cheese at Red Fox Gallery, 20359 E Pennsylvania. -- Carmella's Fried Dough at Fans Are A Breeze, 19140 E Pennsylvania. -- Sno cones by Dunnellon Middle School at Riverland News, 20441 E Pennsylvania. -- Cajun shrimp and rice, soft drinks, beer, wine and kettle corn at the Chamber of Commerce, 20500 E Pennsylvania. -- Cajun shrimp stir-fry at Dunnellon Real Estate, 20540 E Pennsylvania. -- Jerk chicken, fish and chips, chicken tenders, corn dogs and sodas at Bob Rogers Realty, 11990 S Williams St. -- Italian sausage sandwiches at John and Jean's Past and Present Shop, 20643 W Pennsylvania. -- Funnel cakes at Rainbow Title, 20702 W Pennsylvania. -- Ice cream at Old Fashioned Sweet Shoppe, W Pennsylvania and N Ohio Avenue. -- Beignets, Jambalaya and a Cajun buffet at Gourmet Goddess Cafe, W Pennsylvania and Datesman Avenue. Live music fills the nightFrom blues to light jazz, there are plenty of good bands performing. Most of the artists are performing outside in parking lots and grassy areas. Bring a chair. -- Kathi Jo and Clint, blues and jazz, at JR's Sports Pub and Grill, 401 E Pennsylvania. -- Doc Redwater at Riverside Cafe 19773 E Pennsylvania. -- The Swinging Johnsons at Badcock Furniture, 20319 E Pennsylvania. -- Paul Luciano Trio, jazz, at Red Fox Gallery, 20359 E Pennsylvania. -- Keith Caton and the Accelerators, Chicago blues. State Farm Insurance office parking lot on E Pennsylvania and Mary Street. -- Liz Pennock and Dr. Blues, Dunnellon Real Estate, 20540 E Pennsylvania. -- Rudy Turner, Moon Room, 20583 W Pennsylvania. -- Gosia and Ali, parking lot at W Pennsylvania and N Ohio Avenue. -- Donald J and Co., parking lot at W Pennsylvania and Datesman Avenue. Free parking available at Dunnellon Public Library, and at Adelphia Cable, both on Cedar Street and W Pennsylvania; Dinner Bell Restaurant, 12084 S Williams St.; City Hall on River Drive and U.S. 41; Dunnellon Real Estate; AmSouth Bank; Red Fox Gallery and Rainbow River Animal Hospital, all on E Pennsylvania. Also, Capt. Mike Tracy, owner of Capt. Mike's Lazy River Tours, will be offering sightseeing tours of the Withlacoochee River on the hour from 3 to 7 p.m. Cost is $10 per person. Boats depart from the boat ramp on U.S. 41. -- Jorge Sanchez can be reached at at 860-7313 or sanchez@sptimes.com.
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