Percussionist and musical director for the Food Network's popular series "Emeril Live," Doc Gibbs, will be the opening performer at the fifth annual Manassas Wine & Jazz Festival on June 21.
Historic Manassas Inc. will sponsor the event, which will feature 14 area wineries.
Gibbs is one of the most sought after percussionists in the music industry today. Whether he is recording or touring with his band, Nfusion, Gibbs mesmerizes audiences with an artistry and craftsmanship on percussion that draws audiences deep inside funky Afro-Cuban rhythms.
Tickets for what is quickly becoming a Father's Day tradition in the area are now available and can be pur-chased at www.visitmanas sas.org or at the Old Town Visitors Center in the train depot seven days a week between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Conducted at the Loy E. Harris Pavilion in the heart of historic Old Town from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., jazz taster's tickets are $20 and non-taster's tickets are $10 and children under 10 are free.
Tickets may also be purchased online until June 17 on the HMI Web site and picked up from the will-call table at the festival gates. The taster's ticket price includes an official festival tasting wine glass.
Returning is accomplished jazz pianist Marcus Johnson, who has performed at each of the annual festivals. Vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Barbara Martin from the Shenandoah Valley will also entertain festival-goers with tradi-tional American blues and jazz.
Those attending are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket to relax on the pavilion lawn. Food concessions will be available.
Virginia wineries participating in the festival are Horton Winery, White Fences Vineyard & Winery, Peaks of Otter Winery/Orchards, Willowcroft Farm Vineyards, Unicorn Winery, Loudoun Valley Vineyards, Athena Vineyards & Winery, Villa Appalachia Winery, Kluge Estates, Vino Curioso, DelFosse Vineyards and Winery, Naked Mountain, The Winery at La Grange and First Colony Winery.
For more information, call 703-361-6599.
Staff writer Bennie Scarton Jr. can be reached at 703-369-6707.
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