This summer, the Jazz Arts Group will take jazz to a wilder place as the Columbus Jazz Orchestra takes center stage at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium for JazZoo‘s fifth season!

The four-concert series returns to the Water’s Edge Events Park at the Columbus Zoo providing a beautiful waterfront setting along the O’Shaughnessy Reservoir. Gates open at 6:30 PM with concerts beginning at 8 PM.

2010 JazZoo Schedule:

• July 16, 8 PM: “Chicago & the Sounds of the ’70s” featuring Bruce Wermuth
• July 23, 8 PM: “Sinatra & the Big Bands” featuring John Fredo
• August 6, 8 PM: “Satchmo & the Duke” featuring Dwight Lenox
• August 13, 8 PM: “Gershwin Under the Stars” featuring Michael McElroy and Capathia Jenkins

Ticket prices (includes zoo admission and concert, parking is $5 per car for all but zoo members):

• Adult single: $27 (advance)/$30 (day of)
• Student single: $15 with ID
• Adult concert series: $89 per person
• Single concert corporate table of 8: $300 (does not include food)
• Concert series corporate table of 8: $1,000 (does not include food)

Single concert tickets and full series tickets can be purchased from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium via phone at 614.724.3570 or online at www.columbuszoo.org. Single concert tables and full series tables can be reserved through the Jazz Arts Group at 614.294.5200 x 110.

The 2010 JazZoo concert series is presented by Wells Fargo Advisors and The Columbus Dispatch. Additional support is made possible by the State Auto Group with media support from WOSU Public Media and Smooth Jazz 103.5 WJZA.