Back Alley Jazz Festival Brings Music To The Street And A Neighborhood Together

South Shore residents and people from around Chicago gathered for Back Alley Jazz Festival, which is reviving a tradition that started in the ‘60s.

Block Club Chicago

By Pat Nabong

July 29, 2019

SOUTH SHORE — A Chicago tradition continued to evolve Saturday as jazz reverberated through the 7300 block of South Paxton Street — from the middle of the street, not from the alleys.

South Shore residents and people from around Chicago gathered for Back Alley Jazz Festival, which is reviving a tradition on the South Side that started in the ‘60s. 

This year, musicians didn’t perform in residents’ garages like they did last year and in the ‘70s. 

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