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The 2010 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, which takes place through the end of September, features over 100 free events including music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, family festivals and children's programs.

There's also plenty of jazz, including John Worley's WorlView, the Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet, Italian jazz singer Irene Jalenti, the Indian jazz group VidyA, and trumpeter Khalil Shaheed's Mo' Rockin' Project.

"I am proud to present in such a beautiful San Francisco location the finest performing artists of the Bay Area and beyond" says the festival's Executive/Artistic Director, Linda Lucero. "In the light of our economic climate, I expect Yerba Buena Gardens Festival to be the very first stop for Bay Area audiences looking for top-quality cultural programs, all absolutely free of charge."

Yerba Buena Gardens is located in the heart of San Francisco's SoMa district, between Mission, Howard, Third and Fourth streets. Concerts take place in the Esplanade near the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (which is not, incidentally, affiliated with this free music series). 

The dance concerts take place at Jessie Square (in front of the Contemporary Jewish Museum).

Here's the schedule for this summer's jazz concerts at Yerba Buena Gardens:

Free Thursday Lunchtime Jazz Concerts
Thursday, June 3 from 12:30-1:30 pm		Frank Jackson Trio
Thursday, June 24 from 12:30-1:30 pm		John Worley's WorlView
Thursday, July 1 from 12:30-1:30 pm		Irene Jalenti
Thursday, July 8 from 12:30-1:30 pm		Lord Loves a Working Man
Thursday, July 15 from 12:30-1:30 pm		Tango No. 9
Thursday, July 22 from 12:30-1:30 pm		Crosscut Blues
Thursday, August 5 from 12:30-1:30 pm		The Mo' Rockin' Project
Thursday, August 19 from 12:30-1:30 pm		VidyA
Thursday, September 9 from 12:30-1:30 pm		Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
Thursday, September 16 from 12:30-1:30 pm		María Volonté
Thursday, September 30 from 12:30-1:30 pm		Orchestra Nostalgico
Latin Jazz Series Concerts
Saturday, June 12 from 1-2 pm		Los Terrys
Sunday, June 27 from 1-3 pm		Encapya and the Venezuelan Music Project
Thursday, September 9 from 12:30-1:30 pm		Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
Saturday, September 11 from 1-3 pm		Latin Jazz Youth Summit
Thursday, September 16 from 12:30-1:30 pm		María Volonté
Sunday, October 3 from 1-3 pm		Latin Jazz Tardeada
More Jazz Concerts
Thursday, July 1 from 6-7.30 pm		Lavay Smith & Her Red-Hot Skillet Lickers (Let's Go Dance @ Jessie!)
Saturday, August 28 from 1-2.30 pm		Howard Wiley & the Angola Project featuring Faye Carol
Saturday, September 11 from 1-2.30 pm		The Nice Guy Trio

For more info, please call 415.543.1718 or visit the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival website.