Our friends Jess, Jeff and Baby Miles invited us out to Pasadena on Saturday to check out the day-long Make Music Pasadena festival. Not the best day for an outdoor event -- and even though quite a few well-known bands were performing (Division Day, Raveonettes, Kinky, Dengue Fever), with kids in tow we decided to keep it simple and head to the Levitt Pavilion for some jazz.
The music itself was just OK, but a nice shade covered most of the Levitt park -- and we came with picnic fixings, making for a nice evening.
Speaking of the Levitt, free performances continue from Wednesday through Sunday through the end of August. Children's entertainment takes place on Wednesdays, starting this week with the Bob Baker Marionettes. "American Music," featuring artists from John Doe to Royal Crown Revue to The Blasters, takes place on Thursdays; Fridays are devoted to world music (Jessica Fichot, Kusun Ensemble, Celtic Spring, etc.); Latin music on Saturdays (Quetzal, others); and Sundays are for jazz (Barbara Morrison, Ernie Andrews Quartet, Charles McPherson, etc.).
We saw the Bob Baker Marionettes here a few years ago, when Evan was 1 1/2, and it kinda freaked him out at the time. But we hope to hit the Levitt more often this summer. Can't beat free.
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