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An afternoon of rain can’t stop music in the Cape Region

True Blue Jazz Festival, Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival shows continue through Oct. 15
True Blue hosted its seventh annual Smokin’ Hot Firehouse Jazz Big Band Marathon at the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company. Columbia Jazz Band member John Zontek performs a solo on the trombone. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood
October 14, 2023

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It may have been raining outside, but the Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival and True Blue Jazz Festival kept music lovers dry inside Oct. 14 with an afternoon of entertainment.

True Blue hosted its seventh annual Smokin’ Hot Firehouse Jazz Big Band Marathon in the garage of the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company’s Rehoboth Avenue location.

For the Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival, Acoustic Alchemy started its tour of the U.S. with a show at Epworth United Methodist Church.  

Both festivals have shows slated for Sunday, Oct. 15.

For more information on the True Blue Jazz Festival, go to truebluejazz.org.

For more information on the Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival, go to rehobothjazz.com.

Acoustic Alchemy kicked off its U.S. tour at Epworth United Methodist Church in Rehoboth Beach.
Cape Henlopen High School Jazz Band’s Samuel Mincey plays the trombone, but he’s also a singer.
Conor Wiedmann had a number of solos during the Cape High Jazz Band performance.
Columbia Jazz Band vocalists Deborah Poole and Matt Williams perform.
Acoustic Alchemy’s Greg Carmichael plays on the stage on the screen.
A large crowd turned out for the British-based Acoustic Alchemy.
Columbia Jazz Band’s Tanya Hoegh-Allan plays the alto saxophone.
True Blue Jazz co-founder Eddie Sherman introduces the Cape Henlopen High School Jazz Band.
Acoustic Alchemy drummer Greg Grainger is from Baltimore.
Acoustic Alchemy bassist Gary Grainger is known for his work with singer Rod Stewart.
Julia Burrell performs a solo during the Cape Henlopen High School Jazz Band’s performance Oct. 14 at the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company.
In his free time, Tom Monroe is an elementary school music teacher.
Drummer Mike Morris leads the rhythm section of the Columbia Jazz Band.
Acoustic Alchemy’s Miles Gilderdale plays the steel-string acoustic guitar.
The band members have changed, but Acoustic Alchemy has been around for four decades.
Cape High School Jazz Band pianist Will Runde focuses on the keys.
Columbia Jazz Band vocalist Matt Williams leads the way.
Playing the upright bass, Sara Dawson watches for the sign to end the song.
Brothers Darius Weldon, trumpet, and Adonest Weldon, trombone, focus on the sheet music.

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories, random stories on subjects he finds interesting and has a column called ‘Choppin’ Wood’ that runs every other week. Additionally, Chris moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes during daylight hours that are jammed with coins, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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