About the Festival

The annual Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest is presented by Berks Arts Council, located in Reading, PA.

The mission of Berks Arts Council is to cultivate, promote, and support the arts in our community through collaboration, education, and presentation.

Berks Arts Council & the Berks Jazz Fest receive state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Berks Arts Council:
Kent Davis Board President
Karen Haver: Executive Director, karen@berksarts.org
Gary Spencer: Production Manager, spencer@berksarts.org
Konstance Folk: Communications and Membership Manager

Festival general manager:
John Ernesto, johnernesto@comcast.net

Talent coordination/booking:
John Ernesto, johnernesto@comcast.net
Gary Spencer, spencer@berksjazzfest.com
Stan Danner
John Graff

Production:
Gary Spencer: Production manager spencer@berksjazzfest.com
Stan Danner: Assistant production manager

Sponsorship development:
Jim Landrigan, Doug Messinger, Karen Haver, John Ernesto, Lee Olsen, Ron Bair

Ticketing:
SMG/Ticketmaster/www.ticketmaster.com

Transportation manager:
Chuck Koch, chuckhkoch@aol.com

Volunteer coordinator:
Mark Shearer, shearertech@comcast.net

Get Jazzed/Educational committee:
Mike Eben, trane12b@me.com
Chris Heslop, chris@chrisheslop.com
Rick Dietrich, Millie Eben, Carl Zeplin, Shannon Sunday, Josh Taylor, Tony Deininger, Cathy Barra, A.J. Merlino, Andrea Vinanskie.

Support the Berks Jazz Fest and Berks Arts Council:
CLICK HERE to become a Berks Arts Council member.
Members at the Jazz Circle level and above are eligible for the exclusive Berks Jazz Fest member presale!! You membership is also tax deductible.