As a special tribute to the full-time educators in Marin County, the Osher Marin JCC offers a free ticket to each teacher for the kick-off concert for Festival of Summer Nights. Festival of Summer Nights is a popular series of five celebrations for all ages with live music, dancing; food and cocktails; and family fun. Presented by The Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts, each celebration brings in hundreds of guests for an evening under the summer skies in the heart of Marin County. Guests are encouraged to create a summer outdoor evening to suit their lifestyle, whether they bring the kids, or a date, dance or sit back and enjoy the evening, bring their own picnics or purchase a locally catered dinner on site. Ample free parking will be available. Accessing the Festival from Highway 101 is effortless, just 11 miles north of San Francisco.
TEACHER APPRECIATION NIGHT Saturday, July 9, 2011: Bluegrass Night — With folk and bluegrass favorite Hot Buttered Rum and Jugtown Pirates. Dinners from Roadside BBQ. Presented in association with The Marin History Museum and Local Music Vibe. As a special tribute, full-time teachers in Marin County are invited for free. Register at www.marinjcc.org.
About Festival of Summer Nights
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Having grown as the most popular event series at the Osher Marin JCC, Festival of Summer Nights has become the family-friendly, clean, safe and fog-free venue to celebrate friends, family and live music together in Marin. As eclectic as our audience, we offer tastes of sound and food from around the world with something for every age, from 2 to 102. With room for over 1,000 in our beautiful setting nestled against the hills of Marin, guests stretch out with family and friends while enjoying music and picnicking as children can play in the art room and playground. Swig Field, the field where the Festival takes place, offers a safe, confined outdoor area blocked off from our busy worlds with surprisingly great acoustics. Our Festival of Summer Nights gives guests the escape they need, whether it includes dancing, catered dinners from local restaurants, picnics with the whole family or just a chance to share a memorable evening with friends.
About the Osher Marin JCC
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The Osher Marin JCC is the community center of Marin County. Epitomizing the essence of Marin, with a range of authentic cultural experiences enjoyed by many generations, the Osher Marin JCC offers award-winning facilities, abundant physical and educational activities and world-class programming relevant to our entire community today. Since the Osher Marin JCC’s founding in 1947, the center has become recognizable for its rich history of Jewish traditions and values with an unparalleled all-inclusive community spirit. For more information about the Osher Marin JCC, please visit http://www.marinjcc.org.
