Today, you have to make a decision: blues or jazz.*
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This weekend features both the South Bend Ribs and Blues Festival and the Elkhart Jazz Festival. Which will it be? Lots of barbecue vendors and bands at the newly-renovated Coveleski Stadium? Or an established and nationally-acclaimed jazz festival that features six stages scattered around downtown Elkhart?
Or how about something completely different? Slalom skateboarding -- the first (and perhaps first in Michiana ever) Pinhook Slalom Open, a time-based competition features 22 skaters from several states. Perhaps most importantly, it's a fundraiser for charity:water.
For more information about performers, ticket prices and parking:
Elkhart Jazz Festival:
Now - Sunday afternoon
Tip: Don't have the dough to shell out? Check the student pricing and/or the free concert at 5:00pm by Jenna Mammima and Robin Lewis at the Ruthmere Museum.
South Bend Ribs Festival:
First act begins at 12:15 pm - last band goes on at 8:00 pm
(and check our profile of it last year here)
2012 Pinhook Slalom Open:
*Actually, you can experience them both -- the Elkhart Jazz Festival continues on Sunday. Whew.