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DETROIT – The Detroit Jazz Festival presented by Rocket Mortgage, the world's largest (and

best) free jazz festival in the world, today announced a pivot to a virtual format that will be

streamed and broadcast "live" for free this Labor Day weekend. The Festival begins on Friday,

Sept. 3 and runs through Monday, Sept. 6.

The Festival was originally scheduled to be in-person this year, but organizers decided to switch to

the virtual format based on mitigating factors:

Ø Hart Plaza is currently being improved and construction won't be complete until Fall. While

plans were being devise...