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Friday, April 18, 2025

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Friday, April 18, 2025

2012 DeSoto SolJazz Festival “Where People, Music & Culture Become One!

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The 2012 DeSoto SolJazz Festival (DSJF) is scheduled for June 1-10 and planners promise an event that will focus on five major components: Family, Health, Music, Food and Fun! The DeSoto Chamber of Commerce and the City of DeSoto teamed up with Gemstone Management to get this project off the ground.

The DSJF Calendar of Events will showcase nightly SolJazz Happy Hour events June 1-6. There will also be a community-based Walk for Diabetes Prevention, on Saturday, June 2 at Zeiger Park sponsored by The American Diabetes Association.  June 3-6, SolJazz Karaoke Contests will also take place with chances to win finale concert tickets, drink specials, drawings and special prize giveaways!

Monday, June 4 – Thursday, June 7 the DSJF will host free SolJazz Spotlight Concerts at the DeSoto Amphitheater in the Town Center. June 8th there will be a Celebrity & Partner Golf Scramble at Cedar Crest Golf Course and a Comedy & Casino Night at The Hilton Garden Inn Duncanville.

June 9 will highlight an All-Star lineup including Cameo, Rachelle Ferrell, Pieces Of A Dream, Doug E. Fresh, MC Lyte and more! The campus of DeSoto High School will be transformed into a megaplex to include Food Trucks, Vendors, a Health Pavilion and Kidz Zone. To close the celebration, there will be an Official Soljazz Brunch to celebrate Rejoice Sunday on June 10.

The Dr. Pepper, the North Dallas Gazette, Walgreens, Chili’s, Near Future, Cedar Crest Golf Course, Mac Haik Ford, 7-11, Dikita Engineering, James Zander & Associates, Sam’s Club, and the All-America City of DeSoto’s hosting facilities, the DeSoto Civic Center & Amphitheater, Marriott Towne Place Suites, Holiday Inn Express & Suites and Real Times Sports & Entertainment have also joined forces to show their support.