The Beat Goes On! The Davis Jazz & Beat Festival is returning for its 13th year, after a long hiatus! Experience live jazz, poetry readings, and performance dance and painting on two stages at the John Natsoulas Gallery and at the Davis Commons. Free admission. All ages welcome. Make sure to also come check out the major exhibition Lyrical Vision: Six Gallery 1954-1957, hosted in honor of the 70th anniversary of Allen Ginsburg's first public reading of Howl! We'll also be open for special hours until 9pm on October 10 in conjunction with the ArtAbout - featuring even more live jazz music and free refreshments! OCTOBER 11th Location - Davis Commons Stage 1:45 pm - Maximum Ernst (Jazz Band) – With Performance Painter Lacee Hodge and Poet Tim Kahl 2:30 pm – Jimmy Toor Trio (Jazz Band) – With Performance Painter Philippe Gandiol and Poet Laureate of Davis: Mercedes Ibanez 3:15 pm – UC Davis Jazz Band Combo - With Performance Painter Yahir Mariles Guzman and Poet Mia Fisher 4:00 pm – Davis High School Jazz Band – With Performance Painter Adam Forfang and Davis High School Poet Location - John Natsoulas Gallery 5:30 pm – Linda Bair Dance Group Performance 6:00 pm – Trio with Ted Fontaine, John Natsoulas, and CJ Borges 6:30 pm – Dr. Andy Jones reading Howl and Rick Newby 7:00 pm – Peter Coyote 8:30 pm - Tumble