If a weekend with Dianne Reeves, Les McCann,Esperanza Spalding, Christian McBride, Lalah Hathaway, Pat Martino, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Stanley Jordan, Roy Hargrove, and Derek Trucks sounds like heaven to you, you're in luck.

They all will be perfoming at the Detroit International Jazz Fest, on the river, August 29th through September 1.

Other happenings at the Jazz Fest:

• Jam sessions at the Marriott
• KidBop, a hip new area for wee-boppers and their families
• The Pepsi Jazz Talk Tent with jazz historians Jim Gallert and Lars Bjorn
• Gospel Monday
• Performances by 30 jazz ensembles and orchestras from colleges, high schools and middle schools from all over the world including Troy's Boulan Park Middle School Jazz Band
• Saturday night fireworks

For more informatinon visit please visit the Detroit Jazz Fest Web site.