City Parks Foundation City Parks Foundation The City Parks Foundation is the only independent, nonprofit organization to offer programs in parks throughout the five boroughs of New York City. The organization works in over 750 parks citywide, presenting a broad range of free arts, sports, and education programs. Founded in 1989, it is one of the oldest and largest citywide parks organizations in the country. Programs offered by City Parks Foundation include free performing arts festivals such as Central Park SummerStage and the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, which take place annually each summer in parks across all five boroughs of New York City.
Charlie Jazz Festival Charlie Jazz Festival The Charlie Jazz Festival is an annual music festival held every summer in Vitrolles, Provence, France. It was established in 1998 by "Charlie Free", a not-for-profit jazz organization which runs jazz sessions every two weeks at "Le Moulin à Jazz", a famous jazz club in France. The festival is hosted at "Le Domaine de Fontblanche", a public garden with hundred-year-old plane trees, the first weekend of July. The two stages in the park feature concerts by international artists, but a large part of the program aims to discover talented young players from Europe and France. Since its