Soon people from all over the area will be running to see Boz Scaggs, Grace Potter, Marcia Ball and all the other great entertainment lined up to perform at JazzFest 2015, July 16-18 at Yankton Trail Park in Sioux Falls.

There will also be a number of people literally running in this years JazzFest 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, July 18 2015.

The Annual 5K Run/Walk and the 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk has become a tradition out at JazzFest for going on 6 years now.

Time to gather up all your friends and family that love to run and walk and participate in this years event that benefits Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues educational programming.

It's a great way to kickoff JazzFest Saturday morning.

The race will be chip timed by All Sport Central. Each participant will be given a race number at packet pick up. Plus, all entrants registered by July 1st are guaranteed a t-shirt.

Refreshments and awards immediately follow the race with an announcement of winners from each age group.

Then following the race and awards, there will be JazzFest Yoga in the Park. The free yoga session will begin following the award announcements, right around 9:15 AM. The yoga session by the way is open to the public for racers and non-racers.

The JazzFest 5K Run/Walk begins at 8 AM that morning with packet pickup starting at 7 AM.

The cost is $30 if registered by July 1st. $35 after that. Get more info and sign up to run or walk here.

 

 

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