Nick Hakim will perform at Salem Jazz and Soul Festival/Berklee Summer Series concert, Aug. 10

SALEM, Mass. - July 28, 2013 - PRLog -- Nick Hakim will perform at Salem Jazz and Soul Festival/Berklee Summer Series concert, Aug. 10

Nick Hakim, a Berklee College of Music student, will play the final SJSF/Berklee Summer Series concert of 2013 in Derby Square, Salem, on Saturday, Aug. 10.

The free show will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. and will feature an educational Q&A at intermission.  

Hakim is a singer/songwriter from Washington D.C. He and his band have been playing venues around Boston and New York, cultivating a new sound in preparation for his new CD. Some of his influences include Jimi Hendrix, Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, and the Beatles.

(Hakim video: http://youtu.be/KQauh-tHEWk )



The Salem Trolley Co. will sponsor the performance.

The seventh-annual Salem Jazz and Soul Festival will follow the next weekend, Aug. 17-18, featuring 12 bands, a kids’ tent, music-education tent, artisan fair and 21-plus beer pavilion. The two-day concert is free.

The festival is a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization that produces free concerts and raises money for music education causes on the North Shore.

Check salemjazzsoul.org for more information.

SJSF is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that produces free concerts for the public and raises money to support music education programs.

Salem Jazz and Soul Festival | P.O. Box 4511 | Salem, MA 01970 | www.salemjazzsoul.org