The 11th annual BRIC JazzFest is nearly here, and this year’s lineup is one organizers say will go down in the festival’s history.

This year, BRIC’s programming theme was “Brooklyn, To The World!” and JazzFest aims to reflect the borough’s identity as a multicultural crossroads. Across two nights, Oct. 17 and 18, JazzFest will host a dozen artists from across the globe, with headliners Dee Dee Bridgewater and Chief Adjuah taking center stage.

This year’s festival is special, according to BRIC, as more than half of the performing artists are women — and some, like Bridgewater, have helped shape the genre.

“BRIC JazzFest continues to reflect the world we live in — expansive, rooted, and ever-evolving,” said BRIC Chief Program Officer Deron Johnston, in a statement. “This year’

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