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JAWS Fest asks Mobile for funding to expand youth arts programming reaching nearly 700 students
Mobile City Council · January 7, 2026
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Organizers of JAWS Fest asked the council for city support to sustain and expand JAWS Youth, an education initiative they said will reach nearly 700 Mobile students in 2026, and emphasized the festival's role in cultural tourism and compensating local artists.
Willie Dennish III, co-creator and co-director of the Jazz Art Writers South Festival (JAWS Fest), urged city support for the nonprofit's education work at the Jan. 6 Mobile City Council meeting. Dennish said JAWS…
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