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five points jazz festival :: Article Creator Strike Up The Bands, It's Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival Time (Editorial) The Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival continues to spread its wings after adding a day to the event last year. We encourage anyone who hasn't joined in the fun to make this their coming-out year. Fans of the festival know why they'll be back Friday night and all day Saturday: The festival gets the heart of the city pumping, transforming places we take for granted many months of the year. Music-lovers come for the variety of artists booked for what's now a three-day event. Everyone else gets a heaping helping of versatile musicianship, goodwill, community and good times. For a spell, Springfield becomes New England's jazz capital, thanks to Kristin Neville of the nonprofit Blues to Green, which presents the festival, and key backers like Evan Plotkin. Nothing brings people together quite l