Eight of the Seattle area's best jazz performers, including Pearl Django and the Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band, will appear at the Highline Vintage Jazz Festival Feb. 20.
Two three-hour shows, a matinee at 2 p.m. and an evening performance at 7 p.m., will feature a mix of early 20th-century jazz styles, from Dixieland and swing to French cabaret.

The Canote Brothers will emcee both shows at the Highline Performing Arts Center, 401 S. 152nd St., Burien.

The afternoon program will include: Holotradband (Chicago style Dixieland); Leftover Dreams (vocals from the American songbook); Pearl Django (Gypsy jazz); and Rouge (French cabaret).

The evening show will present: Harley's Horns A' Plenty (swing); Ray Skjelbred (stride piano); Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band (Dixieland); and Del Rey & Craig Flory (blues queen and reed king).

Tickets are $20 per show for adults or $35 for both shows. Admission is free to those 18 and under. For $100, sponsors receive two all-day passes, preferred seating and other extras.

Tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800-838-3006, Burien Arts at 206-244-7808, or at the door.

Burien Arts, a nonprofit group dedicated to providing access to visual and performing arts in the Burien/Highline area is organizing the second annual festival.

Many of the same jazz acts performed at the inaugural festival last May, according to Lance Haslund, festival director who also is a member of Holotradband.

"Even with the economy still in bad shape, we decided to give this another try," he said. "We have great support from the musicians and think this is a wonderful way for people to hear excellent performers for a very reasonable price."

By offering free admission to teens, Burien Arts hopes to expose young people to jazz musicians who usually play in adults-only venues.

"There are a lot of fine jazz festivals in the area, but this is the only one that celebrates the first half-century of jazz in all its forms, from the beginning through swing," Haslund said.