Jazz is for everybody. And creativity is fun.

That is the spirit of the “Third Annual Ice House Jazz and Arts Festival,” July 19, Charles A. Brown Ice House, Bethlehem.

It is an informal event with some of the best jazz musicians in the Lehigh Valley, art exhibits and an opportunity for children and adults to create their own paintings.

“There will be music that spans generations. The festival has a community focus, supporting local arts. There is also an educational component, as many of the performers are teachers in the Lehigh Valley,” says Dan Wilkins.

Wilkins will be a host of the Lehigh Valley Students presentation at the festival at 4:30 p.m., where they will play a few tunes and have a jam session with Wilkins and the event’s other hosts, Paul Rostock and Daniel Gonzalez.

The Bill Goodwin Trio will play at 2 p.m. Drummer Goodwin has performed with Gary Burton, Tony Bennett and George Shearing and many others, and recorded with Tom Waits and the Jefferson Airplane.

Griffin Woodard leads his quartet at 3:15 p.m. Woodard plays bass clarinet. Of his music, Woodard says, “It comes from a spiritual place. I like to practice my faith through music, to bring people joy and uplift them. Even on sad songs, I hope people will have sympathy with the music. My two favorite inspirations are John Coltrane and J. S. Bach. I think they are quite similar. Their music comes from a deep place.”

The last group appearing at 6 p.m. has faculty members from Moravian University, including Dan Wilkins’ father Skip on piano. The ensemble is led by Neil Wetzel, who has directed big bands at Moravian and in the Czech Republic, and is director of Moravian’s music camps.

The Valley Students group are drawn mostly from high school, largely drawn from the Moravian summer jazz camps.

Woodard says he never played jazz until he attended the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts. “They even encourage you to try different instruments to see how they fit in,” he says.

Neurosalon is a project started around 2020 by Julie Miwa, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Lehigh University, who is a jazz soprano saxophonist.

“I wanted to combine neuroscience and jazz, using art to try to discover things about the brain,” she says.

“When you hold onto something and you are so into it that time melts away, you are achieving a ‘flow state.’ Inside your brain there are chemicals that help you reach this sense of joy. It could be something different for any group of people, like gardening. Jazz is just an example. In Neurosalon shows, we let audiences see the creation happening,” Miwa says.

The www.neurosalon.net website states: “We are a group of scientists and artists exploring the capacity of the brain for growth, creativity and resilience.” During an intermission between performances at the Ice House festival, there will be a talk about the brain and creativity.

The Dan Wilkins Sextet will be at Miller Symphony Hall on Aug. 15, with Goodwin and Woodard. It will be Wilkins’ third appearance there leading his own band. There will be a Student Night with the Griffin Woodard Trio at the Ice House on Sept. 12.

“Neurosalon Presents Third Annual Ice House Jazz and Arts Festival,” July 19, Charles A. Brown Ice House, 56 River St., Sand Island, Bethlehem, www.icehousetonight.org. The schedule: Bill Goodwin Trio, 2 p.m.; Griffin Woodard Quartet, 3:15 p.m.; Lehigh Valley Students and Jam, 4:30 p.m., Neil Wetzel and Moravian Jazz Faculty, 6 p.m.