Hundreds showed up to the Lillian Greggerman Bandshell Saturday afternoon for the third Onset Beach Jazz Festival, and as promised, a good amount of focus was on the younger generation of performers present at the event.

A group of singers from Wareham and around Cape Cod performed in the Voices of the Future segment of the show, and event organizer Mikelyn Roderick said that she wanted to provide a medium for younger performers to be heard and seen by the large audience present.

“They are aspiring writers and singers, they want to be in the music business, they want to go to the next level—they just don’t know how to take that next step,” said Roderick. “Youngsters from all over got a chance to play with a live band today.”

One of those youngsters was Alyssa Arsenault, 11, who attends Wareham Middle School and who performed Pink’s “Perfect.” She said it was the first time besides talent shows at school that she’d sang in front of an audience.

“I thought I was going to miss at least a note, but I didn’t,” said Arsenault.

Roderick said that profits from the event will go towards purchasing a musical instrument for the middle school, and she presented Principal Dan Minkle with a flute and a clarinet, which were donated by members of the community.

Initially, they’d hoped to provide two instruments to the school, but with the donations from Onset Village Music shop and others, they were able to provide the two instruments, with a third to be donated in the fall when students are back in school.

“Some of them can’t even afford to rent an instrument,” said Roderick, who said the organizers of the festival started a not-for-profit organization called MIMMS (Musical Instruments for Middle School Students) in hopes of providing students in need with musical instruments. “Imagine having a dream or a desire to do something and not have the tool to do so.”

Minkle said that when he first stepped in as Principal in April, he’d gotten a call from Roderick about the possibility of them working with the school.

“She was for real,” said Minkle of Roderick’s proposal. “I can’t imagine a world without music, and I can’t imagine a school without music. I hope they can do this again next year.”

The rest of the day saw several performers, including Tom Browne, a gold record-selling New York-based recording artist and trumpeter, as well as headliner Elle Varner, a Black Entertainment Television award-winning, Grammy nominee, and RCA-signed recording artist with Wareham roots.

Those in attendance seemed to enjoy the variety of music the event had to offer, including Jason Protrami, who made the trip from Dartmouth for the festival.

“It’s the first time I’ve been here,” said Protrami. “I’ll definitely be back. It’s been a good time.”