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19th Edition CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival Postponed To June 18-26, 2021
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Dalmath Associates Inc.
Marc Iacona and John Nugent, producers of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival, announced today that the festival‘s nine-day 19th edition, first rescheduled from June 19 – June 27 to October 2 – 10, 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, will be postponed to June 18 – 26, 2021. “This is the decision we didn’t want to make,” said Iacona and Nugent. “We held out hope for as long as possible even as most major festivals and ...
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Festival International De Jazz De Montréal reveals All-Star Line Up For The Special All Digital Edition
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presented by TD Bank Group in collaboration with Rio Tinto and with the support of our public partners is thrilled to announce an exciting and varied line up of artists who will perform unique sets that fans can watch from the comfort of their homes. From June 27th to 30th, 2020, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presents a special edition of the Festival on the Festival’s Facebook Page. For lineup visit ...
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CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival Rescheduled For Oct 2-10, 2020
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Dalmath Associates Inc.
Marc Iacona and John Nugent, producers of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival, provided an update today on the status of planning for a rescheduled festival, which is proceeding as previously announced. In a message of hope, Nugent and Iacona said, “Rather than giving up during this time of uncertainty, we are continuing to take a hopeful course and are forging ahead to the best of our ability to reschedule our 19th Edition festival for October 2 to 10, 2020.” ...
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The Bebop Channel Issues Stock Grants To Official Selections Amid Worldwide Festival Cancellations
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Gregory Charles Royal
Many up-and-coming filmmakers' dreams for success have been crushed indefinitely due to the COVID- 19 pandemic. As pointed out in Shirley Li's piece in The Atlantic entitled The Pandemic Is Hitting One Part of Hollywood Especially Hard, film festivals around the world—arguably the most important life-line for new filmmakers—have been cancelled. One festival has given over 750 of these young and up-and-coming filmmakers from over 85 countries something positive in the face of the crisis. In a move that is ...
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Montreux Jazz Festival 2020 Cancelled
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Martin McFie
"This year's Montreux Jazz Festival, which was set to take place from July 3 to 18, has been cancelled" announced Press Officer Marc Zendrini. Montreux Jazz Festival has regretfully announced that this year's event, which was due to be held between July 3—18th 2020, will not take place. The program planned for this summer will be partly carried over to next year's Festival, which will take place from July 2—17 2021. The Swiss Federal Council announced that it would be ...
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L’Équipe Spectra cancels the 2020 International de Jazz de Montréal
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Due to the coronavirus pandemic and following the measures imposed by government authorities, which include cancelling non-essential activities and restricting entry of non-residents to the territory, L'Équipe Spectra announces that the 2020 editions of Les Francos de Montréal (scheduled for June 12) and the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (scheduled for June 25) will not be presented this summer. Jacques Primeau, General Manager of Les Francos de Montréal and Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, had this to say: ...
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CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival Canceled For June 19-27. Producers Working To Reschedule Festival To Fall 2020
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Dalmath Associates Inc.
CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival Producers Marc Iacona and John Nugent announced today that the festival's 19th edition, originally scheduled for June 19-27, will be canceled on those dates due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but that they are working hard to reschedule the festival to fall of 2020. Iacona and Nugent said, “In the past two weeks since we announced our 2020 festival lineup, our world has been turned upside down. The health crisis we are experiencing has resulted ...
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Live From Our Living Rooms: An Online Music Festival and Fundraiser Runs April 1st through April 7th
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Lydia Liebman Promotions
All proceeds will provide emergency relief to New York City musicians whose freelance careers have been impacted by COVID-19. Presented by Sirintip, Thana Alexa, Owen Broder and nonprofit partner, MusicTalks Work for NYC’s musicians has come to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic as performances have been cancelled and venues have closed indefinitely. Live From Our Living Rooms Music Festival and Fundraiser will help to fill in the gap for struggling musicians by bringing the joy of music live-streamed ...
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