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Photos from Newport, Thursday 5th

Source: Voll-Damm Festival Internacional De Jazz De Barcelona
August 8, 2010

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Photos from Newport, Friday 6th

Source: Voll-Damm Festival Internacional De Jazz De Barcelona
August 8, 2010

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Life is Good Festival Ben Harper, Dr. Dog, Ziggy Marley

Source: JamBase
August 7, 2010

DO IT FOR THE KIDS!!!

The 2010 Life is good Festival at Blue Hills is set to take place September 11-12 at Prowse Farm in Canton, MA, a suburb of Boston. The multi-faceted event combines world-class headliners, popular developing bands and the top children's artists working today. With a wide range of entertainment options including games, interactive art activities and a nationally-known circus company, this one-of-a-kind festival aims to raise $1 million for kids facing life-threatening challenges through the Life ...

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Party to the End of the World - Manchester Jazz Festival Day Six

Source: The Ring Modulator by Adrian Stevenson
August 8, 2010

Phil Bancroft's “Home, Small as the World," RNCM. mjf introduces: Andrew Woodhead Quartet, Pavilion. Edward Barnwell Trio, Bridgewater Hall Foyer. Jim Faulker Group, St Anns Square. Wednesday, 28th July 2010.There's nothing like a bit of hard edged avant jazz to get your lunchtime appetite going, and the Jim Faulkner Group were happy to oblige on Wednesday. Most of the set consisted of an extended single piece ranging through different moods. The first part had something of a Miles ...

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Simply Red, George Benson, Natalie Cole Headline First Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival

Source: JamaicaMusic Offbeat
August 5, 2010

The North Sea Jazz Festival, the world's largest indoor jazz festival, has for 35 years brought the biggest, broadest range of artists to the Netherlands. But, on the 3th & 4th of September 2010 the festival's ripples fan out to the Caribbean to inaugurate the Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival on the hospitable and vibrant Dutch island of Curacao.In settings traditional to its progenitor, the Curacao debut is set in major indoor and outdoor venues with a bill ...

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Sixth Annual Scranton Jazz Festival

Source: AAJ Staff
August 7, 2010

Downtown Scranton is the place to be this weekend, especially if you love jazz. The sixth annual Scranton Jazz Festival kicks off Friday night. Thousands of music fans are expected and businesses are ready to welcome them to the Electric City. If you are looking to stay at the Hilton in downtown Scranton, you won't be able to get a room. The manager said the place is booked this weekend. A manager at the nearby Radisson said it will also ...

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Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope for America

Source: JamBase
August 4, 2010

OCTOBER 2 AT MILLER PARK IN MILWAUKEE

Willie Nelson Farm Aid took to the field yesterday to reveal details about its 25th anniversary benefit concert, scheduled for Oct. 2 at Miller Park in Milwaukee.

Farm Aid founders Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp joined executive director Carolyn Mugar by webcast at an on-field news conference at the home of the Milwaukee Brewers to reveal details about the all-day music festival that will mark their 25th year.

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Sydney International duo, Viva the duo at Ferrogosto Festival at Five Dock

Source: Peter Rappolt
August 5, 2010

Viva the duo will be performing a presentation of international music on the stage at The Ferragosto Festival at Five Dock for Canada Bay Council 15th August 2010. Viva the duo are Sydney's premier duo that play International music, the duo regularly perform concerts at International, Interstate and Sydney festivals, including events for Canada Bay Council, Willoughby Council, and Warringah Council plus other community events, Jazz Festivals and corporate functions. Some of these events are displayed on Viva the band ...

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