Festival News

Indianapolis Jazz Festival Sept. 12th-18th 2010

Source:
July 9, 2010

The Indy Jazz Fest presented by Marsh is proud to announce a new home for the Indy Jazz Fest. In what will be a three year partnership the Indy Jazz Fest presented by Marsh will be held on the grounds of Opti Park for 2010. This year's festival will be held starting Sunday, September 12 and run through Saturday, September 18, 2010. Broad Ripple Village, long known as a major hub in Indy's music scene, will provide the perfect geographical ...

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Herbie Hancock, Vijay Iyer Anchor Montreal Jazz Festival (Part 1 of 2)

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
July 9, 2010

As mentioned previously in this column, the Montreal Jazz Festival is an embarrassment of jazz riches. I spent June 25 through 28 there, wandering the streets to take in some of the free shows, but I also caught a handful of indoor shows, as well. This is the first half of a two-part review of some of the indoor shows. This week is Herbie Hancock and Vijay Iyer Trio. The second half will run next week and feature reviews of ...

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North Coast Fest Adds Grace Potter, NMS, New Deal

Source: JamBase
July 8, 2010

LUPE FIASCO, CLAUD VONSTROKE, HOLY GHOST! ALSO ADDED

Ask and you shall receive. North Coast Music Festival has given their fans a second round of acts to fuel the mounting buzz around Union Park this Labor Day Weekend. Please welcome Lupe Fiasco, The New Deal, Holy Ghost!, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, New Mastersounds, and Claude VonStroke to Summer's Last Stand.

3-Day Pass (Price Increase Coming Soon)--September 3-5, 2010--$75

Day 1--Friday, September 3, 2010--$35 The Chemical Brothers (Live) ...

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Liberate Music and Yoga Fest: Lotus, Brothers Past, Hamilton

Source: JamBase
July 8, 2010

BEATS ANTIQUE, DEAD SESSIONS AND FRIENDS, SPIRITUAL REZ, TOM HAMILTON'S AMERICAN BABIES, & MORE

Celebrating 3 years with a mission to support community, arts, camping, yoga and conscious uplifting music, EMP is pleased to announce the artists presenting at the 2010 Liberate Music & Yoga Festival on Friday, August 20 & Saturday, August 21 at 845 Poor Farm Rd. in Sheldon, Vermont.

Friday begins with a Welcome to Liberate Yoga Flow followed by Hip Hop Yoga, Kirtan with American Raga, ...

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Experience Euphoria in Greenville, South Carolina

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 7, 2010

While there are countless food and wine festivals across the country, few are incorporating music to the extent that Euphoria, a food, wine and music festival in Greenville, South Carolina, has done in it's first four years.

One of the reasons may just be that Edwin McCain, platinum selling singer/songwriter and local legend, is co-founder of the event. After releasing seven albums and selling over 2 million copies, he continues to perform hundreds concerts throughout the country each year, but ...

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Trumpets Sound at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival August 6 - 8

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
July 6, 2010

Writer Eugene Holley, Jr. gives his take on trumpet masters performing at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival NEWPORT, RI--Buddy Bolden blowing on the Mississippi, the clarion call of Louis Armstrong's “West End Blues," the revolutionary, reordering of modern music proclaimed by Dizzy Gillespie's “Night in Tunisia," to the walking-on eggshell artistry of Miles Davis; trumpeters have always heralded the infinitive variety of jazz's inventions and dimensions. Now, well into the change of the century, the dancing and daring diversity of the ...

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10th Annual Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival

Source: CHC Network
July 6, 2010

The first college of jazz celebrates the birthplace of jazz as the 10th annual Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival pays tribute to music and culture of New Orleans five years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. From September 15-25, world-renowned superstars and popular local acts perform free and ticketed concerts throughout the city. The 10-day event culminates on Saturday, September 25, in a free outdoor festival on three stages over six blocks in the South End that brings together people of all ...

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Lou Reed's Free Jazz Gets Hostile Reception in Montreal

Source: Michael Ricci
July 5, 2010

There must have been something in the water this past weekend--first LCD Soundsytem were subjected to a spate of bottle throwing in London, and now comes a report that Lou Reed received a less than kind welcome at a show for the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

Reed subjected the crowd to some of his free jazz work, which he performed in collaboration with Laurie Anderson and John Zorn on Friday night. “If you don't think it's music, then get the ...

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