Festival News

Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival Announces 2010 Lineup

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 3, 2010

The Old Webster Jazz and Blues festival today announced the lineup of acts for its 2010 event, which will be held Saturday, September 18 in the Old Webster business district near the intersection of Lockwood and Gore.The festival will feature ten bands performing on two stages, plus strolling music from the Funky Butt Brass Band. Unfortunately for local jazz fans, the musical menu this year seems to emphasize gimmicks instead of actual working St. Louis jazz musicians.

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Montreal Jazz Festival 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
June 9, 2010

The free outdoor program of the 31st edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 31 years... and the celebration continues with a record number of free performances! Montreal -- Yes, the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, presented by TD in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan, celebrated its three-decade existence last year... but with this new fanfare of festivities, you might think the celebrations had never ended! Not only is this 31st edition of the Festival readier than ...

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JazzPA's 2010 Summer Jazz Celebration - July 23-24 in Bellefonte, PA

Source: Michael Ricci
June 9, 2010

Save the weekend for JAZZ! JazzPA.com The 2010 Summer Jazz Celebration Is Almost Here! Friday & Saturday July 23-24 - historic Bellefonte PA Dear Jazz Fans and Friends of JazzPA, Summer is upon us and we're gearing up for a great weekend of jazz in Central PA! The 2010 Summer Jazz Celebration begins on Friday July 23rd and continues all weekend at various locations throughout historic Bellefonte. Use our newly designed website to help you plan your weekend! 2010 Special ...

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Dozens of Musicians Jazz up Crystal December Caribbean Cruise

Source: Michael Ricci
June 9, 2010

This December, nearly two dozen jazz artists will dazzle music lovers aboard Crystal Cruises' Experiences of Discovery Jazz Cruise. With live performances from piano solos to harmonious trios, quartets and full seven-piece bands, the 10-day Caribbean itinerary roundtrip from Miami aboard the award-winning Crystal Serenity December 11, 2010.

The acclaimed Bill Allred Classic Jazz Band will headline, along with a variety of solo artists to fill the ship with the sounds of jazz in the classic styles of the '30s, ...

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Bay Area's Jewish Music Festival Celebrates 25 Years with Free Outdoor Party & Other July Events

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
June 9, 2010

Bay Area's Jewish Music Festival Celebrates 25 Years

The Bay Area's Jewish Music Festival marks its two and a half decades with a day of free outdoor festivities for all ages and background at the Yerba Buena Gardens on July 11, 2010, including instrument building workshops, instant choruses, klezmer jams, and performances running from kid-friendly to hip.

In addition to the fun free-for-all, the Festival is presenting several groundbreaking multi-media, multi-platform performances, the edgy interpretation of Jewish roots that has ...

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Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival Launches New Mobile Site - rochesterjazz.com for Smartphones

Source: Dalmath Associates Inc.
June 9, 2010

Rochester, NY June 9, 2010 The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival today launched a mobile site so that festival fans can easily get the latest festival information on the go. The latest news, daily schedules, venue information, artist information, jazz links, and the festival's Facebook and Twitter pages and more can now be accessed on Internet- enabled mobile devices including the BlackBerry, IPhone and other smart phones. Just type rochesterjazz.com or m.rochesterjazz.com into your mobile devices browser, immediately connect to ...

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Jazz Guitarists Kevin Eubanks, John Pizzarelli Featured at Gettysburg Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
June 9, 2010

GETTYSBURG, PA (June 9, 2010)--Gettysburg is best known as a town where the North met the South in 1863, but this June in Gettysburg, the East meets West--that is, the East Coast style of jazz meets the West Coast style of jazz in a dynamic Gettysburg Festival lineup.

Guitarist Kevin Eubanks, although a Philadelphia native, personifies the laid-back West Coast style of guitar playing, having performed with The Tonight Show for the past 18 years. Billed as the top headline ...

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Abene Festivalo 2010-2011: Already in its 17th Year!

Source: Michael Ricci
June 3, 2010

The 17th edition of Abene Festivalo will take place on 26 December 2010 until 2 January 2011 on the theme “Africa in the climate change debate" with the patronage of Younous Djiba, engineer in geology at SOCOCIM. Musical shows, ballets, theatre, art exhibitions and seminars, traditional wrestling and street entertainment are featured in this annual festival with performances by Paco Diaz and Tony Essamaye (provisional programme here). This is an unmissable event for lovers of traditional music from West Africa ...

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