Festival News

7th Annual Congressional Blues Festival, National Building Museum, May 26, 2010

Source: Just Roots PR
May 15, 2010

What: 7th Annual Congressional Blues Festival When: Wednesday May 26, 2010 at 8:00pm Where: National Building Museum 401 F St Nw Washington, District of Columbia 20001

The Congressional Blues Festival was created seven years ago in an effort to preserve The Blues history and help keep this great American tradition alive by honoring and assisting those pioneers who helped create it.

In keeping with tradition, all Congressional Blues Festival tickets ...

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Jazz Fest After Dark | 04.29-05.02 | New Orleans

Source: JamBase
May 15, 2010

Words by: B. Getz | Images by: Casey Flanigan

Jazz Fest Night Shows :: 04.29.10-05.02.10 :: New Orleans, LA

The wise superhero SuperDee once told me, “Judge your Jazz Fest not by what you saw, but what you were forced to miss."

Those who have been to Jazz Fest know that it's extremely difficult to decide what shows to see. Head-to-head, there is simply so much incredible music, and rare treats, to indulge in over the course of ten ...

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Hangout Fest: Donates All Profits Adds Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Source: JamBase
May 15, 2010

NEW FESTIVAL PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON RECENT ENVIROMENTAL DISASTER DONATES ALL PROFITS TO REGIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP

Preservation Hall Jazz Band The Hangout Beach Music and Arts Festival has officially announced that environmental activists Erin Brockovich, Kathleen “Kick" Kennedy and Sierra Club Board President Allison Chin will participate in public panel discussion and press conferences at the festival on Saturday, May 15 at 3 p.m. and Sunday, May 16 at 2:30 p.m.

Venerable New Orleans performers the Preservation Hall Jazz ...

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TD Toronto Jazz Festival 2010

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2010

Late June signals not only the start of summer, but also the arrival of the TD Toronto Jazz Festival as it takes over the city for 10 incredible days.

Local clubs, restaurants, venues and even a church or two will be playing host, creating a Festival network that includes over 40 participating stages all over the city. Now, that is a lot of jazz!

TD Toronto Jazz Festival presented by Toronto Downtown Jazz Society

June 25, 2010 through ...

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34th Annual Paradise Valley Jazz Party

Source: Michael Ricci
May 15, 2010

It is one of the longest running jazz event in the world according to Don Z. Miller who, with his late wife Sue, created the first Paradise Valley Jazz Party in 1978. Since the Millers conceived, produced, and underwrote this event, hundreds of the leading jazz artists in the world have appeared on the Paradise Valley Jazz Party stage including many legends of the jazz world . . . Joe Williams, Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, Diana Krall, Milt Hinton, and ...

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Skirball Cultural Center's Sunset Concerts Series 2010

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
May 14, 2010

Sanctuary on the Dance Floor: Skirball Cultural Center's Sunset Concerts Series Revels in Global Sounds and Bringing People Together

July/August 2010 Thursday night concerts feature Parno Graszt (7/22), Natacha Atlas (7/29), Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys (8/5), La Excelencia (8/12), the Jews on Vinyl Revue (8/19), and Kenge Kenge (8/26).

The open expanse of the Skirball Cultural Center's courtyard looks peaceful nestled under the Santa Monica Mountains, but in summer, it bursts with the raucous and joyful noise of ...

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Maryland Summer Jazz Festival Dives Deep into Jazz

Source: The Phillips Agency
May 13, 2010

Rockville, Maryland -- Six years ago, internationally respected jazz saxophonist and educator Jeff Antoniuk decided to start a jazz camp that would help musicians get out of the basement and onto the bandstand. The transplanted Canadian was fortunate; he did not need to look far for help. Members of his own critically acclaimed quartet, Jeff Antoniuk and the Jazz Update, had done their share of touring, recording and teaching and all were university jazz professors in the Mid-Atlantic region. Antoniuk ...

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World Music Treasures at Hay Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
May 13, 2010

THE HAY FESTIVAL - Thursday 27 May to Sunday 6 June 2010 Hay Festival 2010 will not only stimulate your minds, but your ears and feet too. With an eclectic line-up of artists, DJs and musical aficionados, you will be spoilt for choice when it comes to your nightly aural fix. Live performances on-site include sets by World and Folk music superstars such as Toumani Diabate, Laura Marling, Bonobo and Natacha Atlas, while Hay's very own club night series, Sound ...

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