Festival News

London Jazz Fesival

Source: All About Jazz
October 12, 2009

The London Jazz Festival Friday 13 - Sunday 22 November 2009. Kings Place 020 7520 1490 kingsplace.co.uk

Wigmore Hall 020 7935 2141 wigmore-hall.org.uk

Barbican 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk

Southbank Centre 0871 663 2500 southbankcentre.co.uk

Highlights include:

Fri 13 JAZZ VOICE: Celebrating a Century of Song Barbican JOHN SCOFIELD Southbank Centre Sat 14 WORLD SANGUINE ...

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10th Version of the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
October 12, 2009

By Fernando Rodriguez The news of a new version of a Jazz Festival in the Dominican Republic is reason to celebrate and be joyful, even more so when it is of a festival that has earned the respect and admiration of musicians and jazz lovers all over the country and recognition around the jazz world.

This is the case with the DR Jazz Festival, which arrives at it's tenth version and will be celebrated from November 6-8 on the beach ...

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Queenstown Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2009

Queenstown swings into spring this October with some exciting changes to its 31st annual jazz festival.

A carnival atmosphere will take over the town as the ASB Queenstown JazzFest brings music to the masses in a 10-day live music celebration from 17 to 26 October.

A sensational line-up of more than 50 bands and 200 Kiwi and international performers form a four pronged programme of free gigs, ticketed headline concerts, musical development and youth competition designed to involve, encourage, entertain ...

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Magnoliafest: 10.22-25 in FL

Source: JamBase
October 9, 2009

MagnoliaFest Set For Another Music Celebration Thousands Expected For North Florida's Fall Americana Music Gathering

Peter Rowan The 13th Annual MagnoliaFest will be taking place October 22-25 at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL. Magfest is expected to attracted around 7,000 music lovers from across the nation for four full days of first-class roots music, camping, and art.

Featured this year will be founding member of the Allman Brothers Band and classic rock ...

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass | 10.02-10.04 | S.F.

Source: JamBase
October 9, 2009

Words by: Sam Martin | Images by: Dave Vann

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival :: 10.02 - 10.04 :: Golden Gate Park :: San Francisco, CA

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2009 Golden Gate Park played host to the 9th Annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, and the lineup, crowds and camaraderie did not disappoint.

There was a sixth stage added this year, the Towers of Gold Stage, and although Speedway Meadow was pushed to its capacity, it didn't seem to bother the ...

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Legendary Downbeat Magazine Devotes a 16-Page Insert to the "Best of the Fests"

Source: Michael Ricci
October 8, 2009

Montreal - In its October 2009 edition, bearing the signatures of influential jazz journalists and critics Ed Enright, Michael Bourne, Joshua Jackson and Michael Jackson, highly respected DownBeat magazine paid the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal a very special tribute, describing it as the jazz festival par excellence: “Bigger! Better! Best, actually..." A 16-page insert was dedicated to the big Montreal event, a first in the magazine’s history. It recounts the highlights of the Festival’s 30th anniversary through the ...

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A Real Boy, Seven Decades Later: Dick Jones, the Voice

Source: Michael Ricci
October 6, 2009

Next year marks the 70th anniversary of “Pinocchio," my favorite Disney film, and Dick Jones, the actor who gave voice to the beloved title character, will be a special guest at the Lone Pine Film Festival next weekend (Oct. 9-11).

If you're not familiar with that festival, it's got a wagon-wheel ethos with its emphasis on Old West fare, frontier imagery and the great old cowboy serials. So, um, how does the star of “Pinocchio"--which is based on the 19th ...

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Eclectic Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Unites Emmylou Harris, Richie Havens in San Francisco

Source: All About Jazz
October 6, 2009

Warren Hellman is the kind of billionaire investment banker who makes it hard to hate billionaire investment bankers. Every year, Hellman a successful venture capitalist and an amateur banjo player organizes something called the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, a three-day celebration of picking and strumming in San Franciscos Golden Gate Park.

Opened to all and 100 percent free and every year, Hellman picks up the tab. Since its inception eight years ago, with two stages and nine bands, HSB has ...

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