Festival News

Luanda International Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2009

Many in the African diaspora trace their rhythmic roots to Angola's drumming; from Friday 31 July to Sunday 2 August, this musical heritage returns to its source. Musicians from Brazil, Mozambique, South Africa and United States will descend on Cine Atlantico in Angola's capital city, Luanda, to participate in the launch of the Luanda International Jazz Festival. It is an initiative of Ritek a first in the diamond-rich and oil-endowed country. “Despite its rich musical history, Angola has never had ...

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Salzburg Music Director Will Leave After 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
July 19, 2009

Officials at the Salzburg Festival said that its musical director, Markus Hinterhuser, would not extend his contract past 2011.

Organizers of the Viennese music and drama festival said Mr. Hinterhuser, a pianist who has been musical director since 2003, said he had made the decision after discussions with Alexander Pereira, the festivals artistic director designate.

In a statement Friday, the festival said Mr. Hinterhuser had come to the conclusion that he could not continue under the offered conditions, Mr. Pereira, ...

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Montreux Jazz Festival Attracts 230,000

Source: All About Jazz
July 18, 2009

The 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival attracted an estimated 230,000 people this year, organizers said Friday. While many shows were free, some required a fee and still attracted 90, 000 fans to performances by acts like Wyclef Jean, pop princess Lily Allen, blues great BB King and a special performance by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, who played a world premier of his new collaboration with Chinese musician Lang Lang. Several acts, including King, also held open workshops for young guitarists and ...

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Farm Aid 2009: 10/4 St. Louis

Source: JamBase
July 17, 2009

Farm Aid 2009 Set For 10/04 In St. Louis Young & Nelson :: Farm Aid 2007 by McCullough Twenty-four years after the first Farm Aid, Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp are back with pal Dave Matthews for the annual benefit concert. Farm Aid 2009 will be held in St. Louis on October 4 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. Premium seats will be sold during the ticket pre-sale exclusively for Farm Aid Members starting on Friday July 17 at ...

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Chaka Khan Replaces Etta James at George Wein's Carefusion Jazz Festival 55

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2009

Chaka Khan with the George Duke Trio kicks off George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 on Friday, August 7, at 8:00 pm at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino, 194 Bellevue Avenue. Due to illness, Etta James has cancelled her August concerts, including her performance in Newport. Hosted by radio announcer Ron Della Chiesa, the program also features Israeli clarinetist Anat Cohen with guitarist Howard Alden in a salute to Benny Goodman. Direct from critically-acclaimed appearances ...

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Northwest String Summit: The Weekend at Horning's Hideout

Source: JamBase
July 16, 2009

Northwest String Summit at Horning's Hideout

Northwest String Summit 2008 by B. Ball Returning to Horning's Hideout for the 8th year running, the Northwest String Summit has established itself as one of the few festivals to remain at this unique and beautiful venue, 20 miles west of Portland, Oregon. Fans can spend a weekend at Horning's Hideout simply to bask in a living green world of rainforest and rivers, adding the playful verve of bluegrass music to the 300-acre peacock ...

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All Good Festival | 07.09 - 07.12 | WV

Source: JamBase
July 16, 2009

Words by: Andrew Bruss | Images by: Kenny Pusey

All Good Festival :: 07.09.09 - 07.12.09 :: Marvin's Mountaintop :: Masontown, West Virginia

All Good 2009 While Ben Harper and Relentless7 drove through their headlining slot, Ivan Neville of Dumpstaphunk told JamBase, “All Good Festival is an absolutely wonderful festival. It's awesome. You've got a fuckin' mountainside and from what I've seen - we played All Good three years before - it's one of the better festivals." Dumpstaphunk played ...

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Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz 2009 Schedule

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2009

2009 Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz continues to be the largest FREE jazz festival in Southern New England. The tradition continues in 2009 in Bushnell Park, America's oldest public park, when the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz presents its 18th annual event featuring three nights and two days of hot and cool jazz on the Performance Pavilion and the Friends of the Festival Arch Stage, featuring great artists from around the world and the USA, as well as ...

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