Festival News

Playboy Jazz Festival Plays to Wide Audience Saturday and Sunday

Source: Michael Ricci
June 11, 2009

Radio-friendly acts and underground artists share the stage at this respected two-day event, this weekend at the Hollywood Bowl. For the hard-core jazz fan, a serious, “Kind of Blue"-dyed collector, the Playboy Jazz Festival can sometimes feel like a bit of an uneven proposition.

On one hand there is the festival itself, a sprawling two-day buffet of non-stop live music, summer sun and good vibrations happening this Saturday and Sunday in one of the most famous and naturally beautiful spaces ...

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Copenhagen Jazzfestival 2009 - La Fontaine

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2009

The La Fontaine Program for Copenhagen Jazzfestival are now ready. Check the La Fontaine Profile here on AAJ or on the Official Copenhagen Jazzfestival 2009 website, for additional information. If your in Copenhagen during the festival from July 3 to July 12 - La Fontaine's Program will give you a unique glimpse into what Danish Jazz can offer. The program is packed with new young Danish talents as well as established stars. There are Concerts every night from 8 pm. ...

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Umbria Jazz 09: July 10-19

Source: All About Jazz
June 10, 2009

Umbria Jazz - a great event in a small region. Jazz returns to Umbria this summer with a Festival that carries on its tradition of combining a successful format, top quality music and large numbers of people.

Umbria Jazz 09: 37 years of history 7 editions with the Santa Giuliana Arena as the main stage 10 days of concerts (10 - 19 July) 9 stages, including the Arena, a theatre, the town's squares and restaurants 220 events, most ...

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5th Annual Hot Blues and BBQ Just 1 Week Away!

Source: Just Roots PR
June 10, 2009

Hot Blues and BBQ, the Village of Oxford, the Oxford Downtown Development Authority, and the Detroit Blues Society are proud to announce that the 5th annual HOT BLUES AND BBQ will be held June 19-20, 2009. The Friday, June 19th event will be held from 7pm-10pm in Centennial Park in Downtown Oxford, MI. The Saturday June 20th event will be held from 12pm to 1am, in beautiful Scripter Park, in the Village of Oxford, Michigan.

The festival has returned to ...

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Gibson Guitar to Sponsor 26th Chicago Blues Festival at Grant Park June 12-14

Source: All About Jazz
June 10, 2009

Gibson Guitar, the world's premier musical instrument manufacturer and leader in music technology, announced its sponsorship of the 2009 Chicago Blues Festival. The Chicago Blues Festival is the largest free blues festival in the world and remains the largest of Chicago's music festivals. During three days on six stages, more than 640,000 blues fans prove that Chicago is the “Blues Capital of the World." Past performers include Bonnie Raitt, Ray Charles, B.B. King, the late Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy and ...

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Female Drummer Kicks Off Festival with Post-Bop and Shades of Ornette Coleman

Source: Michael Ricci
June 9, 2009

une is jazz month in New York. Still. The recent collapse of the JVC Jazz Festival may have created a different impression among casual observers — and make no mistake, its absence is being felt. But there’s a reassuring abundance in the clubs right about now. And there are a handful of artist-run grassroots events, the newest of which is the Bloom Festival, a monthlong series that started at the Tea Lounge in Brooklyn last week. The Bloom Festival (not ...

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30 Years at the Heart of Jazz

Source: Michael Ricci
June 8, 2009

The free outdoor program of the 30th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 30 years at the heart of jazz Montreal, Monday, June 8, 2009 - For its 30th birthday, the Festival International de Jazz de Montral, presented by General Motors of Canada in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan, is giving out the presents! Today, the Festival unveils its extraordinary outdoor program, jam-packed with surprises and special gifts to light up an exceptional edition. From June 30 ...

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Django Reinhardt Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 8, 2009

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