Festival News

Denver Hosts the 6th Annual 5 Points Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
April 9, 2009

6th Annual 5 Points Jazz Festival Historic Five Points with venues all along Welton Street. Free Saturday, May 16, 2009.

Get cool, crazy and hot!

The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs and the Five Points Community on May 16, 2009 at the 6th Annual 5 Points Jazz Festival. The festival will take place in the Historic Five Points neighborhood with venues all along Welton Street.

This years festival will feature a jazzy array of performances and activities for ...

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Triple Star Power Every Night at Ottawa International Jazz Festival '09

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2009

Ottawa (Wednesday, April 8, 2009): Dynamic, award-winning programming continues in the 29th year of the TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival. After its extraordinary lineup last year, 2009's star power is bigger with more music and more concerts! From June 25 - July 5 the Ottawa Jazz Festival will present over 800 musicians in more than 160 concerts over 11 days.

This year music lovers will be treated to three concerts each night on the Main Stage at Confederation ...

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All Good: Randolph, Galactic

Source: JamBase
April 8, 2009

The 13th Annual All Good Music Festival Announces Final 2009 Artist Lineup Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Galactic & More Round Out Festival Bill

The All Good Music Festival has finalized its 2009 lineup for the 13th annual event held July 9-12 at Marvin's Mountaintop in Masontown, WV. The All Good Festival's eclectic artist lineup of over 30 bands delivers more than 40 hours of music on two adjacent stages in the main concert area with no ...

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Food and Music Fest at Shoreline w/ Little Feat

Source: JamBase
April 7, 2009

BOBBY FLAY TO HOST THE FIRST ANNUAL GREAT AMERICAN FOOD AND MUSIC FEST JUNE 13, 2009 APPEARANCES BY LITTLE FEAT, MARSHALL CRENSHAW, BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY, GUY FIERI AND MORE

Little Feat The Great American Food and Music Fest, a one-day event celebrating the rich traditions of classic American fare and music will be held at Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View, California on Saturday, June 13, 2009. It will be hosted by chef and Food Network personality Bobby ...

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Freedom of the City Festival Returns

Source: All About Jazz
April 6, 2009

2008 was not a particularly auspicious year for improvised music in London. The loss of the Red Rose club as a venue, combined with the loss of Arts Council funding for the London Musicians Collective, delivered body blows to the music.

One consequence was that in 2008 the annual Freedom Of The City festival did not happen. Now, despite the parlous state of the economy, comes the good news that Freedom Of The City will return in 2009.

Curated by ...

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800 Saxophones on the Streets of London

Source: All About Jazz
April 5, 2009

In 2006, saxophonist Andy Shepherd famously opened the London Jazz Festival with a piece for 200 saxophones. This summer's City Of London Festival looks set to dwarf that achievement--with a performance by 800 saxophones.

Fittingly, the performance is called the Leviathan Project. It is the brainchild of renowned saxophonist and composer John Harle, Professor of Saxophone and Chamber Music at the capital's Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

The performance will take place on Midsummers Day--Sunday 21 June--at 12 noon ...

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Ornette Coleman Curates Meltdown 2009

Source: All About Jazz
April 5, 2009

Over the years, London's annual Meltown festival has had an impressive list of guest curators.

They include Elvis Costello, Scott Walker, John Peel, Patti Smith, Jarvis Cocker, Lee Perry and Robert Wyatt. This June's festival will break new ground with its first jazz curator--Ornette Coleman.

The city is already buzzing with speculation about the acts that Coleman will include in the festival. Although none is yet confirmed, smart money is already on Lou Reed, Charlie Haden or John Zorn being ...

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Toronto Jazz Festival Announces Complete Line-Up

Source: All About Jazz
April 4, 2009

On Monday, April 6, the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival will unveil its 2009 line-up, including the addition of British sensation Jamie Cullum.

Previously confirmed artists for the 23rd edition of the Festival include Sonny Rollins and the Gary Burton Quartet Revisited with special guest Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow and Antonio Sanchez.

This years Festival will be one of our strongest to date states Patrick Taylor, Executive Producer of the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival. We are pleased ...

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