Festival News

Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival

Source: Dalmath Associates Inc.
March 24, 2009

Smokey Robinson, Dave Brubeck, Michael McDonald, Taj Mahal headline the eighth annual Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival

The nine-day Festival, June 12-20, will deliver one of its most diverse lineups ever of creative improvised music. It will unite more than 800 familiar and yet to be discovered artists from around the world performing in 200-plus concerts.

From the last note of RIJF 2008 until today, I've been working diligently to assemble a diverse, multi-genre spectrum of creative improvised programming for ...

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Call for Artists - Showcase 2010

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2009

International Performing Arts for Youth

The premiere membership organization in the world today servicing and supporting the professional community of performing arts for young audiences, calls for artists to apply to perform at Showcase 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - January 20 through 23.

Hosted this year by the Pittsburgh International Children's Theater, the annual Showcase (which includes performances, exhibits, networking opportunities, and professional development) has attracted major companies, artists, and programmers who serve young audiences. Throughout the four-day event, these ...

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Introducing: George Wein's Folk Festival 50 and George Wein's Jazz Festival 55

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2009

MUSIC IMPRESARIO INTRODUCES George Wein's FOLK FESTIVAL 50 JULY 31-AUGUST 2 and George Wein's JAZZ FESTIVAL 55 AUGUST 7-9 NEW YORK, NY, March 24, 2009 -- Music impresario George Wein announced today that he will produce and present George Weins FOLK FESTIVAL 50, July 31-August 2, and George Wein's JAZZ FESTIVAL 55 August 7-9 in historic Newport, RI. Both festivals will include two full days of music at Fort Adams ...

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Bluesfest Australia

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2009

Bluesfest Byron Bay's Blues and Roots Festival represents a turning point in John Butler's career.

IN 2000, before he got big, before he started his grants program, before he busted into the BRW Rich List with annual earnings of $2.9 million, John Butler was just another guy with dreads, a slide guitar and some ideas about social justice. But then, one day, the weather changed. Literally.

“We were playing at the Bluesfest," Butler says. “We had just released ...

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Jazz Stars Gather for Vancouver Festival

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2009

David Sanborn, Kurt Elling and Nikki Yanofsky and the Monterey Quartet are among the jazz luminaries appearing at this year's TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival, festival media director John Orysik announced.

Tickets go on sale March 26 for the British Columbia Honda Dealers Classic Sounds at The Centre Series, which as well features: Italian trumpet legend Enrico Rava, pianists Fred Hersch, Kenny Werner, and Chucho Valdes, Grammy winning trumpeter Randy Brecker, and a 50th anniversary remembrance of the ...

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Marketing as Backbeat at Indie Music Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
March 23, 2009

AUSTIN, Tex. — How much branding is too much?

That question was pondered and debated by fans, musicians and corporate sponsors alike at the annual South by Southwest music festival here, where logo- filled banners line the streets downtown, and a flier stapled to a telephone pole might be for an indie-rock showcase in a parking lot, a marketing experiment for a blue-chip soft drink company or both.

South by Southwest, which ended its 23rd installment on Sunday, is celebrated ...

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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 2009-2010 Season

Source: All About Jazz
March 22, 2009

Jazz at Lincoln Center and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, announced the 2009-10 season.

Programming featuring concerts, education events, broadcasts, touring and a line-up of guest music directors. This is the organizations 23rd season of programming and begins the sixth season in its home, Frederick P. Rose Hall.

Highlights of the season include the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra concerts featuring the music of Marsalis, J@LC Orchestra saxophonist Ted Nash and pianists including Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, ...

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George Wein Announces Sponsorship Opportunities - Jazz Festival in Newport

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
March 18, 2009

The world-famous jazz festival in Newport, RI, which was founded in 1954 by George Wein, is available for sponsorship for the first time in 24 years. A golden opportunity for any corporation, the festival, which will be held August 7 - 9 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, will bring instantaneous world-wide recognition to the company that sponsors this renowned music event.

In announcing the new sponsor search, Wein thanked JVC for more than two decades of friendship and ...

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