Festival News

Dave Brubeck to Perform "Time Out" for 50th Anniversary

Source: All About Jazz
February 11, 2009

Legendary composer and jazz pianist Dave Brubeck will perform Time Out, the first jazz album to sell more than 1 million copies, for the 2009 Brubeck Festival. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the timeless album that made Brubeck a household name. The concert is at 7:30 pm April 3 in the Faye Spanos Concert Hall. Tickets go on sale February 17 through Pacifics box office.

The theme of the 2009 Brubeck Festival, which runs March ...

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Festivals Returning Despite Struggling Economy

Source: Billboard Magazine
February 10, 2009

The international music festival market took a hit last week with the cancellation of the Langerado Music Festival in Miami and the Hydro Connect Festival in Scotland, but other large-scale fests are returning for a second year despite a struggling economy. U.S. festival producers Madison House Presents and AEG Live have just announced that the Rothbury Festival will return for its second year at Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Mich. The event will take place July 2-5, with artist and ...

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Slow Down Music Fans for Singular Visionaries

Source: Michael Ricci
February 10, 2009

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. The rule of programming music festivals is to specialize but go lateral. As the organizer, youre usually dealing with that smoky, powdery idea, a scene.

The cosmos around a single artist, or the musical culture of a time and place, or an aesthetic mind-set. You start with particulars, the hooks to hang it on, and then you spread outward.

One obvious example is Bonnaroo, the annual four-day outdoor festival in central Tennessee. The core participants of that festival, ...

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Rvajazzfest: Glows in the Dark

Source: RVAjazz
February 10, 2009

Glows in the Dark will perform at RVAjazzfest with Steven Bernstein, Fight the Big Bull, and Boots of Leather on February 21, 2009, 8pm, at The Camel. Tickets are $10, all ages welcome. Click here for more information on RVAjazzfest.By Joey CiucciGiven Glows in the Dark's penchant for cerebral, sometimes disorienting tunes, the title of their first album, Music to Listen to Glows in the Dark By, is rather analogous to bands' singular style. Scott Burton ...

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Seattle Times: Portland: Top Jazz Festival with New Life

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
February 9, 2009

from The Seattle Times: Reborn for its sixth season as the Alaska Airline/Horizon Air Portland Jazz Festival, the 10-day event opens Friday and runs through Feb. 22, presenting many of jazz’s most-celebrated artists within a square mile of downtown. The program, dubbed Somethin’ Else this year, celebrates the 70th birthday of Blue Note, the definitive modern jazz label. Among the artists featured over the first weekend are New Orleans trumpeter Terence Blanchard, presenting A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem ...

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Bon Jovi Set for First Jazz Fest Appearance New Orleans

Source: All About Jazz
February 7, 2009

Bon Jovi has been added to the lineup of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this spring. The rock act will make its first appearance at the festival on May 2.

Bon Jovi joins previously announced performers Aretha Franklin, Dave Matthews Band, Wilco, James Taylor, Wynton Marsalis, Kings Of Leon, Tony Bennett, the Neville Brothers and Sugarland. Another significant addition will be announced in the coming week, according to organizers.

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Jazz Fest Daily Schedule

Source: JamBase
February 7, 2009

Jazz Fest Daily Schedule

Jazz Fest '08 by McCullough The 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, set to run April 24-26 & April 30-May 3, has released their daily schedule. They've also announced that Bon Jovi will join already announced headliners: Wynton Marsalis, Dave Matthews Band, James Taylor, Sugarland, Joe Cocker, Ben Harper, Tony Bennett, Earth, Wind & Fire, Kings of Leon, Neville Brothers, Wilco, Bonnie Raitt, Allen Toussaint, The O'Jays, Erykah Badu, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Dr. John ...

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Summer Camp Additions: Les, Gomez, Lotus, Toubab

Source: JamBase
February 7, 2009

SUMMER CAMP 2009 MUSIC FESTIVAL SECOND ROUND OF ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS

We're happy to let ya know about another round of confirmed artists for the Summer Camp 2009 Music Festival - May 22, 23, & 24, 2009 at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, IL.

Joining the lineup for this year will be:

Les Claypool Les Claypool Gomez Buckethead Lotus The Wood Brothers Junior Brown Moonalice U-Melt

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