Festival News

Loose and Free Rock 'N' Roll Meets Precision Science at Rock-It Science Festival on March 3

Source: All About Jazz
February 6, 2009

Event features performances by 8 musicians who are also top scientists and academics in fields ranging from neuroscience to environmentalism; former Patti Smith guitarist Lenny Kaye to headline and variety show dance star Anna Copa Cabanna will emcee the event. New York, N.Y. - Forget the beakers, test tubes and electroencephalograms; when these scientists leave the lab it's all about guitars, drums and wild Rock 'N' Roll gyrations. Rock-It Science Festival will bring together 8 outstanding scientists and academics who ...

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Mason Gross School of the Arts Mid-Atlantic Band Festival

Source: All About Jazz
February 5, 2009

Mason Gross School of the Arts Department of Music to present Mid-Atlantic Wind Band Festival

First-time event to host high school wind ensembles

New Brunswick, NJ -- The Department of Music at Mason Gross School of the Arts will host the first Mid-Atlantic Honors Wind Band Festival Thursday, February 26 and Friday, February 27, 2009.

Announcements of the event were sent to over 400 band directors from Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, inviting ensembles to ...

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Tride Bluegrass Adds: Byrne, Oberst, Lewis, Diabate

Source: JamBase
February 5, 2009

36th TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS ADDS DAVID BYRNE, CONOR OBERST, JENNY LEWIS AND MORE

Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2008 By Benko Photographics Planet Bluegrass has announced some big time additions to the 36th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival, held the weekend of the summer solstice, June 18-21, in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado.

The new round of talent includes: David Byrne, Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band, Jenny Lewis, Gaelic Storm, and Crooked Still. And Bela Fleck will be ...

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Rodney Whitaker to be Guest Artist for SWIC Jazz Festival on February 21

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
February 5, 2009

Bassist Rodney Whitaker (pictured) will be the guest artist and clinician at the 2009 Southwestern Illinois College Jazz Festival, to be held on Saturday, February 21 at SWIC's Belleville Campus Theatre, 2500 Carlyle Ave.Whitaker, who currently performs with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and serves as chair of jazz studies at Michigan State University, will give a master class at 1:00 p.m., perform with the SWIC Jazz Band at 2:00 p.m., and present a concert at 7:30 ...

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Bonnaroo 2009 Lineup

Source: JamBase
February 4, 2009

The 2009 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will take place June 11-14 at The Farm in Manchester, TN featuring: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Phish Beastie Boys Nine Inch Nails David Bryne Wilco Al Green Snoop Dogg Elvis Costello Solo Bruce Springsteen ...

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Slow Ticket Sales Sink Langerado Festival

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2009

The Langerado Music Festival in Miami is the first large-scale U.S. festival to fall victim to a poor economy in 2009. The seventh annual event, which was set for March 6-8 at Bicentennial Park, has been cancelled “due to sluggish ticket sales," organizers announced.

Artists that were confirmed to perform at Langerado included Death Cab For Cutie, Snoop Dogg, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Dashboard Confessional, Broken Social Scene, Girl Talk, Thievery Corporation, Slightly Stoopid, Flogging Molly, Chromeo, Mute Math, ...

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2009 Telluride Jazz Celebration Line-Up

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2009

No Wasted Notes Presents the 2009 Telluride Jazz Celebration Since 1977 Telluride’s majestic perch - high in the spectacular San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado -- has been the site of an annual cultural event produced by the Telluride Society for Jazz combining the finest of nature and art that ranks among the world’s most memorable music festivals. The intimate format and abundant opportunities to enjoy spectacular alpine recreational activities complement the superb music presented each year at the Telluride ...

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Norwich Jazz Party - May 2009

Source: All About Jazz
February 1, 2009

Over the next May Bank Holiday weekend the Third “Norwich Jazz Party” with take place at the Holiday Inn at Norwich International Airport.Norwich, Norfolk, U.K.

The event will bring together twenty-nine top jazz musicians from both sides of the Atlantic who will provide over 26 hours of the best swinging jazz. The music will commence at 3pm on Saturday 2nd May and continue through until late in the evening of Monday 4th May.

The format will follow the formula adopted ...

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