Festival News

All-Star Band to Kick Start the 25th Brecon Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

There is one weekend when the sound of a saxophone and the taste of a Welsh cake feel like a wholly appropriate combination of sensual delights, and the coming one is it. It's the 25th Brecon Jazz Festival from Friday to Sunday (we can ignore Thursday because that's Jools Holland, and he's sold out) and, as befits asilver anniversary year, HSBC Brecon (as it is now called) has assembled an all-star band of previous visitors to get things well and ...

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BBC Big Band & Clare Teal - Grassington Festival

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

Yorkshire's finest export after Betty's tea room was the star attraction at Grassington's annual music festival. Clare Teal who was voted BBC Jazz Vocalist of the year 2006 and British Jazz Vocalist of the year 2005 & 2007 presented a whole program featuring music from her new album “Get Happy". The album is a gem for all jazz fans featuring may well known classics such as Cheek To Cheek, Begin The Beguine and Time After Time. For those of you ...

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Lallapalooza 360 View

Source: Michael Ricci
August 4, 2008

Lallapalooza in the Round

Rage Against the Machine Return to Riot Atmosphere

“Save that shit for the streets!" declared Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack De La Rocha. He was reprimanding an overly aggressive crowd that forced the band to stop multiple times to restore order amidst the fans (as many as 2,000 gate crashers among them). The delays seemed to throw off the band's rhythm a bit, though they were still able to play their explosive rap-rock with surgical ...

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Sun, Surf and Jazz at the Manly International Jazz Festival 2008

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

Manly Council on the Northern Beaches of Sydney will be conducting their 31th Manly International Jazz Festival over the October long weekend on the 4th, 5th, 6th of October 2008.

With a vibrant family atmosphere and a breathtaking ocean beachfront backdrop, the festival location is considered to be the best for a Jazz Festival in Australia and reputed highly in the world of Jazz.

The usual patronage for this festival is in excess of 30,000 visitors per day and there ...

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Ditson Festival of Contemporary Music at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art

Source: AMT Public Relations
August 4, 2008

Inaugural Ditson Festival of Contemporary Music Features Boston's Leading Musicians, Composers, and Ensembles 2008 Ditson Festival is Co-Produced by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) and The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Boston, MA--Gil Rose, Artistic Director of the 2008 Ditson Festival of Contemporary Music, today announced the Festival's programming which runs for four days from Sept. 18-Sept. 21, 2008, at the Institute of Contemporary Art, 100 Northern Avenue, Boston. The Festival comprises eight cutting-edge concerts featuring seven world premieres, supplemented ...

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Chillout Productions Announces the Dates of the 7th Edition of Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
August 3, 2008

ANOTHER 10 DAYS OF QUALITY MUSIC & LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. SKYWARDS DUBAI INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009 DATES ARE ANNOUNCED! Chillout Productions reveals the dates for the 7th edition of the Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival 2009. The festival is set to kick off on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 and tie up on the 27th of the same month. The 10 days festival is to feature great names in the world of music ranging between blues, Jazz, rock and pop with an ...

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Guide to Chicago's Lollapalooza

Source: All About Jazz
August 2, 2008

Radiohead brings Lollapalooza its first sellout

All 75,000 tickets for Friday's opening day of Lollapalooza at Grant Park have been sold, according to the festival Web site. It marks the first sell-out for the festival since it made the lakefront its home in 2005. The Friday headliner, Radiohead, is making its first appearance in Chicago since releasing its latest studio album, “In Rainbows," on its Web site last year. The band was planning to announce a Thursday concert at the ...

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Seattle Earshot Festival Announces 20th Anniversary Lineup

Source: All About Jazz
August 1, 2008

Seattle's 20th annual Earshot Jazz Festival will present more than 50 events in concert halls, clubs and community centers throughout the city beginning Oct. 17 and continuing through Nov. 8.

The Earshot Festival brings artists from around the world into creative collaboration with area audiences and Seattle's finest jazz musicians to celebrate Seattle's place in the jazz world. Featured events include James Moody and the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra in a 4-day residency of oral history interviews, educational programs and ...

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