Festival News

Blues, R&B and Gospel Legends Fill the Bill at 4th Annual Reno-Tahoe Blues Fest

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2008

Ten artists sing the blues at the 2008 Reno-Tahoe Blues Fest, Aug. 16 - 17, 2008. Filling two days with sounds of the blues as well as R&B, soul and gospel, the 4th annual festival at Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno, Nev., starts at noon each day and continues with five back-to-back performances.

Concluding each night, the Reno-Tahoe Blues Fest features three headliners with The Whispers and Jonny Lang rocking the venue Aug. 16 and Gladys Knight closing the ...

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Jazz and Ribs Fest 2008

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2008

The 29th Annual Jazz and Rib Fest will commence July 25 through July 27 at Bicentennial and Genoa Park in downtown Columbus. One of the most popular festivals in Columbus, this year should prove to provide another great weekend filled with a wide array of cool jazz music and saucy finger-licking ribs from 22 different rib burners from around the country. Becky Lonardo, spokeswoman for the Jazz and Rib Fest, is confident visitors to this year's festival will have a ...

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4th Annual Jazz with Steinbeck

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2008

The Monterey Jazz Festival and the National Steinbeck Center are proud to present the fourth annual Jazz with Steinbeck concert and dinner, which takes place Wednesday, September 17, 2008 from 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM at the National Steinbeck Center at One Main Street in Salinas. This very special collaborative event offers aficionados of great food and titillating jazz an exclusive evening in support of MJF's Jazz Education Programs and the National Steinbeck Center's Youth Programs. Jazz with Steinbeck transforms ...

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Canal Street 08: Jazz Festival Links with the United Nations

Source: All About Jazz
July 23, 2008

Two music festivals in Norway are both aiming to become a blueprint for a green global music festival movement in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme. The HoveFestival - a rock event that this year featured major acts including Beck, Duffy and rapper Jay-Z - and Canal Street - a jazz and blues festival that opens today and features John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, and the Waterboys - have signed on to UNEP's Climate Neutral Network. “The greening of ...

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Newport Jazz Festival Founder George Wein Performs at Festival on August 10

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
July 22, 2008

NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL FOUNDER GEORGE WEIN PERFORMS AT 2008 JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL NEWPORT SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, FORT ADAMS STATE PARK NEW YORK - George Wein & the Newport All-stars are among the many great artists set to perform on the main stage at this year's JVC Jazz Festival Newport on Sunday, August 10. Featuring Wein on piano and vocals, the band includes Wein's long-time associate Howard Alden on guitar, drummer Jeff Ballard and two of today's most exceptional younger talents, ...

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Download Festival | 07.19.08 | California

Source: All About Jazz
July 22, 2008

By: Dennis Cook

Download Festival :: 07.19.08 :: Shoreline Amphitheatre :: Mountain View, CA

Gang of Four from myspace.com/gangoffour The cacophony of commerce hit you before you walked through the gates of Shoreline Amphitheatre last Saturday. Sexy new VW convertibles sat outside the box office offering eco-friendly cool in an attractive range of colors. Just inside, the high tech shilling continued with a blaring PlayStation 3 karaoke stage with aging hipsters and teens with ...

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Jazz Trumpeter Mark Rapp Plays the WC Handy Festival 2008

Source: All About Jazz
July 22, 2008

This weekend (July 25 & 26), trumpeter and composer Mark Rapp and his NY-based band will bring his original sounds of contemporary Jazz to Florence, Alabama at the 27th annual WC Handy Festival. Past festivals have had such greats as Dizzy Gillispie, Take6, Henry Butler, Ellis Marsalis and more and Rapp duly notes, “I'm very excited to be back south and honored to play such a highly regarded festival." One event Rapp is looking forward to is ...

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Newcastle Jazz Festival NSW Australia

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

The Newcastle Jazz Festival will be held at the Town Hall at Newcastle NSW on the 30th, 31st August and 1st September. Notably, Viva the band will be appearing for their fourth time at the Festival along with a superb line up of bands and artists such as: Lee Gunness, Paul Griffith Orchestra and Quintet, Cary Bennett and Swingout, Hendo's Early Roots, Dan & Howler Strictly Swingin', Trevor Furner Unsafe Sax, Daryl Aberhart Trio, Ben Jones Quartet, Sally Street Trio, ...

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