Festival News

5th Annual "Jazz by Night" Celebration in Media, PA - Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2007

A great night for dining in Media, PA

Make your reservations now at your favorite downtown restaurant!

Jazz by Night will be celebrated in downtown Media on October 20, 2007. Our 2006 Celebration was the best yet with more than 2000 in attendance. This year's event will truly celebrate the diverse sound styles of authentic Jazz. Several mighty saxophones will be wailing as world-renowned musicians rub shoulders with the very best Jazz acts from our region - in 16 indoor ...

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Barcelona Jazz Festival 2007 Line-up

Source: All About Jazz
October 5, 2007

Barcelona Jazz Festival 2007 39th Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona From 20th October to 1st December 2007

Saturday, 20th October. Inaugural Concert / 19.00 h. LLUIS COLOMA SEPTET + PARCO DELLA MUSICA JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH RAYNALD COLOM Passeig Borbo (Barceloneta) Free

Tuesday, 30th October / 21.00 h. PAOLO CONTE Palau de la Musica Prices: from 30 to 85 Wednesday, 31st ...

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Telluride Jazz Celebration to Kick Off 2008 Telluride Music Festival Season June 5-8

Source: MFA - Mitchell Feldman Associates
October 5, 2007

Telluride, CO - The Town of Telluride on October 3, 2007 approved a date change for the annual Telluride Jazz Celebration (TJC), which will take place June 5-8, 2008 and kick off the town's annual summer music festival season. The jazz festival, which had been produced each year during the first weekend in August since its debut in 1977, will now coincide with the annual Telluride Hot Air Balloon Festival. Telluride will be celebrating “Jazz in June with Balloons" in ...

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Opera in the Vineyards in Australia Oct. 20

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2007

Opera in the Vineyards will be held at the historic Wyndham Estate Winery, Hunter Valley on the 20th October 2007.

The event will be adopting the nom de plume “Ah la belle Paris!" with the theme “A night of romance" and to provide some appropriate French ambiance, popular Sydney musicians, Viva the duo will be performing with musette accordion and Spanish guitar at intervals throughout the day, commencing at 2.00am until 4.00pm at the entry gates and from 5.00pm at ...

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Welcome to Jazz Fest Bus Ride 2008

Source: All About Jazz
September 19, 2007

Take a Bus Ride to the Saratoga Jazz Festival, sponsored by Freihofers in Saratoga Springs New York. A two-day celebration last Saturday and Sunday of June 2008. The range of jazz is wide enough so that there is something for everyone's taste and the music is spread out over two stages. The bus will pick up at the Tarrytown Train station Saturday June 28, 2008 at 6 AM sharp. Bus tickets (only) are $87.00 Per Person for the weekend. This ...

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Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, October 4-7 in Pittsfield, MA - Tickets on Sale Now!

Source: Ed Bride Associates
September 18, 2007

PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts--Tickets are now on sale for the third annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, which takes place throughout the city on Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 4-7. Tickets may be purchased online, as well as several local outlets. These include the Pittsfield Visitors Center, 109 South Street (Colonial Theatre Annex, 413-443-9186, ext. 321); and the Adams Visitors Center, 3 Hoosac Street, Adams, both of which accept cash, check, Master Card, Visa, Discover. The following Pittsfield venues will also be selling tickets during ...

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Monterey at 50: Legendary Jazz Festival Celebrates Its Legacy

Source: All About Jazz
September 15, 2007

Dave Brubeck has played the world's leading concert halls before audiences that have included presidents and kings. But no performance has had a longer lasting impact than the one he gave 50 years ago for city council members from a picturesque California coastal town once known as the Sardine Capital of the World and immortalized in John Steinbeck's “Cannery Row." That performance helped pave the way for the first Monterey Jazz Festival, which today claims the title of the world's ...

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DC Forecast: Duke Ellington Festival Free Concert

Source: All About Jazz
September 15, 2007

The third Duke Ellington Jazz Festival is well underway, and after a week of movies, workshops, and musical events held throughout Washington, DC, the festival is heading towards its culminating event, an all day free jazz concert on the National Mall.

Dedicated this year to celebrating the 90th birthday of jazz giant Dizzy Gillespie, the National Mall concert flagship event will bring together nine of the 12 artists whose careers were advanced when Gillespie hired them to play in the ...

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