Festival News

Countdown to Air Jamaica Jazz Fest: Fans Scurry for Last Minute Flights to Biggest Caribbean Jazz Festival

Source: CaribPR.com
January 20, 2007

Seats on Air Jamaica are booking fast as fans of the 2007 Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival rush to ensure they catch the Grammy-winning line-up from January 23rd to the 27th in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The Festival, now celebrating its tenth anniversary, has become the biggest and best live music event in Jamaica and the Caribbean.

With just a week to go before the festival, fans can still book their travel on Air Jamaica. “We still have seats available," ...

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Moments in Time: New Orleans at the Crossroads Photography Exhibition

Source: All About Jazz
January 17, 2007

Heads to 11th International Dixieland festival of Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain Moments in Time: New Orleans at the Crossroads - Photography Exhibition Presented by the New Orleans Photo Alliance Curated by: Owen Murphy, Bryce Lankard and John Glenn 5256 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA 70115 504-899-8111 At at time when the future of New Orleans is unfolding, in both its vital cultural aspects and even in the physical characteristics that ...

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18th Annual Tribute to Bix Fest in Racine, Wisconsin

Source: All About Jazz
January 10, 2007

March 8-11, 2007 at the Racine, WI Marriott. Featured bands: From Denmark, the Scandinavian Rhythm Boys, England's Five Pods of Pepper, Studebaker Champions, Flatland Syncopators. Also: 1929 chorus line, two days of new/used records, books and sheet music. 12-hour bus tour of historical jazz sites, 1920s jazz lectures, rare jazz films, including contemporary films of traditional jazz festivals around the world, extra innings in the lounge, all night 78 record playing, live jam session, Bix buttons, birthday cakes and other ...

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Snoe.Down '07 Announces Artist Lineup Including Moe. and Brazilian Girls

Source: Big Hassle
January 10, 2007

SNOE.DOWN '07 ANNOUNCES ARTIST LINEUP - JOINING SNOE.DOWN FOUNDERS MOE. ARE THE DISCO BISCUITS, BRAZILIAN GIRLS , LITTLE FEAT, TEA LEAF GREEN, THE SLIP AND MORE... (Lake Placid, NY) -- Snoe.down '07, the all ages, weekend winter music festival hosted by indie-jam rockers moe., returns to beautiful Lake Placid, N.Y., March 23-25, 2007. Snoe.down kicks off the week-long Adirondack Almost Springfest celebration, which will take place at all the 1980 Olympic venues in Lake Placid, N.Y., including the Olympic Center, ...

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Winter Jazz Festival This Wednesday for IAJE in NYC!

Source: All About Jazz
January 9, 2007

Wednesday January 10th - Jazz Alternatives Showcase (IAJE)

Brice Rosenbloom in association with The Knitting Factory is proud to present the 2007 NYC WINTER JAZZFEST, to be held on January 10th and 20th, 2007 in New York City. This marks the third year of the annual Winter JazzFest, and its continued mission to showcase top quality jazz and experimental music.

The 2007 NYC WINTER JAZZFEST expands from the one date of years past during the Arts Presenters (APAP) conference to ...

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Performers Wanted for Brenda Carol Renaissance Jazz Fair, Toronto, February 3-4

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2007

BRENDA CAROL RENAISSANCE JAZZ FAIR Category: Music Festival

@ the Renaissance Cafe 1938 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, ON Canada No Reservations.

Saturday, February 3 & Sunday, February 4, 2007 @ 7:30pm start

Do you sing and/or play an instrument in jazz and wish to have the opportunity to be featured as a performer?

Submissions are being accepted in all styles of jazz. All ages and groups are welcome to submit. All demos are accepted online. ...

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Jamaica Gets Ready for Biggest, Best Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival

Source: CaribPR.com
January 5, 2007

NEW YORK, NY, January 4, 2007: The countdown has begun to the 10th Annual Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival, an event that's easily going to surpass anything that has been seen or heard in Jamaica or the Caribbean. “I invite everyone to come to Jamaica and celebrate our tenth anniversary with us, because we are pulling out all stops to make the 2007 event the biggest and best festival ever," says Festival executive producer Walter Elmore.

The buzz is ...

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Fourth Annual Panama Jazz Festival: January 18-20, 2007

Source: The Attention Group
December 30, 2006

Fourth Annual Panama Jazz Festival January 18 - 20, 2007

Danilo Perez Foundation Announces the Fourth Annual Panama Jazz Festival January 18 - 20, 2007

Festival founder and artistic director Danilo Perez is proud to announce the fourth annual Panama Jazz Festival, scheduled for January 18 - 20, 2007. The three-day event will feature the Panama All Stars: Danilo Perez, Carlos Garnet, Jorge Silvestre, Santi Debriano, Renato Thoms and very special guest Billy Cobham; the Nneena Freelon Quartet; the Edmar ...

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