Festival News

Playboy Jazz Returns to Pasadena Summer Fest on Memorial Day Weekend

Source: All About Jazz
April 25, 2006

PLAYBOY JAZZ HITS AT HIGH NOTE AT THE ROSE BOWL ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

Events' Event Presents 19-Hours of Live Jazz Entertainment Offering Enthusiastic Fans a Musical Medley Of Old and New Traditions

Pasadena, CA -- April 24, 2006 - For one special holiday weekend in May, the Rose Bowl will be remembered for hosting World-Class jazz! The Rose Bowl Stadium, built in 1922 and known mainly for the New Year's Tournament of Roses Football Game, has earned its world-class ...

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Dubai International Jazz Festival 2006 reaps 1st award for Best Festival in the UAE

Source: All About Jazz
April 20, 2006

Another milestone is reached for the organizers and supporters of the Dubai International Jazz Festival, when they accepted the What's On Award for Best Festival of the Year.

Dubai, April 20, 2006 What's On Awards announced that the 2006 Philips Dubai International Jazz Festival held in Dubai, March of this year, won the Best Festival of the Year award.

This category has been introduced for the first time this year, with the ballot including nominations of other festivals like the ...

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Tallinn International Jazzkaar Festival features Reeves, Cantuaria and The Bad Plus

Source: All About Jazz
April 13, 2006

From April 15-30 the Tallinn International Jazzkaar Festival will open its doors for the 17th time featuring Dianne Reeves, Vinicius Cantuaria and The Bad Plus.

This year's festival includes 50 concerts in thirteen Estonian cities - Tallinn, Tartu, Prnu, Jhvi, Viljandi, Narva, Tri, Haapsalu, Valga, Rakvere, Plva, Elva and Keila. The concerts in Tallinn will take place in 15 different halls altogether.

The festival will feature musicians from 24 different countries, including Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Britain, Germany, ...

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"Pasadena Summer Fest" Returns To World-Famous Rose Bowl Memorial Day Weekend

Source: All About Jazz
April 12, 2006

"Pasadena Summer Fest" Returns To World-Famous Rose Bowl Memorial Day Weekend

FREE Admission Three-Day Event Guarantees Family-Friendly Fun Offering Visitor's Five Different Events Presented Simultaneously -- 19 Hours of Playboy Jazz, International Cuisine, Art & Crafts, A Family Stage Presenting the New “Battle of the Bands" Competition, Plus Lots of Thrill Rides, Games and Amusements

“Pasadena Summer Fest" began seventeen years ago as a two-day grass-roots community street festival. By the end of the fifth year, not only had it ...

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Jazz at the Rock,May 20, Morro Bay, California

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2006

The Morro Bay Chamber of Commerce is throwing a party and you are invited!

This is the first annual “Jazz at the Rock" Concert. The concert will be May 20th in Beautiful Morro Bay. Our concert featuring Frank Capp is the main event, but we will have a Founder's Dinner with the musicians Friday night. Plan to be in town for that early.

The Chamber of Commerce will raise money to pay for jazz music scholarships at Morro Bay High ...

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New Manayunk Jazz Festival seeks sponsors

Source: All About Jazz
April 9, 2006

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Land Rover Main Line Jazz & Food Festival 2006

Source: All About Jazz
April 9, 2006

Land Rover Main Line, the Wayne Business Association and Main Street Festival Management are proud to present the third annual Main Line Jazz and Food Festival on Saturday, June 10th from 7pm-1am and Sunday, June 11th from noon to 5:00 pm.

Wayne's restaurant row will be transformed into an outdoor bistro and cabaret as the Main Line's finest restaurants set up shop along North Wayne Avenue for the Sunday afternoon event. Lounge at bistro tables and enjoy signature dishes from ...

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Lineup Announced for 5th Annual Rochester International Jazz Festival June 9-17

Source: All About Jazz
April 7, 2006

9 Days, 600+ musicians, 170+ shows Headliners - Woody Allen, James Brown, Phil Woods, McCoy Tyner, Toots Thielemans, Wayne Shorter, Susan Tedeschi, Etta James, Little Feat, Soulive, Dickey Betts and Byron Stripling

All Tickets on Sale April 7th at 10 a.m.

Rochester, New York--April 6, 2006-- The fifth annual Rochester International Jazz Festival presented by Heluva Good Quality Foods, returns to Rochester June 9-17, 2006. The spectacular nine-day event will feature more than 170 concerts and 600 musicians representing more ...

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