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Spotlight 2023: Charlie Parker - August 19-26, 2023
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Macy Layne
The Folly Theater, Paseo Academy of Fine & Performing Arts, 18th & Vine Jazz District and Selected Kansas City jazz clubs and performance venues. Spotlight: Charlie Parker 2023 celebrates the jazz icon’s 103rd birthday with jam sessions and musical tributes, jazz history tours, lectures, exhibitions, panel discussions, workshops and showcase performances. The annual program was developed to honor Parker (also known as “Bird”), his legacy and impact on jazz in Kansas City and worldwide. The event also provides educational opportunities ...
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Detroit Jazz Festival 2023: A Celebration of Home
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All About Jazz
The 2023 Detroit Jazz Festival is almost upon us, taking place in its annual Labor Day weekend slot on the yearly jazz festival calendar. The largest free jazz festival in the world brings the music to the people of Detroit, and the world, on September 1-4 in downtown Detroit and in Hart Plaza along the Detroit riverwalk. To those that visit the city for the festival, there is one obvious difference between Detroit and festivals more idyllically set ...
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Celebrity Series Of Boston Announces: Jazz Along The Charles 2023
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Stephanie Janes PR
Celebrity Series of Boston opens the 2023/24 performance season with the highly anticipated return of Jazz Along the Charles—a free jazz event open to all, featuring 25 local jazz ensembles, along the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s (DCR) Charles River Esplanade. With lead sponsors the Esplanade Association and the Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation, Jazz Along the Charles takes place on Saturday, October 7 from 2-4pm (rain or shine). Attendees can experience the event at their own pace, in their ...
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MoonJune Music Festival Toledo 2023 Featuring Soft Machine, Diego Amador, Dwiki Dharmawan, Dewa Budjana, Markus Reuter Anchor & Burden And More
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
September 28-30 and October 1, 2023 At the Circulo De Arte Toledo, Plaza San Vincente, Toledo, Spain Music That Fits Toledo MoonJune Music and M Films Producciones present a multi-sensory festival of eclectic, international progressive music expanding the boundaries of jazz, rock, global music, and the unknown. Join visionary presenters Leonardo Pavkovic and Mauricio Aguinaco in historic Toledo, Spain, for four days of extraordinary concerts, roundtable discussions with seasoned music industry professionals, regional gastronomical delights, and the warm camaraderie ...
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'Jazz Is Everywhere' At Festival International De Jazz De Montréal 2023
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (FIJM), presented by the TD Bank Group in collaboration with Rio Tinto, invites you to discover Jazz is Everywhere presented by TD with the financial support of Canada Economic Development, an innovative and accessible experience starting June 29 that allows people to access and enjoy all of jazz’s relevance and contemporaneity, including its influence on other musical styles and historical importance. It features three components: an augmented reality tour, a revamped the Wall ...
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Midsummer MusicFest: New Annual Festival Debuts With Jazz In July And An Additional Week Of Jazz-Fueled, Genre-Blurring Events
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Michael Ricci
The 92nd Street Y, New York announces Midsummer MusicFest, a new summer festival debuting this year in celebration of 92NY’s 150th anniversary. Envisioned as an annual summer event inspired by a musical genre that has made a significant impact on 92NY’s programming, the festival launches this year with three weeks focusing on jazz. Midsummer MusicFest 2023 runs from July 11-27 and includes 92NY’s signature Jazz in July festival led by artistic director Bill Charlap, plus additional performances that showcase jazz’s ...
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CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival Starts June 23
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Dalmath Associates Inc.
The 20th Anniversary Edition of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival starts in just 10 days! The nine-day event will be held from June 23 to July 1 in Downtown Rochester, NY. It will present more than 1750 artists in 300 shows, including 100 free shows, jam sessions, and workshops, at 19 venues. The festival draws more than 210,000 people annually. It will deliver an outstanding lineup of amazing artists from around the world who are looking forward to performing ...
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Jazzascona Holds Its 39th Festival Edition From June 22-july 1 In Ascona, Switzerland With Stefano Di Battista Presenting A Tribute To Ennio Morricone, Adonis Rose & New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Featuring China Moses, And More
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ARE Group
After a much-appreciated post-pandemic edition that highlighted the official partnership between New Orleans and Ascona, JazzAscona looks forward with renewed momentum and optimism to its 39th edition from June 22 to July 1, 2023, which offers a rich program with approximately 300 concerts and 270 invited artists, with over seventy musicians coming directly from New Orleans. New Orleans will again be the keystone of a program that promises to be full of emotion and nuances. The program will reintroduce a ...
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