Festival News

13th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival

Source: Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium PR
February 16, 2012

Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium invites all media personnel and the jazz community to attend a press conference for the occasion of the 13th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival. The event is hosted by Long Island University Brooklyn at the Kumble Theater on Tuesday, February 21st, 12 noon until 1:00 PM located at Flatbush and DeKalb Avenues, Brooklyn, New York. Guest speakers include Borough President Marty Markowitz, New York State Assembly Member Annette Robinson, NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn's Kings County ...

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Tallinn Jazz Festival Jazzkaar Offers Travel Packages To Estonia

Source: Rein Kutsar
February 15, 2012

Jazzkaar, Tallinn, Spring! Festival Jazzkaar invites you to celebrate jazz, spring and the city of Tallinn during the last week of April 20th to 29th of April, 2012. The festival runs over a period of 9 days including two weekends, which makes up two opportunities for a perfect spring city break! More often than ever Tallinn is being pointed out for its excellent tourist facilities and a welcoming atmosphere. Being the biggest jazz festival of the Baltics with its 15,000 ...

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Anzic Recording Artist, Saxophonist Eli Degibri Appointed Artistic Director Of the Red Sea Jazz Festival

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
February 15, 2012

Anzic Recording Artist, Saxophonist Eli Degibri Appointed Artistic Director Of the Red Sea Jazz Festival, Israel's Premier Jazz Festival For 25 Years The Red Sea Jazz Festival is proud to announce the appointment of saxophonist, composer and Anzic Records recording artist, Eli Degibri, as joint Artistic Director (with Mr. Dubi Lenz). Established in 1987 as a four-day international jazz festival, the Red Sea Jazz Festival now enters its 26th year under the direction, and in the capable hands of Degibri ...

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More Jazz in the Sands: The 11th Porthcawl International Jazz Festival

Source: Green
February 13, 2012

the 11th Porthcawl International Jazz Festival will take place on the 13, 14 and 15 April. The major players include The John Miller Orchestra, The Pasadena Roof Orchestra, The Capital City Jazz Orchestra, Michael Janisch and the New York Standards Quartet, The B D Lenz Trio, The Nik Turner Quartet, The Gabrielle Ducomble Quartet, Wonderbrass, the Cottle Brothers Generations and Mike Harries and the Root Doctors. The Festival will also feature a wide range of the finest Welsh bands. Further ...

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Kongsberg Jazz Festival Unveils First Shows

Source: All About Jazz
February 10, 2012

On February 1, 2012, Norway's Kongsberg Jazz Festival unveiled the first series of shows scheduled for its 2012 edition, running from July 4-7, 2012. In addition to its collaboration with Music Export Norway and All About Jazz on the All About Jazz Presents: Doing It Norway series, encompassing seven shows curated by AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman and detailed in this press release, the festival has released exciting news about seven additional shows that span the globe and will appeal ...

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Kongsberg Jazz Festival Unveils All About Jazz Presents: Doing It Norway Program

Source: All About Jazz
February 10, 2012

On February 1, 2012, Norway's Kongsberg Jazz Festival unveiled its first series of shows scheduled for the 2012 edition, running from July 4-7, 2012: a total of fourteen shows—seven of them detailed in this press release. AAJ is pleased to announce the lineup for its All About Jazz Presents: Doing It Norway festival-within-a-festival, following last fall's announcement of its invitation to collaborate with the Kongsberg Jazz Festival and Music Export Norway.

AAJ Managing Editor and All About Jazz Presents curator ...

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Kevin Eubanks Band, Walter Trout, Bela Fleck & The Marcus Roberts Trio and more Headline 2nd RiverJazz Presented By Concannon Miller

Source: Mark Demko
February 8, 2012

Walter Trout & the Radicals, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Béla Fleck and the Marcus Roberts Trio, and former Tonight Show band leader Kevin Eubanks and his band headline the second-annual RiverJazz presented by Concannon Miller, May 10-25 at the SteelStacks arts and cultural campus in Bethlehem. Tickets for these concerts, which will take place at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks' Musikfest Café presented by Yuengling, 101 Founders Way, will go on sale starting Tues., Feb. 14, 10 a.m., to ArtsQuest ...

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Hangout Fest 2012: DMB, Wilco, Jack White, Skrillex, Sci, Lips

Source: JamBase
February 8, 2012

TICKETS ON SALE FEBRUARY 10 AT NOON EST Hangout Music Fest is proud to announce its highly anticipated 2012 lineup. Scheduled for May 18-20 on the beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama, the Fest will feature main stage headliners Dave Matthews Band, Jack White, and a soon-to-be-announced third act, along with dance tent headliner Skrillex. Check out the rest of the lineup below. General Admission, VIP, Super VIP and Big Kahuna festival tickets are on sale beginning at 12 noon EST/11 ...

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