Festival News

Jazz Featured at Boston Conservatory's New Music Festival, December 1-4

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
December 1, 2011

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Gift of Jazz: Holiday Discount Tickets Offered for 2012 Newport Jazz Festival

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
December 1, 2011

$50.00 Tickets Available at Convention & Visitors Bureau: December 1-January 1 NEWPORT, RI, November 30, 2011—If you're looking for the perfect holiday surprise or a special treat for yourself, give the gift of jazz and present family and friends with tickets to the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival®. George Wein, Chairman of the Newport Festivals Foundation and Producer of the Newport Jazz Festival, is once again offering special holiday discount tickets priced at just $50.00 for the holiday season. The $50.00 ...

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Jazz Returns To Tropical Island Of Penang, December 1-4

Source: All About Jazz
November 27, 2011

Jazz is back on the tropical island of Penang from the 1st-4th December, with the always eagerly anticipated Penang Island Jazz Festival. Now in its 8th year, the PIJF will once again draw jazz fans from Malaysia and abroad to the beautiful grounds of the Bayview Beach Resort Hotel for a packed program featuring local and international jazz stars. The main action takes place at the Jazz By The Beach stage. Some of this year's highlights include Penang's very own ...

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FloydFest 2012: Franti, Salmon, Hornsby, Galactic, Matis, Alo

Source: JamBase
November 25, 2011

JULY 26-29 AT BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY IN FLOYD, VA FloydFest returns for it's 11th year on July 26-29 at Blue Ridge Parkway in Floyd, VA. Click here for all ticketing information, and check out the lineup below. FloydFest Lineup

Michael Franti & Spearhead Brandi Carlile Leftover Salmon Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers Matisyahu Galactic Ozomatli Gary Clark Jr Sam Bush Band Punch Brothers MarchFourth Marching Band ALO Anders Osborne David Wax Museum Toubab Krewe Garage A Trois Locos Por Juana ...

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Cuneifest 2011 in Baltimore, MD - Venue Change

Source: Michael Ricci
November 16, 2011

Important news for all attendees. Cuneifest 2011 in Baltimore, MD—venue change. Due to electrical issues, we have had to move the festival for JAZZ DAY only. The new location for Sunday, November 20 is: METRO GALLERY 1700 North Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21201 Everything else (start times, line-up, etc) remains the same. This venue is also larger and can handle more people, so there are tickets once again available at the door. ROCK DAY remains at ...

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SFJAZZ Announces Artist Lineup for SFJAZZ Spring Season 2012

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
November 9, 2011

Randall Kline, the Executive Artistic Director of SFJAZZ—the leading nonprofit jazz organization on the West Coast and the presenter of the San Francisco Jazz Festival—today announced the complete artist lineup for the SFJAZZ Spring Season 2012. The dynamic and expansive four-month-long concert series begins on February 9 and will continue through June 17. The season will present over forty concerts with the most illustrious names in jazz, world and related music. “There is an unprecedented sense of musical growth and ...

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Earshot Jazz Festival Reaches Its Peak with Keith Jarrett

Source: Groove Notes
November 5, 2011

I had never seen Keith Jarrett perform live before. I had only heard his wonderful recordings and heard some interesting stories about the demands he has on his audience. The trio, made up of Keith Jarrett on piano, Gary Peacock on bass and NEA Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette on drums, is considered by many to be the premier jazz trio on the planet, and was the headlining performance at this years Earshot Jazz Festival. Prior to the show Tuesday at ...

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Jazz Voice: Celebrating a Century of Song @ Barbica (London) 11 November

Source: thecogency
November 4, 2011

The London Jazz Festival kicks off in high style with its annual jazz vocal extravaganza featuring a triumphant blend of stellar singing talents and unexpected musical twists and turns, all set to sumptuous arrangements performed by a 40-piece orchestra. Arranged, scored and conducted by internationally acclaimed trumpeter/composer Guy Barker, Jazz Voice travels through the decades to century of songs past and present, united by significant anniversaries, moments in musical history and some of the great personalities who have contributed to ...

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