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2016 DC Jazz Festival Artists and Venues Features a Diverse Array of International Talent

May 21, 2016

The DC Jazz Festival (DC JazzFest)—the country’s fastest growing jazz festival—kicks off Jazz Appreciation month by delineating the amazing array of 2016 artists and venues, a diverse selection of renowned and emerging artists performing in venues across the nation’s capital, June 10-19. Locally, nationally and internationally acclaimed artists confirmed for the 2016 DC JazzFest include Kamasi ...

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West Michigan's Free Weekend-Long Jazz Festival Announces 2016 Lineup

May 18, 2016

GRandJazzFest presented by DTE Energy Foundation has announced the performance lineup for the fifth annual festival being held Saturday, August 20, and Sunday, August 21, at Rosa Parks Circle in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Eleven diverse acts are on tap for West Michigan’s only free, weekend-long jazz festival. The performance lineup: Saturday night headliner / main headline ...

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Music Festivals: Revenue For Event And Host City Is Staggering

May 6, 2016

For the last decade, live music has been a ray of sunshine in the music industry's otherwise often cloudy skies. In the last few years, mega-festivals seem to be cropping up everywhere often generating huge revenue for both presenters and the host town. By Steve Baltin for The Grammys April is festival month at the Empire ...

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Rolling Stones, Who, McCartney, Dylan, Young, Waters To Headline Coachella Desert Trip Festival

May 5, 2016

If you've already got an expensive concert site set up for a two weekend indie rock fest and a multi-day country festival, you might as well use it for something. Right? The answer is yes, and the creative programming choice is a 3 day festival of the same acts that have been filling arenas for decades. ...

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Jazz this week: Oliver Lake, Hamid Drake, Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, David Liebman, and more

April 21, 2016

It's a fine week to be a fan of jazz and creative music in St. Louis, as the calendar offers a jam-packed schedule of upcoming performances in a variety of styles and genres from big band and straight-ahead swing to free improv and experimental music. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, April 20 The Bad Plus ...

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Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival Announces Lineup For 15th Anniversary Edition June 24 – July 2

March 25, 2016

Chick Corea, Joey Alexander, Chris Botti, Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Gregg Allman, Trombone Shorty, Erykah Badu, and Grace Potter Headline – Nine Days, 325+ Shows, 19 Venues, 99 Free Events, Three International Series Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona today announced the lineup for the festival’s 15th anniversary edition. The ...

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Sun Ra Arkestra Headlines 2nd Annual Beacon Jazz Festival -- June 25, Riverfront Park, Beacon, NY

March 18, 2016

The legendary cosmic jazz of Sun Ra Arkestra—under the direction of their longtime, nonagenarian alto saxophonist, Marshall Allen—headlines the second annual Beacon Jazz Festival. Sponsored by Birches Associates and once more celebrating this quintessential American music, alongside the distilleries, craft vendors, culture and natural splendor of the Hudson Valley, the second Beacon Jazz Festival will take ...

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Jazzahead! 2016 in Bremen, Germany Set For April 21-24

March 17, 2016

Trade Fair and Festival Since 2006 Set for April 21-24 2016 For the past 11 years, jazzahead! has emerged as the crucial meeting point of the international jazz industry. More than 3,000 professionals in the genre, festival directors, club programmers, publishers, label owners, musicians, agents, producers and journalists gather every April in the provincial ...

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9th Annual Red Hook Jazz Festival To Be Held Across Two Sundays In Brooklyn's Urban Meadow, June 12 & 19 From 1-6pm

March 16, 2016

“The Red Hook Jazz Festival exists contentedly on the margins, like its namesake neighborhood and much of the music on its bill…The mood in the audience was neighborly, with a higher ratio of small children to youngish adults than I’ve seen at any musical event not expressly pitched as a kids’ show.” —Nate Chinen, New York ...

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Tribeca Film Festival: Reflecting on 2015, Gazing Toward 2016

February 5, 2016

By Christine Connallon Celebrating its 14th year of bringing the best and brightest to movie goers, the Tribeca Film Festival 2015 showcased cinematic gems in both feature and short length categories. With a total attendance of over 467,000 attending over a staggering 490 screenings and panels and representing work from 38 countries, the possibilities were endless. ...