Rockport Jazz Festival

The big “destination” jazz festivals are major events, but aficionados making vacation plans will be missing out if they don’t at least take a look at the musical offerings of the smaller festivals.

Coming Attractions in Jazz: Festival Preview 2013

May 31, 2013

Posted in Coming Attractions, Dance, Featured, Film, Jazz, Music, World Music

[Updated June 21] Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start to summer. Beaches reopen, and the jazz festival season follows close on their heels. Indeed, the first major festival kicks off this Friday, before June has even begun.

Coming Attractions in Jazz: Late Summer Festivals 2012

August 10, 2012

Posted in Coming Attractions, Featured, Jazz, Music

The tents and stages have come down in Newport, and now the action shifts west to Connecticut, home of the superb Litchfield Jazz Festival. Later in the month, it’s party time in Salem, MA with Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

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