Articles tagged ‘Festivals’
San Jose Jazz Festival
By Carrie Thompson | July 22nd, 2008 |
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Business travelers from the world over make their way to San Jose, California for business or conferences. Next month, travelers to the area can enjoy the 19th annual San Jose Jazz Festival. From August 8 to 10, visitors to San Jose can rock out with more than one hundred bands comprising over 1,000 [...]
Boca Raton Arts Festival 2008
By Carrie Thompson | December 3rd, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Boca Raton is gearing up for the second annual Festival of the Arts Boca (FAB) to take place from February 29 to March 16, 2008. FAB, I even love the name! According to the press release, “The 2008 Festival of the Arts BOCA is ambitious and undoubtedly will be well received by [...]
The Wine Show in London - October 25 to 28, 2007
By Carrie Thompson | October 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you’re a wine lover in you’re in the London area this week, you’re in luck. I learned from the London Logue, a sister site, that the Wine Show will take place for the next several days in Islington at the Business Design Center.
I’m hugely jealous of those of you who can [...]
Napa Valley Jazz & Blues Festival in Calistoga
By Carrie Thompson | October 11th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Napa Valley will again play host to the annual Jazz & Blues Festival in Calistoga from November 2 to 4. Sounds will include Bay Area musicians like Herb Gibson, Larry Vuckovich and Alvon Johnson. I don’t know who any of those people are, but they sound jazzy.
Day one tickets are $15 and include [...]
Union County Music Fest in Cranford, New Jersey
By Carrie Thompson | August 17th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Union County Music Fest in Cranford, New Jersey is a FREE music fest being held this September 15, 2007 from 11:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m at Nomahegan Park. The headliner hasn’t yet been announced (so I’m assuming they’re trying desperately to get someone great) but Chuck Berry will be in the house, which [...]
Austin City Limits Music Festival - September 14 - 16, 2007
By Carrie Thompson | August 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
It’s time for the Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL). This year’s festival is coming up from September 14 to 16, 2007 at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. The lineup is, as always, phenomenal and I’m working on a way to head down and impose on my friends that weekend. If you [...]
Wordstock in Portland, Oregon
By Carrie Thompson | July 31st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Wordstock is a book festival held in Portland, Oregon each year in November. It is one of the largest literary events on the West Coast, and well worth a visit if you’re in the area at the time. This year, Wordstock will be held from November 9th to the 11th. The festival [...]
Detroit 3 Days in the D Festival
By Carrie Thompson | July 31st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Detroit is the place to be for Labor Day weekend this year (in Michigan anyway) with the 3 Days in the D festival being held from the Detroit River to Pontiac. The festival promises to offer non-stop jazz, great food, car racing and more. The three big events will be the Detroit Belle [...]
Steamboat Springs Wine Festival
By Carrie Thompson | July 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Steamboat Springs, Colorado is getting ready for the Fourth Annual Wine Festival, to take place from August 2 - 5, 2007. I like a wine festival, and this sounds like a fun place to drop in if your travels take you to Colorado in the early part of August (mine will not, as I [...]
Lincoln Park Music Festival
By Carrie Thompson | July 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Lincoln Park Music Festival is sponsored by the Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District in Newark, New Jersey. I was surprised to learn this event isn’t something in Chicago, but practically in my back yard in New Jersey. The four day free music festival celebrates African American music, including Jazz, House, Gospel and [...]
