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This annual festival celebrates the indigenous music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana, so the music encompasses every style associated with the city and the state: contemporary and traditional jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, Cajun music, zydeco, Afro-Caribbean, folk music, Latin, rock, rap music, country music, and bluegrass.
The COLCOA French Film Festival (formerly "City of Light, City of Angels") is an annual competitive film festival in Hollywood, created and presented by the Franco-American Cultural Fund (FACF), a unique partnership of the DGA, the MPAA, la SACEM and the WGA West.
In the City of Lights is the title of a live concert date by American jazz diva Sarah Vaughan, performing at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. [1] Recorded in 1985, the album was not released until 1999, almost a decade after Vaughan's death in 1990.
The Summer of the Arts Iowa City Jazz Festival, now in its 33rd year, runs from Friday, July 5, through Sunday, July 7. It includes dozens of food vendors, artists, and fun stops.
In 1972, the Newport Jazz Festival was moved to New York City. In 1981, it became a two-site festival when it was returned to Newport while continuing in New York. From 1984 to 2008, the festival was known as the JVC Jazz Festival; in the economic downturn of 2009, JVC ceased its support of the festival and was replaced by CareFusion. [3]
The Montreux Jazz Festival (formerly Festival de Jazz Montreux and Festival International de Jazz Montreux) is a music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline. It is the second-largest annual jazz festival in the world after Canada's Montreal International Jazz Festival. [1]
Northern Lights Festival Boréal is an annual summer music festival in Sudbury, Ontario. [1] It is one of Canada's oldest continuous music festivals, having been staged every year since 1972 until the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] [3] The bilingual festival is held on the shores of Ramsey Lake at Bell Park, home of the Grace Hartman Amphitheatre. [4]
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc., as it is officially named, was established in 1970 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (NPO). The Foundation is the original organizer of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell Oil Company, a corporate financial sponsor. The Foundation was established primarily ...