The News Review:
- Rothbury festival has Bob Dylan Nas Guster
- SXSW Music festival big draw despite economic woes
- Correction: Lincoln Center Festival 09
- Biker hospitalized after festival crash
- Reviews: regon Shakespeare Festival offers four reasons to come early
Rothbury festival has Bob Dylan Nas Guster
Detroit Free Press
They’re among 66 artists to be formally announced later today for the second-annual event scheduled July 2-5 at the Double JJ Ranch north of Muskegon. Basic four-day tickets for the camping festival are now available at a discount price of $229. 50 which will rise to $249. 50 when the full on-sale kicks in at noon Friday. Detailed price and package information will be posted today at www.
SXSW Music festival big draw despite economic woes
Houston Chronicle
Fans are snapping up four-day passes to the famed South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival that starts this week when thousands are expected to hit the town’s storied nightclubs to catch the hottest new acts. It’s too soon to say how the 23rd annual SXSW will compare to last year but hotel room bookings are up jazz legend and 27-time Grammy Award winner Quincy Jones is opening the show and nearly 2000 bands from 52 countries will be playing promoters say. “There is really nothing bigger” said Rose Reyes music marketing director for the city convention bureau. “It is Christmas for cab drivers restaurant owners for hotels for businesses all around the city. While Austin has been hit by the same economic woes that are spreading across the globe the hip college town remains an incubator for sizzling new bands and a thriving music scene that brought SXSW here nearly a quarter century ago.
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Correction: Lincoln Center Festival 09
The Associated Press
It is called Lincoln Center Festival 09 not Lincoln Center 09. Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Biker hospitalized after festival crash
Arizona Republic
at Tumbleweed Park on the southwestern corner of Germann and McQueen roads. The stuntman was part of a local group called ATR which stands for Above the Rest said Katie Stringham a festival spokeswoman. The group performs motorbike stunts she said.
Reviews: regon Shakespeare Festival offers four reasons to come early
The regonian – regonLive.com
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