The News Review:
- Duke Ellington festival at UCLA has got that swing
- At four-day Transmodern Festival expect the unexpected
- Chamber to put on its annual festival
- Reading And Leeds Festivals weekend tickets sell out
- Appel Farm cancels music festival
- Azalea Festival gets started by crowning queen
- Wisconsin Film Festival a treat for all due to hard work and …
Duke Ellington festival at UCLA has got that swing
Los Angeles Times
“He was just so natural and comfortable in what he wrote. “Honoring the composer’s 110th birthday the two-day celebration will attempt to encapsulate many sides of Ellington’s rich musical life in a brisk two days. Beginning on Saturday afternoon with the composer’s work for small jazz combos performed by UCLA students (under the direction of renowned guitarist and UCLA faculty member Kenny Burrell) the festival also will touch on Ellington’s classical pieces his once controversial “Sacred Music” concerts a recently discovered folk opera called “Queenie Pie” and finally on Sunday night three ensembles performing selections from his massive catalog of big band favorites. In addition to an array of contributions from UCLA students and faculty the weekend also will feature performances by recording artists Dee Dee Bridgewater Bill Henderson Dwight Trible and others from the world of jazz.
At four-day Transmodern Festival expect the unexpected
Baltimore Sun
The sixth annual festival which will fill four floors of lofts and galleries in West Baltimore’s H&H Building and then spread into the city’s Seton Hill neighborhood gives art enthusiasts four days Thursday through Sunday to experience what organizers call “the radical subculture” in the arts community. Each day’s events will include performance art music video installations and more. “The festival presents experimental expectation-defying interdisciplinary artwork” co-founder Bonnie Jones said in an e-mail. Jones added that the event represents female minority and gay lesbian bisexual and transgender artists. “This is one of the principles that the festival was founded on: to provide a venue and resources for and to celebrate the work of underrepresented or marginalized artists.
Chamber to put on its annual festival
San Diego Union Tribune
April 2 2009 SAN MARCS: Chamber of Commerce’s annual Grand Spring Festival will be back Sunday with entertainment food and a beer garden. About 275 vendors have signed up to sell food wares and services said Tayde Aburto a special events coordinator with the chamber. Those numbers are down from last year he said but he’s hoping for some last-minute vendor applications. The Education Avenue an area where local schools and colleges are displaying exhibits about their institutions will be a highlight this year Aburto said. A nearby stage will have performances by students.
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Reading And Leeds Festivals weekend tickets sell out
NME.com
Additionally all day tickets for the event’s Reading leg are also gone out although currently similar tickets are available for the Leeds site. “This is the seventh year in succession that both events have sold out within 24 hours of going on sale and I am very very pleased of course” said organiser Melvin Benn. “The stature of the events have grown and grown each year and this year’s line up only adds to that. However I must express caution towards all those who will now try to get their hands on tickets in whatever way they can as they do need to be careful of dodgy sites. The Reading And Leeds Festivals take place between August 28 and 30 with.
Appel Farm cancels music festival
Philadelphia Inquirer
place_ad_here(“half”); Posted on Wed Apr. 1 2009 Appel Farm cancels music festival By Cynthia HenryInquirer Staff Writer The recession has claimed Appel Farm’s outdoor music and arts festival held the first Saturday in June since 1989. For the last few years rain washed out acts audiences – and profits – at the farm in Elmer Salem County said Appel Farm’s artistic director Sean Timmons. "We felt it would be risky to mount the festival in this economy. It’s weather-dependent" executive director Mark Packer said. Instead about a dozen performers including Livingston Taylor John Gorka the Nields Phil Roy and Grey Eye Glances have donated their time for a four-hour outdoor concert June 7 to benefit scholarships to the farm’s summer camp.
Azalea Festival gets started by crowning queen
WWAY NewsChannel 3
Today the city welcomed the first ever Indian American Azalea Festival Queen. “I?m looking forward to everything the people the events the celebration? said Amprapali Ambegaokar the 2009 Azalea Festival Queen. There was song and dance as Wilmingtonians welcomed Queen Amrapali Ambegaokar. Amrapali is an actress and dancer best known for her various roles on film and television.
Wisconsin Film Festival a treat for all due to hard work and …
Daily Cardinal
Established in 1999 the festival was actually originally conceived by the Wisconsin Board of Tourism as a way to attract film buffs to the campus. In the process the state contacted the two major film groups the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Film Committee and the UW Cinematheque. Although the first film festival was a bit of a logistical mess the films were still shown and a tradition was born. A festival of such scale certainly can’t function without a group of hard-working individuals.