The first post-festival newsletter of the BJBF foundation has been published - check it out here: http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=032eff9376738fb6fc962c9c0&i...

As times goes by more and  more photos and videos are being posted on facebook or youtube...we're trying to catch them all, and are posting links to the various sources in our gallery....check it out frequently to refresh your memories of this wonderful event!

The 2012 Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival was a great success! A wonderful venue,  a great variety of world-class music, excellent wheather ( it was like a miracle that the first raindrops started falling at the very end of the last show on Sunday, March 4, and on Monday it was raining cats&dogs!)...we started the festival with Boquete's first-ever Mardi Gras parade led by the Smoking Time Jazz Club, a street band flown in From New Orleans...you have never seen so many smiling faces (many of them painted), so much radiant joy in the streets of Boquete! The following show at the garden party at the Panamonte hotel with jambalaya and original New Orleans hurricanes was loved by all, it was a most colorful assembly of fantastic costumes amid the flowers and trees of the Panamonte's beautiful garden, and the Smoking Time Jazz Club's show was fantastic!
And it continued this way all 4 days of the festival....free concerts in the park, great shows at the amphitheatre, packed jam sessions at local restaurants at night....the Boquete valley of the rainbows was resonating with music  for 4 days all over the place....Please check out the photos and videos on our gallery page
This was definitely the best music festival Boquete and Chiriqui have ever seen.....and we'll do it again next year!

Check out our official program booklet on this site by going to the Program page: www.boquetejazzandbluesfestival,com/program.html Click on "Expand" and flip through all the program pages!

_The BJBF festival program has been published!

Hola, Jazz&Blues aficionados in Boquete and beyond. Check out the full program of the upcoming Jazz&Blues festival in the new edition of the festival newsletter by clicking here: http://eepurl.com/i74p5 An incredible amount of great musical events is coming your way:

7 bands, 4 solo artists, 50 musicians altogether
A Mardi Gras parade in the streets of Boquete
A traditional New Orleans Jazz garden party at the Panamonte
2 open-air days with 9 shows at the Valle Escondido amphitheater
3 after party jams

C'mon baby let the good times roll!

Everybody's invited to take part in the parade! Dress up, dress down, put on something fancy, attach colorful ribbons to your umbrellas, dance along Boquete main street…there are no limits to your imagination! Dress up your vehicles, too…cars, bikes, wheelchairs, inline skates, ATV's, vintage cars, whatever…..

We'll have extensive media coverage of the event. Several TV-networks, radio stations, newspaper reporters will be present. Panama and the world will be watching, so get ready and show them what a Boquete party is like!
Further details about the parade will be published soon.

Don't forget to get your festival tickets in time!
The more the word gets out the faster they go. Max. capacity of the festival venue is 500, so don't wait too long!

Seating capacity for the very special Betty Bryant show at the BCP on Thursday evening, March 1st is limited to 110! You don't wanna miss this once-in-a lifetime show in Boquete! Get your tickets for just $13 NOW!

Tickets for Boquete's most loved and most favorite wine-tasting party have just come on sale!
A great way to support the festival while having fun: Once again the festival activities will get a kick-start with our famous wine-tasting fundraiser at Hacienda Los Molinos beautiful Casa del Risco by the canyon on February 25 from 5 - 8pm. A plentiful supply of 10 great wines provided by Felipe Motta/David, delicious appetizers prepared by La Casa del Risco's great Chef, and live music by Boquete's one and only B3, the Boquete Blues Band are a winning formula that's hard to beat!
Win a prize at the raffle, bid for beautiful jewelry in our silent auction, and dance 'til your head spins and your feet and knees give away….Tickets are just $18.

Festival tickets and tickets for the Betty Bryant show are available at Mailboxes  ETC., at the Tuesday market in Boquete, at the Valle Escondido hotel, and at the door (if still available by then), and they can also be booked online through our website: http://www.boquetejazzandbluesfestival.com/tickets.html

Wine tasting tickets are available at Mailboxes ETC., the Tuesday market and by phone at 6519-7876 for will-call.

Boquete goes New Orleans! Laissez les bon temps roulez!

Our festival is finding more and more support from official places. The mayor and city council of Boquete have recently decided to fully support the Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival by granting all necessary permits and providing organizational support by the local administration, police, fire department etc. We are very happy and thankful for this invaluable support which makes organizing the event so much easier!

The festival tickets have gone on sale! They are available at Mailboxes ETC. in Boquete, at the Tuesday market at the BCP, and at the front desk of the Valle Escondido hotel. In addition, you can still book tickets online by going here. Tickets are available for the two open-air days at the Valle Escondido amphitheatre on March 3 and 4, and for the special concert with Betty Bryant&friends at the BCP theatre on Thursday evening, March 1.
Tickets for the Betty Bryant show are $ 13. One day tickets for the open-air festival are $ 20 ($ 5 for students and juniors below 18, ID required), two day passes are $ 30 ( $7.50 for students and juniors below 18, ID required)

A sunny Sunday morning at its best! Our 6th free concert in the park was a great success! Excellent weather, a great band, good vibes, people dancing in the square, and we even made a little profit from donations! Those of you Boquetenos who did not make it to central park this Sunday missed having a wonderful time! Thanks to the Boquete Blues Band B3 for delivering a great show!

The 6th free concert in the Boquete Central park will come up on Sunday, Jan 8 from 11am - 1pm. Patrons will enjoy the music of Boquete's new and sizzling hot Blues band, Gary Whiting's B3 "Boquete Blues Band".
Come and enjoy some great Blues on a lazy, sunny Sunday morning in the park! Admission is free! Donations for the Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival will be highly appreciated!
We need the support of the Boquete community to create the best Jazz&Blues Festival Panama has ever seen!