On August 23rd, 2012 the Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival foundation handed donations it had received from some memberss of the Boquete expat community over  to the Academia Internacional de Boquete (AIB) to support the school’s orchestra project.

$200 and a Casio keyboard were donated by Mr. Bob Schmucker

$150 were donated by Mr. Sean Bigler and Ms. Bonnie Lykes

A trumpet was donated by Mr. Lou Jelinek

An acoustic guitar was donated by Mr. Hans-J. Lebuser

Our heartfelt thanks go out to the generous donors for their support of musical education in Boquete through our Music for Schools program.

Oh, those wonderful lazy Sunday mornings in the park! Enjoying the sunshine, listening to great music, meeting friends, just having a good time! The Boquete Blues Band B3 brought the people up on their feet dancing in the square in front of Boquete's city hall. The Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival Foundation will continue these monthly events on the second Sunday of each month in preparation of the 2013 Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival. Future dates are 9/9, 10/14, 11/11, 12/09, 01/13, 02/10

The series of free concerts in the Boquete central park is baaaaaack! Starting on Aug. 12 there'll be a free concert on the second Sunday of each month from 11am - 1 pm featuring local bands in preparation for the 2013 Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival....come and enjoy a pleasant Sunday morning in the park listening to blues, jazz, salsa, merengue....donations for the 2013 festival will be highly appreciated.
Starting the series on 8/12 will be the one and only Boquete Blues Band B3....and these guys are HOT!