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NEW: Direct online special rate reservations at the Albrook Mall Tryp hotel now available!

12/30/2014

 
Our BJBF festival hotel in Panama City, the Albrook Mall Tryp hotel, now offers direct online room selection and reservations at greatly reduced rates for festival visitors in the time from Feb 2 until Feb 12, 2015. Check it out by clicking on the logo below!
Note: This link is for normal festival visitors only. Fedora Club members still need to call the hotel at
+507-307-0243 or email at reservations@tryphotel-am.com to make their reservations.
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The countdown is on....just 5 weeks to go!

12/27/2014

 
A new year is dawning, and so is the 2015 Boquete Jazz & Blues festival. Only a little more than 5 weeks to go, so here's a little round-up of where we stand:
- The bands are booked and can't wait to come to Boquete
- Festival preparations are running smoothly and on time
- Online sales are very strong, and we already sold 55% of the amphitheater's total
  capacity

- 116 Fedora Club members have signed up, that's 78% of all available memberships
- almost 30% of available tickets for the special acoustic show with Leon Blue and John
  Carney at the BCP theater sold within the first 10 days after tickets became available

- the BJBF Blues Bus from Panama City via Coronado to Boquete is almost sold out

All indications are that the 2015 festival is going to sell out again, as did the 2014 festival.

Don't wait too long to purchase your tickets! Get them while they're still available!

Join the Fedora Club to get an amazing full-package deal including huge savings for stays at the Albrook Mall Tryp hotel in Panama City!

Tickets are available ONLINE via our website, or locally at the Boquete Tuesday market, the Valle Escondido hotel, and at the Mailboxes ETC. offices in Boquete, David and Coronado. You may also join the Fedora Club online!

See you in beautiful Boquete...only a few weeks to go!

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Photo: Bernie Verhoeven

A happy jazzy and bluesy Christmas, and a peaceful and prosperous New Year to all friends of the Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival!

12/19/2014

 
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A busy year is drawing to it's end...we're looking back to a successful Jazz & Blues festival 2014, and we're looking forward to an even better one in just 7 weeks from now. At this point we want to thank you all - musicians, visitors, volunteers, sponsors -  for the great support you've extended to the "Biggest little Festival in the World", helping us to grow and improve this wonderful event in the beautiful Chiriqui highlands of Panama. 

Our festival has grown to be the second largest music annual festival in Panama, and we're still a non-commercial, all-volunteer, community based  organization working without any government support, and without any big cash sponsors. Our Music for Schools program was able to donate almost $8,000 to local schools  in the last three years to support and improve musical education in the area.  It's this great Boquete community of citizens and small businesses, and our fantastic group of 70+ volunteers who are making these successes possible.

The 2015 festival is just 7 weeks away and indications are that we're going to sell out again. We've already sold 50% of our seating capacity, our amazing Fedora Club has already sold 110 of 150 available memberships. The word of  our unique festival has been spreading far and wide, and judging by the advance online sales we're looking forward to greeting a lot more visitors from abroad than ever before.


If you haven't bought your tickets yet do so soon! If you haven't joined the Fedora Club yet you're running the danger of missing your chance of getting huge benefits with this all-inclusive package. Check it out on the Fedora Club page of this website!


We're looking forward to seeing you at the festival in February 2015!

An evening with two masters....tickets available now!

12/16/2014

 
This is going to be one of the highlights off the main stage of the Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival 2015: A special acoustic double-bill show with piano Blues master Leon Blue and John Carney on Spanish guitar in the intimate setting of the small Boquete community theater on Thursday Feb 5, 2015. Tickets are now available for sale locally at the Mailboxes ETC. office and at the Tuesday market in Boquete, and by email pre-order via marketing @ boquetejazzandbluesfestival.com (omit spaces). Pre-order tickets will be held at will call at the venue until one hour before the show. Any tickets not picked up 1 hour before the show will be sold to waiting visitors!
There are only 110 tickets available, so hurry to get yours! This show is not to be missed!


Note: This show is NOT included in Fedora Club memberships!
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Yippeee! The online purchasing system is working again!

12/15/2014

 
What a relief: Our online purchasing system for buying tickets or Fedora Club memberships is working again! Now's the time to get your tickets or Fedora Club memberships (they also make great Christmas presents)! We already sold 46% of our seating capacity, and more than two thirds of available Fedora Club memberships! Chances are very high that we're going to sell out again!

Don't be late, Kate! Don't lose your chance, Vance!

Get your tickets or Fedora Club memberships NOW!

Technical problems with online purchasing...

12/12/2014

 
Urgent notice:
Our online payment system is presently encountering technical problems. Please be patient if your purchase of tickets or a Fedora Club membership is not getting through and you're getting an error message. Just try again a day later.
Thanks for your understanding! We'll let you know when everything is back to normal again.

What a great party it was....!

12/7/2014

 
The BJBF Black&White party at the Valle del Rio hotel on Dec. 5 was a great success! Not only did we have a great turn-out and cleared $1100 for the festival but everybody had a jolly good time! It was one of those lush nights on a beautiful porch in Boquete, everybody was in a festive mood, and Alejandro La Orquesta's Caribbean rhythms got the crowd to dance late into the night...
Our thanks go out to everybody who attended to support the Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival as well as to the staff of the Valle del Rio hotel who made this party an event to remember.
A BIG thank you also to our official photographer Bernie Verhoeven who saved the memories with a series of great photos. Check them out by clicking on the photo below!
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Watch out! Time is running out!!!

12/1/2014

 
Hurry before we sell out! Only 4 days left to get your tickets for the famous BJBF Black&White party at the Valle del Rio hotel! Don't miss the classiest party in Boquete! 
Win a Fedora Club membership or a two-day festival pass or other great prizes in our Grand Raffle!
Enjoy the company of your fellow music lovers and festival supporters, and dance the night away to great Cuban/Caribbean style music by Alejandro Orquesta.
Get your tickets for just $10 a pop at Mailboxes ETC. or the Tuesday market in Boquete. An Italian style diner buffet will be available for $17.50 (including tip&tax). 

Go get your tickets! There's only a slight chance that we might still have tickets at the door!
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