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A fabulous time at the wine-tasting!

9/26/2011

The Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival wine-tasting event on Saturday Sept.24 was a roaring success! Everybody was having a fabulous time! The tapas were excellent, the wines were great, and Rigoberto Coba's Jazzband brought everybody up on their feet to dance the evening away! 122 patrons attended, 118 bottles of wine were emptied, and we're already planning the next event! At the end of the day we raised $ 677 for the festival. Doesn't sound much but it's a lot for Panama!
A big THANK YOU to everybody who attended to show their support for the festival!

Trip advisor reviews anyone?

9/18/2011

I'm sure there are a number of people visiting this website who have attended one of the last 5 Boquete Jazz Festivals. If you're one of those please consider writing a review on the Trip Advisor Boquete page. Just click on the link below and go to "Write review". This will help us tremendously to get better ratings. Thanks!

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g298424-Activities-Boquete.html

Sad news: Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith passed away

9/17/2011

So there's another one of the all-time blues greats up there in blues heaven now. Sooo sad to hear the news of Willie's passing yesterday! I had the priviledge of meeting and hanging out with him several times at the Lucerne/Switzerland blues festival together with Bob Stroger....what a gentle, humble man he was, and an absolute master in his art! RIP Willie! And keep jammin' with your old pals Muddy Waters, Pinetop Perkins, and all the other greats!

LA pianist and singer Betty Bryant added to the line-up!

9/15/2011

We're exited to announce that the well-known pioneer of black female jazz artists Betty Bryant will be performing at the Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival 2012. At age 82 Betty is still performing in L.A. as well as in Tokyo, Japan. Check out her music and bio at her website http://bettybryant.com

Just 10 days to go to Boquete's most famous wine tasting event!

9/15/2011

Boquete's most famous wine-tasting event is baaaaaaaack!

Where: Casa del Risco, Hacienda Los Molinos, Boquete/Chiriqui

When: September 24, 5pm – 8pm

Come and enjoy Boquete’s most famous wine-tasting event in the casual athmosphere of beautiful Casa del Risco by the canyon!

Come and taste 10 delicious wines together with the Chef’s sumptuous appetizers presented by our charming brigade of volunteer lady servers.

Enjoy great wines and delicious food while listening to the songs of Loló Ledezma, a young Boquetena artist performing live for you!

Dance the evening away to the swinging sounds of Rigoberto Coba’s Latin Jazz band!

Don’t miss out on this famous event loved by all who ever attended!

Attendance is limited to 140 persons.

Tickets are $15 per person. Get your tickets while they last!

Support the 2012 Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival by attending this great event!

Tickets are available at Mailboxes Etc. in Boquete, at the Tuesday market or at the door. Please call 6519-7876 for tickets to be held at willcall.

All proceeds of the event will go to the Boquete Jazz&Blues Foundation to fund the 2012 Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival.

2nd free concert in the park - Sunday morning in the rain

9/15/2011

The Boquete Jazz&Blues foundation's second free concert in the park suffered a bit by the early rain on Sunday morning but it was still enjoyed by everybody who attended. Local singer/songwriters Loló Ledezma (solo) and Alcides Fuentes (with band) gave their best and continued to play even after the rain thinned out the attending crowd.
The third edition of the free concert series will take place on Oct. 9th from 10am - 12 noon. Performing artists will be Panama City's well known solo artist Champaña on acoustic guitar. This Panamanian born guitarist trained in the U.S. and has had a long career that has included performing as a Broadway road show pit musician in Godspel and Pippin, playing with Dizzy Guillespie, Branford Marsallis, and Wynton Marsallis, Cassandra Wilson, Carlos Garnett and playing at the Blue Note and Village Gate in N.Y.C.

New award for Bob Stroger

9/2/2011

We're delighted by the news that Chicago based Bob Stroger was just recently awarded the title of most outstanding blues bass player in 2011 by the prestigious 'Living Blues' magazine. This adds up to Bob's previous Blues Awards as best Blues bass player in 2009 and 2010. We're extremely pleased of having this great bluesman playing at the Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival in March 2012!

Welcome to our new website!

8/23/2011

Hi everybody! The Boquete Jazz&Blues Foundation proudly presents the new website of the Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival. We're going to let you all know about the progress of planning for the March 2012 festival edition, and we invite you to let us know what you think about our new website and the festival.
Hans

A fabulous time at the wine-tasting!

Trip advisor reviews anyone?

Sad news: Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith passed away

LA pianist and singer Betty Bryant added to the line-up!

Just 10 days to go to Boquete's most famous wine tasting event!

2nd free concert in the park - Sunday morning in the rain

New award for Bob Stroger

Welcome to our new website!

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