World-class Jazz & Blues on the slopes of Volcan Baru
Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival Feb. 04 - 08, 2015
Pre-festival events:
Here are some important news for our local friends and supporters of the Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival in Boquete and beyond:
Are you already as excited as we are about the 2015 Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival? In addition to putting together an amazing line-up of top-class Jazz & Blues acts the festival crew has been working hard on a program to get you in the mood way before the actual festival. Here are a number of exciting local pre-festival events coming up in the months leading up to the BIG event which you don't want to miss, so mark them in your calendars!
We're still working on some of the events so please check back frequently for more details to be published!
Black&White fundraiser party at the Valle del Rio hotel
Friday, December 5, from 6pm - 10pm
Join us for an elegant evening with live salsa music and an Italian buffet on the beautiful porch of the Valle del Rio hotel!
School Production of the musical Grease at the BCP communal theater
Early December: Production of the Academia Internacional de Boquete, put on stage with financial support by BJBF's Music for Schools program. Date&time tba.
A leisurely Jazz afternoon at the Boquete Tree Trek mountain resort Sorry, this event has been cancelled!
Opening of the 'Art of Music' show at the Boquete library
Tuesday, February 3 from 3:30pm - 6pm, with live music and a musical show by students of the Academia Internacional de Boquete, supported by the BJBF Music for Schools program.
Fedora Club VIP Gala party at the Valle del Rio hotel
Tuesday, Feb 4, 6pm, for Fedora club members only.
And then? And then? And then:
C'mon baby let the good times roll!
The 9th BJBF edition will get rolling with our traditional New-Orleans style street parade and ensuing garden party at the Panamonte hotel on Wednesday, Feb. 4, starting at the BCP parking lot at 12pm. Face painting & parade set-up starts right there at 10am. And don't forget the first of five (!) jam sessions will take place at Mike's Global Grill that same day, starting at 8pm!
Had not had enough fun yet?
Don't despair, it's not all over yet! For hard-core festival goers who either live in Panama City or intend to stay for a couple of days after the festival we arranged a great post-festival event:
A double-treat show at our festival hotel in the city, the Allbrook Mall Tryp hotel, on February 12, 2012 with Yelba&Latin Fire and John Carney&Gato Maximo plus a special guest.
Doors open at 7pm, admission is $15 (free for Fedora Club members!) Call the Tryp at +507-307-0243 for more details.
Are you already as excited as we are about the 2015 Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival? In addition to putting together an amazing line-up of top-class Jazz & Blues acts the festival crew has been working hard on a program to get you in the mood way before the actual festival. Here are a number of exciting local pre-festival events coming up in the months leading up to the BIG event which you don't want to miss, so mark them in your calendars!
We're still working on some of the events so please check back frequently for more details to be published!
Black&White fundraiser party at the Valle del Rio hotel
Friday, December 5, from 6pm - 10pm
Join us for an elegant evening with live salsa music and an Italian buffet on the beautiful porch of the Valle del Rio hotel!
School Production of the musical Grease at the BCP communal theater
Early December: Production of the Academia Internacional de Boquete, put on stage with financial support by BJBF's Music for Schools program. Date&time tba.
A leisurely Jazz afternoon at the Boquete Tree Trek mountain resort Sorry, this event has been cancelled!
Opening of the 'Art of Music' show at the Boquete library
Tuesday, February 3 from 3:30pm - 6pm, with live music and a musical show by students of the Academia Internacional de Boquete, supported by the BJBF Music for Schools program.
Fedora Club VIP Gala party at the Valle del Rio hotel
Tuesday, Feb 4, 6pm, for Fedora club members only.
And then? And then? And then:
C'mon baby let the good times roll!
The 9th BJBF edition will get rolling with our traditional New-Orleans style street parade and ensuing garden party at the Panamonte hotel on Wednesday, Feb. 4, starting at the BCP parking lot at 12pm. Face painting & parade set-up starts right there at 10am. And don't forget the first of five (!) jam sessions will take place at Mike's Global Grill that same day, starting at 8pm!
Had not had enough fun yet?
Don't despair, it's not all over yet! For hard-core festival goers who either live in Panama City or intend to stay for a couple of days after the festival we arranged a great post-festival event:
A double-treat show at our festival hotel in the city, the Allbrook Mall Tryp hotel, on February 12, 2012 with Yelba&Latin Fire and John Carney&Gato Maximo plus a special guest.
Doors open at 7pm, admission is $15 (free for Fedora Club members!) Call the Tryp at +507-307-0243 for more details.