The countdown is on! Only 45 days to go to the Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival on March 1-4, 2012!
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The festival is going to be the biggest and best music festival the province of Chiriqui has ever seen, and it will be the first ever blues festival in Panama!
Yes, the blues got a new destination: Panama! And because Jazz is the child of the Blues we're putting both together in an exciting line-up! Take a closer look below.
We found a wonderful venue for our festival!
Ever wanted to travel to Greece? Ever wanted to have the experience of enjoying a show in an ancient greek amphitheatre with palm trees under a sunny sky? Well, you don't have to travel that far to feel those vibes. Come to the hidden valley (Valle Escondido) in Boquete, and enjoy world-class Jazz and Blues in a 500 seat greek style amphitheatre in a lush tropical environment...it may not really be THAT old but we guarantee that you'll feel those vibes of centuries long gone...take a look at the pic below and more pics on our website through this link...can you feel it???
Who's gonna play?
Here's a short list of musicians and bands to perform at the festival. Take a look at our website at
www.boquetejazzandbluesfestival.com for more details.
Blues: Mitch Woods (US), Johnny Sansone (US), Andy Egert (CH) with Bob Stroger, Ron Hacker (US). Jazz: Carlos Ubarte quartet with Idania Dowman (PA), Saskia Laroo (NL) with Salsa Bop, The Smoking Time Jazz Club
(New addition straight from the streets of New Orleans!), Betty Bryant (US), Rigoberto Coba Big Band (PA), a band of Chiriqui's best musicians specially put together for our festival!
Please check our website frequently for detailed information and for possible changes!
Book your festival tickets now! You can now book your tickets for the festival online via our website! Just click here and check out the various options. Just print out the confirmation mail, bring it to the festival and you're in!
In the same way you can also become a member of our Club of Friends of BJBF. You'll get a festival pass and benefits worth $ 84 for a payment of $ 60 (see details below).
Don't wait until February or March to get your tickets! With booking your tickets and/or your club membership early you'll help us tremendously to pay our bills and pay for the flights of the bands we'll fly in to Panama! Local ticket sales will start in mid-January, 2012. Tickets will be available at Mailboxes ETC. and the Tuesday Market in Boquete, as well as at the front desk of the Valle Escondido hotel. During the Boquet Festival of FLowers and Coffee from Jan12 until Jan 22 tickets will also be available at our joined booth with the Boquete Tourist Chamber.
Looking for a place to stay? We've got discounts for ya! Check out (click) the hotels listed at the bottom of the column on the right or click on the logos below. (the list is going to be updated continously). Also check our website for new entries. Tell them that you're coming for the festival, and you'll get a discount rate. March is high season in Panama, so book early! Thank you for patronzing our sponsors!
Wanna see a little more of Panama while you're here? March is the best time to visit Panama! There's an incredible amount of things to do and to see while you're here in this tiny country filled with natural wonders. The canal, the Casco Viejo (old city) in Panama City, endless beaches, island hopping, deep sea fishing, scuba diving, whale and dolphin watching, mountain hiking, coffee tours, bird watching, river rafting, tree top zip lining....you name it, Panama's got it!
For your vacation planning we highly recommend to contact Panama's fastest growing travel agency
The Panama Travel Group. Can't find better deals for any kind of side trips and adventures at very competitive prizes!
In addition, here's a link to two great 8 and 9 day tours that Mrs. Joyce Small, one of our volunteers and former owner of a travel agency in the US has worked out in cooperation with The Haven Spa&Hotel in Boquete. Cool stuff! Check them out
here!
How can you support the festival? There are lots of ways to help us with the festival:
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Help us spread the word. Tell your friends about it. Forward this newsletter to all your friends
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Visit our website frequently. Show us your love by clicking on the facebook 'Like' button on every page to help us generate traffic and get a better search engine rating
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Donate! If you're living in the Boquete area please attend the pre-festival fundraising events (free Sunday morning concerts, wine-tastings etc.)
and donate. Every little bit helps! If you're living somewhere else you can still donate via our website by clicking
here!
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Buy our merchandise (T-shirts, bumper stickers, burlap shopping bags, mugs, baseball caps, posters).
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Join our club of friends of BJBF and enjoy great benefits! (see below)
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Be a volunteer! Call 6519-7876 or contact us via the contact form on our website.
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Be a sponsor! If you own or run a business in Boquete/Chiriqui/Panama please consider becoming a sponsor. We NEED your financial support to make the festival happen! Your logos
 will show up in this newsletter as well as on our website, our flyers and the festival program, and they will stay there for at least 6 months after the festival! Can't get any cheaper publicity than that!
Last but not least: Come visit the festival! We're getting more and more inquiries from blues&jazzin' babies about how to come here, where to stay, and what else to do here beside the festival! Join the trend!
Do the coolest thing and join our Club of Friends of BJBF! For a yearly membership fee of $ 60 you'll get benefits worth $ 84! Check out the details
here. You'll help us a lot financially by signing up, and you'll make us feel real good by showing us your support and friendship!
Can't attend the festival but still want to support our drive to get the Blues to Panama? Poor you! But we've got a solution! Just go to our website to the
Program/Tickets page and donate whatever you think it's worth! Hopefully we'll then see you here in a later year! Thanks for showing us your love!
Any suggestions, questions, need more information? I'll be glad to hear from you and to help you as much as I can. Just shoot me a mail via the contact form on our website by clicking
here! Here's hoping that this third edition of our festival newsletter will make you want to put on your traveling shoes......
Please forward it to your friends and ask them to sign up also. Help us to spread the word and to put Panama on the world-wide blues map!
We're striving to send good jazz and blues to you, and we'd looooove to see you here on the first weekend of March!
Hans
Don't ask what the festival can do for you - ask what you can do for the festival!
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