[News Boquete] Are you gettingg excited?

Are you getting excited??? 

We're getting very close....only 7 days to go to the start of the festival week!

 Have you got your tickets yet??? They are selling fast!

 Only 11 Fedora memberships left!

 Only 20 tickets left for the special show at the BCP with Leon Blue and John Carney on Thursday, Feb 5!

 80% of the capacity of the Valle Escondido amphitheater have been sold!

You don't want to  be knocking on closed doors and miss the greatest music event in Chiriqui, the Biggest Little Festival on the planet with the best star-studded line-up ever!

Here's the full program in a nutshell:

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

3:30pm – 6pm Opening of the „Art of Music" show complementing the Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival, at the Boquete Library. The artshow will run  for two more weeks after the festival. Excerpts of the Grease musical performed by students of the Academia Internacional de Boquete at the opening of the show.

6pm: Fedora Club VIP party at Hotel Valle del Rio with the Fantazy Jazzband

 

Wednesday, February 04, 2015
Boquete goes New Orleans!
12pm – 1:30pm New Orleans style street parade (beads, costumes, umbrellas and all) in the streets of Boquete. Face painting & set-up starts at the BCP parking lot at 10am

1:30pm-5:00pm Garden party at the Panamonte hotel with live music. Admission  $10

8pm - ??? Jam session at Mike's Global Grill. Admission $15 at the door. Free for Fedora Club members

 

Thursday, Feb 05, 2015

2:30 – 4pm free concert in the central park of Boquete with Gary Whiting's Boqats, the Adama Reach band, plus a surprise band!

5:00pm – 7:00pm Double bill show at the BCP: Leon Blue & John Carney. Admission $15

8pm - ???, Allstar jam session hosted by Andy Egert&B3, Leon Blue and Deanna Bogart. Admission $15 at the door. Baru restaurant. Free for Fedora Club members

 

Friday, Feb 06, 2015

3pm-6pm Open mike community Jam at Baru restaurant, Boquete. No cover

8pm - ??? Blues allstar jam session. Hosted by Shakura S'Aida and Lil' Ed&The Blues Imperials. Sabor restaurant, Valle Escondido.. Admission $15 at the door. Free for Fedora Club members

Saturday, February 07, 2015
12noon  - 6pm  Open-air festival at the amphitheatre at Valle Escondido
Doors open at 11 am

12:00pm – 1pm  John Carney's Gato Maximo

  1:30pm – 2:30pm Deanna Bogart Band

  3:00pm – 4:00pm Yelba&Latin Fire

  4:30pm – 5:30pm Shakura S'Aida

8pm  - ??? Latin Jazz allstar jam session, hosted by Yelba&Latin Fire and Malamanya at The Rock restaurant. Admission $15 at the door. Free for Fedora Club members

 

Sunday, February 08, 2015
12 noon - 6pm   Open-air festival at the amphitheatre at Valle Escondido
Doors open at 11 am

12:00pm – 1:00pm  R. Coba Big Band

  1:30pm – 2:30pm  Andy Egert, Leon Blue & Boquete Blues Band                                      

  3:00pm – 4:00pm   Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials

  4:30pm – 5:30pm   Malamanya

8pm -??? Blow-out jam session with Andy Egert & friends. Mike's Global Grill. Admission $10 at the door. Free for Fedora Club members

 

And for all those who still want more here's an extension of BJBF2015 in Panama City:

Thursday, Feb 12, 2015

7pm – 11:30pm  Yelba&Latin Fire and John Carney with Gato Maximo at the Albrook Mall Tryp hotel. Admission $15. Free for Fedora Club members.

Enjoy the special room rates at the Tryp for festival visitors and Fedora Club members. Check it out here:http://www.boquetejazzandbluesfestival.com/lodging1.html 

The official program booklet has been published on the festival website! You can download it here: www.boquetejazzandbluesfestival.com/program.html

Take the festival shuttle to Valle Escondido!

There's only limited parking available and it's quite a long walk uphill...

So this year we'll have a shuttle bus running from central park to Valle Escondido for the first time in the history of the festival!

Operating hours: 9:30am – 12:30pm, and 5pm – 7pm each day on Saturday and Sunday, Feb 7 and 8.

The fee for a one-way trip is one dollar only!

Happy festival to y'all! See you there!

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