Carolina Music Festivals is a comprehensive calendar and guide to multi-act, daylong or multiple-day music shows in North Carolina.
The Cape Fear Jazz Society's festival provides an intimate setting and the opportunity to meet and chat with local and regional jazz artists. The festival is in its 30th year.
Artists
Friday: "Styles of Jazz" with Geraldo Fraizer, Kevin Kolb Quartet, Stephanis Nakasian & the Hod O'Brien Trio, New Orleans Jazz with the Duke Heitger Sextet.
Saturday and Sunday: "All Star" lineup includes Stephanie Nakasian (vocals), Mark Shane (piano), John Cocuzzi (vibes and vocals), Herman Burney (bass), Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar),
Duke Heitger (trumpet), Hod O'Brien (piano), Tom Fischer (reeds), Anat Cohen (reeds), Joe Ascione (drums), Butch Miles (drums), Frank Tate (bass), Duke Heitger (trumpet), Ed Polcer (trumpet), John Allred (trombone).
Festival site: Hilton Wilmington Riverside
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7:30 p.m. each evening.
Three-day pass: $175; $200 Patron Ticket includes all three evenings and Saturday's Jazz Cruise with Carolina barbecue aboard the Henrietta III riverboat. Hilton's special rate for the festival is $113 per night. |
February 12 - 14 Bluegrass First Class - Asheville
The host hotel promises a full bluegrass weekend, with all of its rooms occupied by bluegrass fans, and all of its meeting rooms set aside for picking and jamming. A "quiet wing" of rooms on one floor will be set aside for those who need some time in a no-jamming zone.
Artists
Friday: Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, The Dillards, Next Best Thing, Snyder Family Band, more.
Saturday: Steep Canyon Rangers, Dailey & Vincent, the original Tony Rice Unit including Josh Williams, Lonesome River Band, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Dillon, more.
Sunday: Brothers for Him, more.
Festival site: Crowne Plaza Resort
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Performances in the Grand Ballroom and the sunken lobby; times TBA.
Two-day pass: $90, two-day reserved seat $130. |
February 12 - 13 Heart 'n Soul of Jazz - Pinehurst
Heart 'n Soul of Jazz is a fundraiser for the Arts Council of Moore County.
Artists
Friday: Brazilian Voyage, led by Harry Allen on tenor saxophone and Joe Locke on vibraphone, with Brazilian artists Helio Alves (piano), Nilson Matta (bass), Duduka Da Fonseca (drums) and Maucha Adnet (vocals)
Saturday: Tierney Sutton Band.
Festival site: Carolina Inn, Pinehurst Resort
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8 p.m. each evening.
Two-night pass: $110. Overnight packages at the Pinehurst Resort are available in conjunction with the festival. |
February 26 - 27 Kinston Winter Bluegrass Festival - Kinston
The Kinston Winter Bluegrass Festival benefits the Lenoir Community College Foundation, which provides student scholarships. It includes a songwriters' contest and is billed as Eastern North Carolina's only indoor winter bluegrass festival. The 2010 festival is the 17th annual event.
Artists
Friday: Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Goldwing Express, The Grass Cats, Grass Strings.
Saturday: Rhonda Vincent, Goldwing Express, Al Batten & The Bluegrass Reunion, The Martins, Samantha Casey & The Bluegrass Jam, Grass Strings.
Festival site: Lenoir Community College
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2 to 10 p.m. Friday, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday.
Festival is in the college's 1,800-seat gymnatorium.
Two-day pass: reserved seat $60 in advance, general admission $50 in advance, $70 at the door. |
Indoor jam rooms for ticket holders.
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