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| 2005 Kansas City Music Blues & Jazz Festival All eyes will be on Kansas City this Labor Day weekend when the city's music lovers play host to the Kansas City Music Blues and Jazz Festival. The event, which runs September 3-4 at the Woodlands Horse Track, will showcase 24 stellar musical acts over two days. Show organizers are prepped fill the facility's 30, 000 seats and say it's the first time the venue has hosted an event of this magnitude. "We're really 'jazzed' to be at the Woodlands for this festival, " says Mark Valentine, event founder and himself a professional musician. "It's never been offered for an event like this, and yet it's the perfect venue for blues and jazz lovers." To date, organizers have booked such popular national and local artists as John Lee Hooker, Jr., Billy Paul, Sons of Brasil, Big Woody Blues Review, Haji Ahkba, Millage Gilbert, Joanna Connor, KARMA, Old School Knights, Camp Harlow, Cotton Candy and Boulevard Big Band -- and more to come write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |