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| Seabreeze Jazz Festival Celebrates The annual Seabreeze Jazz Festival will be held April 16 to 20, 2008 at the Gulf Place Amphitheater, a location previous attendees have voted "The Best Jazz Festival Venue". This outdoor amphitheater is located just east of Destin Florida in the quaint community of Gulf Place on Santa Rosa Beach, one of the many beautiful beach communities along Scenic Highway 30A in Beaches of South Walton. Festival activities begin on Wednesday night at 7:00 pm with a Smooth Jazz Dinner Cruise aboard the "The Solaris" and continue on Thursday with the Seabreeze Scramble Golf Tournament at Santa Rosa Golf & Beach Club and a FREE All-Star Jam Show on Thursday night beginning at 7:00 pm. The Jazz swings into high gear on Friday starting at 5:30 pm and continues on Saturday and Sunday from 9:30 am until 8:30 pm. The star-studded line up includes Dave Koz, Rick Braun, Brian Culbertson, Richard Elliot, Norman Brown, Waymon Tisdale, Euge Groove, Joyce Cooling, Jeff Kashiwa, Four 80 East, Kim Waters, Paul Taylor, Alex Bugnon, Chante Moore, Nick Collione, Steve Cole, The Groove Boutique featuring Rafe Gomez, Shilts from Down To The Bone, Nayee Moses, Matt Marchek, Bonafide featuring Slim Man, Jones and Company, and others. Tickets for the Dinner Cruise and Golf Tournament are sold separately and have limited availability. Tickets for the Jazz concerts on Friday, Saturday & Sunday can either be purchased as a weekend pass or for individual days. Additional information regarding activities, artists, schedule and tickets can be found on the seabreezejazzfestival.com website or by calling 1-800-595-4849. "ResortQuest is proud to continue our support of the Seabreeze Jazz Festival and the Outdoor Amphitheater at Gulf Place is the perfect venue for this event" stated Lino Maldonado, Vice President of ResortQuest. "It has been amazing to watch the phenomenal growth of this event. This event started out with only a handful of spectators and has grown into one of the most popular Jazz Festivals in the United States with thousands of attendees each year. I feel this can be attributed to a combination of things including great performers, award winning beaches and our outstanding accommodations and service". write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Jazz News :: home page |