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| Thousands of Jazz enthusiasts will meet in Panama City Beach, FL The 12th Annual Seabreeze Jazz Festival will be held April 16th-18th at the Pier Park Amphitheater in Panama City Beach, Florida. Pier Park became the new home for the ResortQuest Seabreeze Jazz Festival last year and the response from attendees was overwhelming positive. Pier Park is Northwest Florida's largest shopping, dining, and entertainment venue and a perfect fit for a festival of this size. The Jazz Festival offers attendees the opportunity to combine a weekend of cool jazz with a great beach vacation getaway. ResortQuest has hundreds of Gulf-front vacation rentals in Panama City Beach including such popular resorts as Tidewater Beach Resort, Palazzo Beach Resort and Sunrise Beach Condos which are all located less than a mile and a half from Pier Park. Accommodations near the festival site are filling up quickly and ResortQuest encourages those planning to attend this year's festival to make their reservation early to avoid being disappointed. Reservations can be booked online at ResortQuestPanamaCityBeachVacations.com or by calling our 24 hour vacation hotline at 800-380-4808 (mention the Seabreeze Jazz Festival). Festival activities begin on Thursday April 15th at 7:00 pm with a Smooth Jazz Dinner Cruise aboard "The Solaris". On Friday April 17th, the Seabreeze Jazz Fest Golf Tournament begins at 8:00am and at 3 pm there will be a Seabreeze Meet & Greet CD Signing at Borders Books at Pier Park where artists will be available for photos and CD signings. The Jazz swings into high gear on Friday at 6:00pm as artists take the stage and concludes with a "Chill Out" after party at 11:00pm. The festival resumes at 10:00am on Saturday, with more jazz greats taking the stage and includes a Smooth & Swanky after party beginning at 10:30pm. Jazz artist take the stage again at 10:00am on Sunday and the festival ends at 8:30pm on Sunday. Nick Colionne will be the Seabreeze Jazz Festival host again this year. Other Jazz artists include Fourplay (Bob James, Larry Carlton, Harvey Mason, & Nathan East) Tower of Power, The Sax Pack (Jeff Kashiwa, Kim Waters, & Steve Cole), Rick Braun, Richard Elliot, Euge Groove, Oli Silk, Brian Simpson, Marc Antoine, Jessy J, Steve Oliver, Jackiem Joyner, Shilts, Alex Bugnon, Gerald Veasley, Matt Marshak, Drew Davidsen, Ken Ford, Joey Sommerville, BK Jackson, RomanStreet, Jones and Co. and more! Tickets for the Dinner Cruise and Golf Tournament are sold separately and have limited availability. Tickets for the Jazz concerts can either be purchased as a weekend pass or for individual days. Additional information regarding activities, artists, schedule and tickets can be found at SeabreezeJazzFestival.net. In addition to managing hundreds of Beachfront Condos in Panama City Beach, ResortQuest offers the largest selection of Destin Vacation Rentals as well as a wide array of vacation rentals in Beaches of South Walton, Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, Navarre Beach, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key and Alabama's beautiful Gulf Coast. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Jazz News :: home page |