Category: Festivals

Neither rain, nor high winds, nor malfunctioning starter adapters keep us from the Detroit Jazz Festival. At least not since our string of fests began in 2008. Our plans never vary–take off from the South St Paul Airport about 9 am on the Friday of Labor Day Weekend, flying in my friend Keith’s 4-passenger plane […]

The 2016 Newport Jazz Festival, presented by Natixis Global Asset Management, took place July 29 –31. Sometimes at Newport, you get gorgeous weather, other times you experience torrential downpours. Although the Newport Jazz Festival (NJF) got off to a rainy start on Friday, the sun came out at midday, and the rest of the weekend […]