With over 40 musicians and bands, without including all the artists who play in fringe concerts, the Jazz a Vienne Festival is well known amongst specialists and critics. This year's guests include Hugh Laurie, Mélodie Gardot, Manu di Bango, Bobby McFerrin, and stringed instruments will be in pride of place for the 2012 edition.

The festival welcomes all ages of musician with concerts from the Groove Gang - aged between 14 and 15, and students from the Flexible Hours Music College (CHAM) - to 72 year old Eddy Louiss, award-winning organist.

The evening of Monday 9th July will be dedicated to Blues with performances from Keb'Mo' and his suave, smooth voice singing out his rough, rural Delta Blues, and Magic slim with his black Stetson - a living legend in Chicago Blues. Slim's career dates back to the mid-50s, but it wasn't until 1966 that he recorded his first album. He has travelled the Atlantic to bring his rustic style and rugged voice to the stage in Vienne.

Whether you are a jazz expert or simply a music-lover, a sunset seen form the walls of the town's Gallo-Roman amphitheatre is a unique experience no matter how great your knowledge of music.

The 2012 Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival welcomes an outstanding line-up of musicians from home and abroad to celebrate 10 days of jazz and blues that’s open and accessible. Embracing music of the highest artistic quality and music that’s played for partying, there’s sophistication and simple pleasures. We also welcome a new venue.Joining the already... Read MoreEdinburgh Jazz And Blues Festival 2012 is a post from: GigMenu


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The closing of almost all IMMA’s Kilmainham doors for refurbishment has left a bit of a gaping hole in Dublin’s … Continue reading → Totally Dublin » Exhibition Previews IMMA goes to the National Concert Hall is a post from: ArtnSpireIMMA goes to the National Concert Hall is a post from: ArtnSpire


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With the sale of The Scream in New York earlier this year, the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch has received an immense amount of press in the UK. On Thursday, Tate Modern in London opens a major exhibition – Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye – featuring over sixty carefully-selected paintings and fifty photographs, alongside his lesser-known... Read MoreMunch Paintings To Exhibit At Tate Modern is a post from: ArtnSpire


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Habitat’s call to all South Africans to join them in their “International Nelson Mandela week Build” Habitat for Humanity South Africa is looking to mobilize all South Africans around their initiative to build 67 houses during their “International Nelson Mandela Build Week” from the 16 – 20 July 2012. Although Habitat builds all year round, [...]International Mandela Week 2012 is a post from: GlobalBuzz SA


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Pretoria - Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk on Tuesday announced the appointment of the new Awards Committee of the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA).

The committee is responsible for overseeing the implementation and management of the TGCSA's grading system, South Africa's only officially recognised system for the star grading of accommodation establishments.

The new committee is chaired by Graham Wood, Managing Director of gaming, hotel and entertainment group, Tsogo Sun. The department said Wood, a chartered accountant, has 15 years' experience in the hospitality industry and is joined on the new committee by 11 highly experienced individuals, who bring with them an enormous wealth of knowledge of the tourism industry in South Africa.

"I would like to take this opportunity to thank the previous Awards Committee, under the leadership of Peter Bacon, for their hard work and commitment to quality assurance in South Africa," Van Schalkwyk said.

He said through their hard work and commitment, South Africa had a credible, globally benchmarked system of quality assurance for accommodation in the country.

The three-year term of the new Awards Committee ends in May 2015. - BuaNews

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The 40th Olympia International Fine Art & Antiques Fair started on the morning of June 7th with queues that went along the side of the impressive exhibition hall up to the Hammersmith Road. The fair, which is London’s most established fair, featured more than 200 exhibitors and saw 6,768 visitors through the doors on the... Read More40th Olympia Fine Art And Antiques Fair is a post from: ArtnSpire


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Summer means it’s time for Sofitel’s Fête de la Musique, the third such annual celebration at Sofitel hotels around the region. All day long, on June 21st 2012, Sofitel hotels will become musical ambassadors in celebration of the annual Fête de la Musique. This popular street Music Festival was launched in France back in the... Read MoreFrench Jazz Trio At Sofitel Macau is a post from: GigMenu


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It was announced this morning that Victoria Pomery, Director of Turner Contemporary has been awarded an OBE for services to the arts. The award recognises her outstanding contribution over the past 10 years to Turner Contemporary and the wider arts in East Kent. Since 2002, Victoria has overseen the extraordinary development of Turner Contemporary culminating... Read MoreVictoria Pomery awarded OBE is a post from: ArtnSpire


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Scheduled from 20th July through 12th August 2012: La Traviata, La Bohème and Carmen Macerata will turn into a big, outdoor stage. The Macerata Opera Festival announces a programme full of events that will encompass the whole city. Three works are scheduled at the Sferisterio this year: La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, La Bohème by... Read MoreItalia Opera Season Shows It Off is a post from: GigMenu


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