The 24th Annual Red-Sea Jazz Festival | Aug. 23rd-26th, 2010
Red-Sea Jazz Festival 2010
24 years old and counting
Red-Sea
Jazz festival never stops surprising
Red-Sea Jazz Festival | August
23rd-26th, Eilat, Israel
Red-Sea jazz festival, the biggest and
most successful of its kind in Israel is hosting more than 20
world-known and international artist such as Rickie-Lee Jones, Garry
Barton, Stephan Harris, Danilo Perez (pictured above), Niki Yanofski, Beri Saharoff, Rea
Mohich, Shem-Tov Levi and many others
The Red-Sea Jazz Festival
heritage keeps on going strong and attracts thousands of visitors, on a
yearly basis, for four days of musical and cultural experience.
The
festival is being directed for the second time by Avishai Cohen, who
makes it possible to link international jazz talents with the local
artist and by that creates an unprecedented teaming.
More than 20
ensembles from Israel and abroad will perform this year totaling in 32
concerts that will accrue on during the festival period. The concerts
will take place in 3 different halls and will run in convenient hours,
enabling to attend up to 4 different concerts each evening.
Concert
locations:
The Jazz Club: contains 1, 000 seats, some around
tables.
The Hall: contains 2, 000 seats (arranged in rows)
The
Arena: contains 4, 000 seats, overlooking the Red-Sea.
Avishai
Cohen, festival Director: “Just like every year, the city of Eilat fills
with the special atmosphere of the festival. The international artist
holds master-classes; the jazz bands are performing throughout the city,
pool parties at the hotel and an overall celebration of music,
good-mood and freedom. Pure pleasure”.
The festival turns to a
wide audience from families, youth, tourist and local vacationers and
offers one-pass vacation packages that includes hotel, flights,
performances and many more.
Festival Management: Red-Sea Tourism
director
Production: Talooy LTD and Gov Productions LTD
Manager
of festival directory: Mayor of Eilat, Mr. Meir Yitzhak Levi The
festival is supported by: Municipality of Eilat, Ministry of Culture and
Sport, Port of Eilat, Hotel Union of Eilat and Commercial Sponsorship.