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LOCALMonday 22 June 2015

JAZZ IT UP FOR THE CARIBBEAN SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL 2015

Oranjestad, Aruba,-- Trav-      were artists Mike Stern, Ro-    local and international visi-  Stern Band, The Ploctones,     White-sand beaches, cool-
eling from the Caribbean        berta Gambarini and Roy         tors who come and enjoy        Maite Hontele, Jessy J, Del-   ing trade winds and warm,
island of Aruba to New York     Hargrove in a unique en-        a good mix of Jazz, Latin,     bert Bernabela and many        friendly people are just a
City was a small group of       counter with the CSJF orga-     Soul, Funk, and Blues pre-     more to announce.              few reasons why so many
determined and likemind-        nization, the Culture Dept.     sented on 3 stages. The fes-   Leading up to the Caribbe-     people return to Aruba
ed entrepreneurs from Aru-      of the Dutch Consulate, the     tival will take place at the   an Sea Jazz Festival will be   year after year. Come join
ba to promote both the 9th      press, and invitees. Amongst    Renaissance Festival Plaza     TEDx Aruba on September        us from during this epic
edition of the Caribbean        the members of the press        in Aruba, a unique venue       23, 2015 where great minds     week of Food for the Mind,
Sea Jazz Festival which will    were reporters from WBGO        in the Caribbean with a big    come together for an inspir-   Food for the Soul, Food for
take place on September         Jazz Radio and the ultimate     variety of music, theater,     ing day filled with brilliant  the Body.
25th and 26th 2015 and the      Downbeat Magazine.              arts and culinary experi-      speakers, thought-provok-      Early Bird Tickets for the Ca-
first ever Aruba Inspiration    After the official part of the  ences in one week.             ing video and mind-blow-       ribbean Sea Jazz Festival
Week. On the evening of         conference Roberta, Mike        Confirmed artists this year    ing conversations. Followed    are on sale on www.carib-
June 18, 2015 a press con-      and Roy couldn’t wait to        are EARTH, WIND & FIRE         by the Caribbean Sea Jazz      beanseajazz.com for only
ference was held at the         jam together with fellow        Experience, Grupo Niche,       Festival which will lead into  US$40 until June 30, 2015. As
Montana Studios in the Big      musicians Willie Jones III,     Roy Hargrove’s RH Factor,      ‘The Eat Local Aruba Res-      of July 1, 2015 ticket prices
Apple. Topics were the an-      Teymur Phell and Etienne        Roberta Gambarani, Mike        taurant Week’ inaugural        will go up to pre-sale price
nouncement of the head-         Stadwijk for a once in a life-                                 event from September 28th      of US$55. At the door ticket
liners, the huge New York in-   time performance. Talking                                      through October 9th 2015       price will be US$70. VIP is
fluence to this years’ edition  about making things hap-                                       on the One happy island of     available for US$175.
of the festival, the cultural   pen ....                                                       Aruba. The new restaurant      Contact the Entertainment
experience of this unique       Coming up with a fresh and                                     week offers food critics,      Group NV at Tel. (297) 588
Festival and the TEDxAruba.     new line up for 2015, this                                     wine connoisseurs, foodies     0211 or visit www.caribbe-
Joining the conference          yearly event attracts both                                     and everyone in between        anseajazz.com for addition-
                                                                                               the opportunity to explore     al information. Get the lat-
                                                                                               Aruba’s culinary heritage.     est information and event
                                                                                               Tourists and locals alike can  updates at www.facebook.
                                                                                               enjoy new epicurean de-        com/caribbeanseajazzfes-
                                                                                               lights.                        tivalq
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