Highline Classic Jazz Festival

Highline Classic Jazz Festival

Saturday, March 10, 2012               3:00 pm – 10:00 pm

The Landmark Event Center

23660 Marine View Drive, Des Moines, WA 98198

Tickets                       Adults                                   $35.00

                                             Seniors and Active Military    $30.00

                                             18 yrs and under                     FREE

Tickets available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/218904, at the door, and at the Highline Classic Jazz Festival booth at the annual Poverty Bay Wine Festival, sponsored by Des Moines Rotary and held at Landmark Event Center, March 2 - 4, 2012, or by calling Burien Arts at 206-244-7808 (please leave a message).

There are a lot of fine music festivals in the Puget Sound region, but the only one that celebrates the first half-century of jazz in ALL its forms is Burien Arts’ annual Highline Classic Jazz Festival. This unique and exciting one-day event keeps the diversity and freedom of expression that characterizes the early forms of American jazz alive. Burien Arts initiated this event in 2009 to bring top notch, widely recognized jazz musicians and vocalists into the communities of the Greater Highline area, providing residents and visitors of all ages with a terrific musical experience that is designed to entertain and enrich.

In 2012 the Highline Classic Jazz Festival includes New Orleans and Chicago style Hot Jazz (aka Dixieland), Gypsy Jazz, Ragtime, Jump, Swing Standards, Blues, Ballads, Big Band Jazz from the 1920’s, Western Swing, and Straight Ahead classics. We have more bands and more jazz styles than ever. The main attraction for this year’s festival will be the Echoes of Harlem (the music of Fletcher Henderson and Duke Ellington from the days of the Cotton Club). Also performing is Del Rey – her performance of bluesy ragtime pieces was an audience favorite at the 2010 festival. The day’s program will include a performance by the Mount Rainier High School Jazz Band.

This year we are very excited to announce the Highline Classic Jazz Festival is moving to a larger and more versatile facility – the historic LANDMARK EVENT CENTER, located in Des Moines overlooking Puget Sound. Thanks to the generous co-sponsorship of The Landmark Event Center there will be room for an expanded program allowing for continuous, simultaneous jazz performances in two elegant auditoriums within the building. Also new in 2012, there will be room for dancing to the toe-tapping live music, musicians will have space to hold jam sessions with festival goers able to listen in, and there are jazz clinics for musicians to share or expand their own musical knowledge. The facility boasts a full kitchen so food and beverages will be available on-site. We think you will love the expanded festival in its beautiful new setting!

See a list of our performers.

**For driving directions to The Landmark Event Center go to http://www.landmarkeventcenter.com or telephone: 206-878-8434

2011 Co-Sponsors for Highline Classic Jazz Festival

Alaska Airlines

Elliot Bay Brewhouse & Pub

CC’s Restaurant

New Balance Chiropractic

909 Coffee & Wine Bar

Sterling Savings Bank, Burien

Vino Bello Wine Bar

4Culture, Sustained Support for Arts

City of Burien, Arts & Culture Grant