Curtain comes down on another great year
| As the curtain comes down on Bray Jazz Festival for another year we can look back on a remarkable success, and a huge number of positives from 2012.
Our headline shows at Mermaid Arts Centre attracted attendances we had not seen since the boom years of 2007 and 2008, and in Tord Gustavsen Trio, Susana Baca and Don Byron's New Gospel Quintet we staged performances that drew almost universal praise.
These in-demand shows each sold out well in advance of the weekend, and lived up well to the advance billing and the reputation each enjoy as amongst the finest in their field. |  | Although the Bray Jazz programe has beenback from the heady days of 2008 there was still lots on - including early evening recitals with Mari Kvien Brunvoll, and Matthias Loibner at the Town Hall, some fantastic free matinee double-bills at The Royal Hotel, a mash up of jazz and hip-hop with Mixtapes from the Underground at The Martello (late night Sunday), and more than 20 fantastic jazz trail shows around the town.
We're grateful to all those who came along. More to follow. |
| Click on the image above to download a programme.
| | CANCELLATION - WARSAW VILLAGE BAND | | Bray Jazz Festival with regret announces the cancellation of the planned visit by Warsaw Village Band to this year's festival. A difficulty with the bands travel plans was brought to our attention by their management, and has resulted in this cancellation. Those who have purchased tickets for this show will receive full-reimbursement if they contact the point of sale. | | | | | | | SUSANA BACA (Peru) | | Singer Susana Baca is one of the singing stars of Latin jazz and folk music. Long championed by ex-Talking Heads front man David Byrne, Baca won her second Grammy Music Award in 2011. She was also named her country's Minister for Culture last year- the first Afro-Peruvian to hold a cabinet position. |
| | | | | TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO (Norway) | Norway has been at the vanguard of European jazz for a generation, and pianist Tord Gustavsen is amongst its finest talents. The Tord Gustavsen Trio display a charm, grace, and melancholic beauty in their music, and have earned widespread acclaim and an international following as a result of their recordings on the German ECM label.
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|  | | Travel Advisory | Those travelling by public transport to this year's Jazz Festival are asked to note that last DART services to Dublin leave Bray Station at 11.20pm on Saturday. Services on Friday and Sunday finish at 11.30pm.
A special nightlink bus service is also available to return festival goers to Dublin City Centre following late night concerts. These buses are run by Finnegan's Coaches and leave from Bray Main Street (opposite Royal Hotel) for O'Connell St, Dublin, at 12.15am, and at 2.10am each night. Tickets are priced €6.
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| | Festival ticket offers | Bray Jazz Festival has a number of discount packages on offer this year.
We have a "Two for €40" package which will you the chance to buy tickets for any two of our headline shows at Mermaid Arts Centre. Or you might want to consider the "Two for €30" deal, and get tickets to both a Mermaid Arts Centre show and one of our late night shows on Bray Seafront. (Both packages are limited edition, and on a first-come, first-served basis). Check with the box office on 01-2724030 for further details.
We are also happy to be able to offer our two programmed matinees (on Saturday and Sunday) as free to the public shows thanks to the support of The Royal Hotel and Bray Tourism Ltd, and will present more than 20 other hotel and pub gigs on the festival jazz trail, sponsored again this year by Greenstar, and also available free of charge over the May weekend.
Click onto the artist pages and follow the links to book online for this year's shows. Check with the Mermaid Box Office (01-2724030) for our "2 for €40" and "2 for €30" deals. |
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