jeudi 2 juillet 2009

The Jazz Festival 30th Anniversary

The Jazz Festival is finally here once again. This year's edition is supposed to be special for two reasons: first the festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Second, the area around La Place des Arts was reorganized into what is pompously called "Le Quartier des Spectacles".

Stevie Wonder opened the show last Tuesday. Unfortunately I missed this grand show and I was exhausted after work and I did not really feel like going outside again be it Stevie Wonder or Stevie Wonder not.

I was downtown today at the end of the day and decided to drop by and boy was I disappointed. I don't know if it was the bad weather (no rain, the sky was just cloudy), but there were just a few people. It also seems that most people are locals. I guess that the economic crisis prevented many neighbors south of the border to visit this year. I attended the ending of the Dixiband show. These guys are so energetic and were as usual very warmly applauded by the audience.

Jazz Festival Montreal