THE Lion City will get a touch of pizazz next year when the inaugural Singapore International Jazz Festival (Sing Jazz) kicks off at Marina Bay Sands (MBS).
Slated to run from February 27 to March 2, Sing Jazz will feature a stellar line-up of jazz and R&B artistes including Jamie Cullum, Natalie Cole, James Morrison, India Arie, Incognito, Gregory Porter, Allen Stone and Dirty Loops, alongside regional and local jazz players.
The festival is organised by Orbis Festival Productions in collaboration with MBS and counterpart festival, Java International Jazz Festival (Java Jazz).
Sing Jazz will also host clinics led by festival artists and facilitate exchanges between local talent and Java Jazz.
Java Festival Production founder and chairman, Peter Gontha, commented: “Java Jazz already attracts well over 100,000 attendees each year to Indonesia. Together with Sing Jazz, we intend to make South-east Asia the world’s premiere jazz destination.”
“Our distinctive offerings enable us to showcase international and regional jazz at its very best, albeit with a uniquely Asian vibe.”
Tickets for Sing Jazz are already on sale, with prices starting from S$78 (US$62) for a one-day general admission for adults.
Elsewhere in the region, the Hua Hin Jazz Festival has declared it will make a comeback to the beaches of Hua Hin, Thailand in June 2014 (TTG Asia e-Daily, November 13, 2013).
