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COACHELLA POSTS SECOND BIGGEST YEAR EVER

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Hollywood Reporter
coachella2The 2009 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival rang up its second biggest year ever, with an aggregate attendance of 160,000, according to producer Paul Tollett, president of Goldenvoice, a division of AEG Live. The event was held April 17-19 at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif. Tollett credits a lineup that boasted such acts as Paul McCartney, the Killers, Leonard Cohen, My Bloody Valentine, and the Cure for the success of this year’s event, along with the equity established with fans over the past decade. “The lineup I thought was really good this year, and we’ve got the momentum of all the years we’ve been going,” Tollett told Billboard.

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BALLARD JAZZ FESTIVAL BEGINS THIS WEEK

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bjfSeattle Times
Now in its sixth season, the five-day festival has grown, but not to enormous size. It starts Wednesday April 21st at the Sunset Tavern with the first of two themed nights of music, the Brotherhood of the Drum, at least three sets and three different groups led by drummers. The festival’s Friday-night jazz walk features 19 groups performing in 12 venues on or around Ballard Avenue. The festival ends April 26th with a Swedish-pancake jazz brunch. Most of the musicians scheduled to perform are top-shelf, local musicians.

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