Jazz festival to stage “Friends” series at NAC’s Studio Theatre
Loss of NAC sponsorship forces major changes
By Peter Hum
The Ottawa Citizen
The Ottawa International Jazz Festival will be revamped for next year’s 30th anniversary edition, with an ambitious concert series added, a longstanding series cancelled and an indoor series moved outdoors.
“If anything, there will be more programming” as a result of the re-organization, says Catherine O’Grady, the festival’s executive producer.
O’Grady says the event will stage a new “Friends” series at the National Arts Centre’s Studio theatre, featuring several A-list jazz artists giving concerts over two and three nights with different bands of their choosing.
She would not disclose whom the festival has invited to take part in this series, but premium tickets would apply.
The “Friends” concerts — so named because they would involve musicians who previously gave memorable Ottawa festival concerts — are to be staged in the evening, and would conflict with the festival’s mainstage offerings.
As it did this year, the festival will offer super-sized, three-concert evenings most nights in Confederation Park, O’Grady says.
Meanwhile, the festival’s 10:30 p.m. series will relocate from the NAC’s Studio to the OLG tent in Confederation Park. Facing a budget shortfall, the NAC this year ended its sponsorship of the festival’s late-night series, and rather than rent the Studio, the festival will save money by shifting the concerts to the park.
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