[18
MAY 00] COVENTRY
AND WARWICKSHIRE PROMOTIONS NEWS
Tickets Go On Sale For Jazz Festival
Tickets
go on sale next week for two of the biggest star concerts in August's
Coventry’s Jazz Festival.
The
Belgrade box office will be selling tickets for a concert by piano
legend McCoy Tyner at the theatre on Sunday 27 August at
7.45pm. Prices are £17 and £15, with £2 reduction for concessions.
The
night before, Saturday 26 August, sees sax star Andy Sheppard at the
theatre at 7.45pm. Tickets are £10 (£2 reduction for concessions).
Appearing
later that night at 10pm in Falstaffs restaurant is the Mark Ramsden
and Dave Cliff quartet, with tickets at £6, (£5 concessions).
Sheppard,
currently Britain’s biggest selling jazz artist, and Tyner, who
played with the great John Coltrane in the 1960s are the first two
artists confirmed for the five-day festival, which takes place at
different venues in the city centre from 24 August to 28 August.
For
the second year the festival is being co-ordinated by Coventry and
Warwickshire Promotions working with local jazz promoters.
Highlights
of the 1999 festival included Georgie Fame and organist Jimmy Smith.
For
Belgrade Box Office ring 024 7655 3055.
For combination ticket details and festival information ring
Coventry’s Tourist Information Centre in Bayley Lane, 024 7683 2303
/ 2304.
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