June 5-14, 2009

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Presented by Northfield Savings Bank

Accolades

One of the top ten festivals in the world!

—The Music Festival Guide (Chicago Review Press, Inc.)

Editor’s Pick — Local Secret, Big Find

—Travelocity and IgoUgo

“Burlington Discover Jazz Festival is a cross between New Orleans (a jazz/funk programming mix) and Montreal (events involving the whole town)…What other Festival has concerts in city hall?”

—Boston Globe

“All this diversity makes Discover Jazz an event that’s hard to ignore…The first thing anyone who knew Burlington in former days would notice is how much hipper, cooler, more swinging and sophisticated the Queen City has become.”

—Vermont Life Magazine

“Top 100 Event in North America” – (3 years!)

—American Bus Association

Editor’s Pick

“Sprawl out on a blanket while relaxing to the smooth grooves or wander from one street vendor to another.”

—Essence Magazine

#1 in “10 For the Road”

—Boston Globe Sunday Traveler

“laid back and hospitable: with its brewpubs, boating, biking and big Green Mountains adding a nice edge to the scene.”

—DownBeat Magazine

“Discover Jazz is a jewel of a Festival featuring a combination of world renowned musicians and talented Vermont artists performing the hottest Jazz, Blues, Gospel and Latin music in a dazzling summer setting.”

—The Courier

“This is the way a Festival should be run…”

—New England Jazz News

Blue Ribbon, Best Drives

—U.S. News & World Report

“The Festival features world renowned and Vermont-based artists in an incredible summer setting.”

—Jazziz

Produced by the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in association with Burlington City Arts

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