Borneo Jazz Festival

Borneo Jazz Festival
Festival Jazz Borneo
Status Active
Genre Music Festivals
Frequency Annually
Venue ParkCity Everly Hotel
Location(s) Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
Coordinates Coordinates: 4°24′10″N 113°59′36″E / 4.40278°N 113.99333°E / 4.40278; 113.99333
Country Malaysia
Years active 2006
Sponsor Malaysia Airlines
Website
http://jazzborneo.com/

Borneo Jazz Festival is a 2-night festival of 4 performances in each night by local and international jazz musicians at Parkcity Everly hotel in Miri, Sarawak.[1][2] The festival is one of the longest running Jazz festival in the region.[3] The 2016 edition of the festival will be held from May 13 till May 14.[4]

History

Borneo Jazz Festival was started in 2006.[5] The event is organised by the Sarawak Tourism Board, endorsed by Tourism Malaysia and is jointly supported by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Malaysia and Ministry of Tourism, Sarawak.[6] The festival was formerly known as Miri International Jazz Festival before it was renamed to Borneo Jazz Festival in 2011.[7]

Performers

Lineups of the festival since 2015 are:

Year Lineups Attendance Venue
2015 N/A ParkCity Everly Hotel
2016
  • Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion
  • Raw Earth (Singapore)
  • API (Malaysia/India)
  • O Sister! (Spain)
  • Funkatorie (Malaysia)
  • Yuichiro Tokuda (Japan)
  • Manou Gallo Groove Orchestra (Ivory Coast/Belgium)
  • The Rad Trads (New York, USA)[4]
TBA

Attendance

The festival attendance has grown steadily from 3,000 spectators in 2006 to 8,000 spectators in 2014.[8]

References

  1. "Borneo Jazz Festival 2015". Sarawak Tourism Board. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  2. "Borneo Jazz Programme 2015". Sarawak Tourism Board. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  3. BORNEO JAZZ FESTIVAL 2016, Sarawak Tourism Board. 15 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 Multiple award-winning Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion to perform at Borneo Jazz festival, The Borneo Post. 15 April 2016.
  5. "Borneo Jazz Festival". tourism.gov.my. Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  6. Jazz bands head for Borneo, TTR Weekly. 15 April 2016.
  7. Jazz-ing it up in Miri, Business Circle. 15 April 2016.
  8. 1 2 Borneo Jazz Festival to have best ever performers, The Borneo Post. 15 April 2016.
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