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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