MEDIA CONTACT:
Molly Klimas, 616-443-4647
For the media:
- View the 2013 press releases as a list
- View the 2013 press releases as thumbnails
- Download photos of 2013 performers via SmugMug photo gallery
- Download GRandJazzFest images and logo via SmugMug photo gallery
- View official GRandJazzFest 2012 video
- For archived 2012 press releases, fact sheets and EPKs, please go here
GRandJazzFest in the news:
- June 15, 2013 – Interview on Radio La Interferencia
- April 29, 2013 - West Michigan Woman magazine – GRandJazzFest announces lineup for FREE Aug. 17-18 event
- April 29, 2013 – GRBJ – GRandJazzFest names its lineup
- April 28, 2013 – John Sinkevics’ Local Spins – Nick Colionne, Deon Yates, Paul Keller, Sheila Landis, Kinsey Report to play 2013 GRandJazzFest
- April 28, 2013 – WZZM-13 GRandJazzFest announces this year’s lineup
- April 28, 2013 – WXMI FOX17 – GRandJazzFest lineup announced
- April 28, 2013 – MLive and The Grand Rapids Press – Grand Rapids jazz festival unveils national headliner for second GRandJazzFest in August
- April 15, 2013 – WOODTV8′s eightWest show – Calling all jazz enthusiasts – enter the jam competition
- April 13, 2013 – WXMI Fox17 – GRandJazzFest and the DDA challenge grant
- March 27, 2013 – GRBJ – GRandJazzFest fine-tunes festival to two days
- March 25, 2013 – MLive – DDA offering $20,000 challenge grant for Grand Rapids jazz festival
- March 7, 2013 – Rapid Growth Media – Jazz students offered the opportunity to play at GRandJazzFest
- March 4, 2013 – West Michigan Woman – GRandJazzFest announces opportunity for students to join jazz fest lineup
- February 6, 2013 – GRNow – GRandJazzFest calendar announcement
- February 1, 2013 – John Sinkevics’ LocalSpins – Friday’s bucket list: GRandJazzFest expands ...
- January 31, 2013 – West Michigan Woman – GRandJazzFest expands
- January 31, 2013 – MLive – GRandJazzFest will expand to two days in August
- January 24, 2013 – West Michigan Woman – More than elevator music – GRandJazzFest sends jazz to the top of your playlist
- January 23, 2013 - Grand Rapids Business Journal – Grand Rapids sponsors GRandJazzFest
- January 2013 – KadmusArts 2012 Festival Year in Review
- December 2012 – Stellafly’s Top Twelve of Twenty-Twelve
- October 2012 - Grand Rapids Magazine
- August 2012 – Photos of GRandJazzFest by Jan Lewis
- August 2012 – Photos of GRandJazzFest by Christopher Wilson
- August 20, 2012 – The Grand Rapids Press – cover story – ‘Best it could be’ – GRandJazzFest draws 4,000 for inaugural festival
- August 20, 2012 – Stellafly – Washing away the dust of Grand Rapids with jazz
- August 19, 2012 – 2unes – Latest music news
- August 19, 2012 – The Simon Chronicle – GRandJazzFest draws as many as 4,000
- August 19, 2012 – The Grand Rapids Press – Jazz music for the masses
- August 19, 2012 – MLive – GRandJazzFest photo gallery
- August 19, 2012 – MLive – GRandJazzFest draws as many as 4,000
- August 19, 2012 – Women’s Lifestyle Magazine photo coverage
- August 19, 2012 – IntentPR – GRandJazzFest photos
- August 18, 2012 – Stellafly – photo coverage by Heidi Stukkie
- August 18, 2012 – Stellafly – photo coverage by Tim Motley
- August 18, 2012 – Michigan Evening Out – GRandJazzFest is underway downtown
- August 18, 2012 – The Washington Examiner – New jazz festival to take the stage in Grand Rapids
- August 18, 2012 – Daily Journal – New jazz festival to take the stage in Grand Rapids
- August 18, 2012 – WZZM 13 – GRandJazzFest takes over Rosa Parks Circle
- August 18, 2012 – MLive – Jazz or electronic? They’re both in Grand Rapids today
- August 18, 2012 – MLive – GRandJazzFest is underway downtown
- August 18, 2012 – MLive – Rosa Parks Circle filling up for GRandJazzFest
- August 18, 2012 – ExperienceGR – What’s up this weekend in Grand Rapids
- August 18, 2012 – The Republic – GRandJazzFest – New, free jazz festival set to take the stage in Grand Rapids
- August 18, 2012 – WXYZ – Detroit – Free Saturday music festivals offer sounds of cool jazz …
- August 18, 2012 – WZZM 13 – Audrey Sundstrom on the morning news
- August 18, 2012 – WILX – New jazz festival to take stage in Grand Rapids
- August 17, 2012 – WOOD Radio interview with GRandJazzFest Founder Audrey Sundstrom
- August 17, 2012 – WZZM 13 – GRandJazzFest premieres Saturday
- August 17, 2012 – Michigan Association for Jazz Education – Inaugural GRandJazzFest
- August 17, 2012 – MLive – Online rally lands Grand Rapids vocalist Edye Evans Hyde in semifinals of Sarah Vaughan Jazz Vocal Contest
- August 17, 2012 – WZZM 13 – Phil Denny performs throughout the morning newscast
- August 16, 2012 – Detroit Free Press – More live music, top club picks
- August 16, 2012 – The Grand Rapids Press – GR’s first jazz fest at Rosa Parks hopes to draw thousands with diverse music lineup
- August 16, 2012 – Rapid Growth – G-Sync with Tommy Allen – GRandJazzFest: Grand fun under the sun
- August 16, 2012 – MLive / On The Town – A group of Grand Rapids resident decide to give back to the community with a free daylong jazz festival
- August 15, 2012 – WXMI FOX17 – Audrey Sundstrom on the 5 p.m. broadcast with anchors Tim Doty and Michele DeSelms
- August 15, 2012 – WZZM 13 Take Five – Edye Evans Hyde performs
- August 15, 2012 – WOODTV8 – eightWest – Sweet jazz with Edye Evans Hyde
- August 15, 2012 – WOODTV8 – eightWest listing
- August 14, 2012 – MLive – From the Winans to smooth jazz success, guitarist Tim Bowman headlines Grand Rapids jazz festival
- August 13, 2012 – WGVU-FM’s Scott Vander Werf Mid-Day West Michigan Show – First annual GRandJazzFest coming this Saturday
- August 13, 2012 – Local Spins – John Sinkevics – West Michigan Concert Guide
- August 2012 – FM5280 – Smooth Jazz
- August 2012 – ExperienceGR billboards I-96 at the Kent County line and on 131 near 28th Street
- August 2012 – Blue Lake Public Radio – calendar mentions, radio spots
- August 13, 2012 – 1340 WJRW-AM – The Dave Jaconette Show – Walt Gutowski & The Bridge Street band play live on the show (YouTube Video)
- August 13, 2012 – 1340 WJRW-AM – The Dave Jaconette Show – Walt Gutowski & The Bridge Street Band play live on the show (Facebook photos)
- August 12 and 16, 2012 – The Grand Rapids Press – Michigan Events Calendar
- August 12, 2012 – WLAV’s Jazz Brunch with Rob Brandt
- August 2012 – Recoil Magazine – GRandJazzFest at Rosa Parks Circle Aug. 18
- August 10, 2012 – WGVU-FM’s Morning Show With Shelley Irwin – Right around the corner is the GRandJazzFest
- August 2012 – Grand Rapids Magazine – First of its kind
- August 9, 2012 – MLive – Grand Rapids Jazz Festival is poised to make a big splash, saxophonist Phil Denny says
- August 8, 2012 – Women’s Lifestyle Magazine – Grand Rapids gets jazzy
- August 8, 2012 – Lansing State Journal.com – Events – GRandJazzFest
- August 7, 2012 - WZZM13 – GRandJazzFest schedule released
- August 3, 2012 – The Rapidian and Catalyst Radio – Inaugural GRandJazzFest at Rosa Parks Circle Aug. 18
- August 2012 – City of Grand Rapids Special Events Newsletter
- August 2012 – Lake Michigan Shore Magazine – GRandJazzFest celebrates maiden voyage in heart of the city
- August 2012 – On the Town Magazine – Jazzin’ it up
- August 2012 – Mature Lifestyles
- August 2012 – Grand Rapids Family Magazine
- July 27, 2012 – MLive – Is jazz the new thing in West Michigan?
- July 27, 2012 – GRandJazzFest’s Audrey Sundstrom on WZZM 13′s Take Five
- July 25, 2012 – Smooth Jazz Buzz
- July 24, 2012 – Organissimo – The Jazz Datebook
- July 19, 2012 – Phil Denny on The Shelley Irwin Show
- July 2012 – Downtown Alliance – GRandJazzFest
- July 2012 – Latino Dek – GRandJazzFest 2012 at Rosa Parks Circle
- July 2012 – Cadence-Advance – Jazz fest organizers seek volunteers
- June 2012 – Steve Hilger who heads up Steve Hilger Jazz Quintet and a blues band on WGVU-FM’s Morning Show With Shelley Irwin
- June 28, 2012 – The Jazz Nightly by @yorikirii
- June 26, 2012 – WGVU-FM’s Morning Show With Shelley Irwin – Audrey Sundstrom and Molly Klimas talk GRandJazzFest
- June 22, 2012 – 1340 WJRW-AM – The Dave Jaconette Show – Audrey Sundstrom and Molly Klimas talk GRandJazzFest
- June-July 2012 – “Jazz Notes” – the West Michigan Jazz Society Newsletter – June-July 2012
- May 31, 2012 – WZZM13 – GRandJazzFest announces all six acts
- May 30, 2012 – MLive – Photo gallery of GRandJazzFest
- May 30, 2012 – MLive – Grand Rapids Jazz Festival announces three more acts for inaugural, free concert in August
- May 2012 – “Jazz Notes” – the West Michigan Jazz Society Newsletter – May 2012
- March-April 2012 – “Jazz Notes” – the West Michigan Jazz Society Newsletter – March-April 2012
- April 16, 2012 – USA Today
- April 16, 2012 – Washington Examiner – Jazz festival coming to Grand Rapids this summer
- April 16, 2012 – CBS News – Jazz festival coming to Grand Rapids this summer
- April 16, 2012 – Detroit Free Press – Jazz festival coming to Grand Rapids this summer
- April 16, 2012 – ABC News – Jazz festival coming to Grand Rapids this summer
- April 16, 2012 - The Huffington Post – Jazz festival coming to Grand Rapids this summer
- April 16, 2012 – Winnipeg Free Press – Jazz festival coming to Grand Rapids this summer
- April 15, 2012 - MSNBC – Jazz festival coming to Grand Rapids this summer
- April 15, 2012 – Oregon Live – Jazz festival coming to Grand Rapids this summer
- April 15, 2012 – Toledo News Now – Jazz festival coming to Grand Rapids this summer
- April 15, 2012 – Stamford Advocate – Jazz festival coming to Grand Rapids this summer
- April 15, 2012 – Wopular – Jazz festival coming to Grand Rapids this summer
- April 15, 2012 – Daily Journal – Free jazz festival coming to Grand Rapids
- April 15, 2012 – The Republic – Free jazz festival coming to Grand Rapids
- April 11, 2012 – The Rapidian – New GRandJazzFest set for August 18
- April 10, 2012 – Local Spins – Bowman to headline new GRandJazzFest
- April 10, 2012 – WGVU – GRandJazzFest set for August debut
- April 10, 2012 – WWMT Channel 3 – Grand Rapids announces GRandJazzFest for August
- April 10, 2012 – WWMT Channel 3 – Major jazz festival coming to Grand Rapids
- April 10, 2012 – GRNow – GRandJazzFest announced
- April 10, 2012 – Women’s Lifestyle Magazine Facebook coverage
- April 10, 2012 – StellaFly Social Media coverage
- April 10, 2012 – FOX17 – Jazz fest coming to downtown Grand Rapids
- April 10, 2012 – MLive – GRandJazzFest announcement photo gallery
- April 10, 2012 – WOODTV8 – Tim Bowman to headline GR jazz festival
- April 10, 2012 – MLive – Snow shower during GRandJazzFest announcement
- April 10, 2012 – MLive – Grand Rapids Jazz Festival brings guitarist Tim Bowman, saxophonist Phil Denny to town in August
- April 10, 2012 – WZZM13 – GRandJazzFest announced for August
- April 10, 2012 - MLive – Three of six acts will be announced today
- April 10, 2012 – 1260 AM News/Talk - Grand Rapids Jazz Festival brings guitarist Tim Bowman, saxophonist Phil Denny to town in August
- April 10, 2012 – 1260 AM News/Talk – GRandJazzFest will unveil headliners
- April 8, 2012 - WZZM13 – New jazz festival coming to Grand Rapids
- April 8, 2012 - WZZM13 – Staycation, GRandJazzFest, Easter food
- March 14, 2012 - WOODTV8 – GRandJazzFest set for summer
- March 14, 2012 - WZZM13 – GR Jazz Fest coming this summer
- March 14, 2012 - MLive – Rosa Parks Circle to host new Grand Rapids jazz fest this summer
- West Michigan Jazz Society – GRandJazzFest
- Kadmus Arts - GRandJazzFest
- ExperienceGR – GRandJazzFest
- Reverbnation – GRandJazzFest and Phil Denny
- Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and Public Radio – Jazz Date Book
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