It’s All Jazz

Your city is is percolating recently and you’ve been hearing about all the great live events, sports, big name jazz musicians and Broadway shows coming through your town. You might be wondering to yourself why you haven’t gone out anything, and maybe it’s time to buy some tickets.

If you’re not quite sure what you want to see, consider that the main categories of live events are sports, theatre, concerts and comedy events. Ask yourself what you like best. After you’ve made a decision, you’ll want to poke around to see which venues handle this type of event in your city.

Now that you’re on the hunt for event information, you’re probably wondering where to start. Using Google is usually everyone’s first choice because of their search engine’s effective method of locating and listing information.

To find information on a jazz venue or artist, you might consider using social media websites. Facebook is a good place to converse with your friends about which venues/artists are good and which are not. Twitter is also quite useful for retrieving large amounts of information quickly.

So you’ve been browsing around on different sites and have gotten a few opinions and some basic ticket information. Now it’s time to narrow your search and hit up some of the best deals around.

So you’ve looked around on a couple of different ticketing sites, and you’re looking for jazz events in your area. What next? Well, pin down the exact event you’d like to attend and do your best to find one that has enough tickets left over for you and your friends.

If there are tickets to your desired event, check the price. If the website is selling sold out events, they will likely be a little more expensive than their face value. However, as they are sold out you won’t have much choice, other than to pay a little bit more for tickets to the great event.

Now that you’ve followed through on finding jazz tickets that are both exciting, and that fit your budget you are ready to make a purchase. Most retailers will offer you with three delivery options. You can pick up at will call, have the tickets delivered to your house, or have them emailed to you. You’re now ready to enjoy yourself at the event. Have fun.

On Saturday, September 12, 2009, Palmer Square will host their 18th annual JazzFeast. The open-air festival features performances by some of the industry’s best jazz musicians and showcases cuisine from a selection of the area’s finest restaurants.

This is a free event, there is no need for any tickets. Tickets for the few private parties and events AFTER the day’s performances may be available from such places as ticketmaster, eBay, StubHub, and other places that sell jazz tickets.

Noon-1:00pm Alan Dale & the New Legacy Jazz Band
1:15-2:15pm Princeton University Jazztet
2:30-3:30pm Marlene VerPlanck Group
3:45-4:45pm Roomful of Blues
5:00-6:00pm Smith Street Society

That is the line up for this years event.

Also not using tickets are the various food vendors. Food vendors at Jazzfeast are not serving average festival food. Instead, gourmet selections ranging from samosas and Paella to pulled pork and grilled clams are just some of the many things on the menu.

Sounds like a great event. Since you don’t need tickets, just show up. Come and go as you please. Enjoy!