We like to fill our schedules up at Apartment613, so when it’s festival season here in Ottawa (read: summer time), we get out and about as much as we can. This weekend, we’re juggling a few things, but are pretty dang excited about the Jazz Festival. We’ll be camping out there for the coming week, bringing you live-blogging and tweets galore.
Rather than give you our amateur analysis of the best shows, we spoke to the festival’s programming manager, Petr Cancura, who gave us the inside scoop on this year’s lineup. And if you’re a Jazz Fest newbie, have no fear – Petr covers some Jazz Fest tips for uninitiated in our chat. You can download the audio from our conversation here.
(In case you are curious, our top picks include Destroyer, Adam and the Amethysts, and an Israeli surf rock.)
Stop by to say hi if you see us roaming around, and stay tuned to Apt613 for all of your Jazz Fest coverage! And don’t forget to enter our giveaway to win tickets, found in today’s Weekend Roundup.
