2010 Chicago Jazz Festival down to two days?

[rpklich]

The "Sun Times" and CBS are reporting that the Jazz fest will be cut down by a day. To 2 days. http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/daley.budg....2.1259464.html

[johnlitweiler]

Very bad news, but not catastrophic. Makes it real hard for Chicago musicians and for the festival programming committee who did such a good job last year, despite some severe obstacles. For audiences, at least the JIC and the Park District have been adding a few events to festival week in recent years.

[sal]

That sucks.

[Johnny E]

Wasn't the festival cut from four days down to three in 2009?

[jazzypaul]

Wasn't the festival cut from four days down to three in 2009?

well, yes. And no. And yes.

A few years back, maybe a decade or so, it used to be four days.

Then the Thursday was cut from Grant Park.

Then they brought back the Thursday as a paid event.

Then they got rid of the paid event.

I'm biting my lip here, but I think that there are a lot of wise things that could be done that aren't being done, and the end result is that the Jazz Festival will either turn into a one day affair or will be completely ravaged by sponsors.

[ejp626]

Wasn't the festival cut from four days down to three in 2009?

well, yes. And no. And yes.

A few years back, maybe a decade or so, it used to be four days.

Then the Thursday was cut from Grant Park.

Then they brought back the Thursday as a paid event.

Then they got rid of the paid event.

I'm biting my lip here, but I think that there are a lot of wise things that could be done that aren't being done, and the end result is that the Jazz Festival will either turn into a one day affair or will be completely ravaged by sponsors.

Well, it has gone up and down, but 2008 had three days in Grant Park plus a free event (Sonny Rollins) in Milennium Park on the Thurs. I think 2007 was the same. So it feels like it has gone from 4 days to 2 in 2 years.

Almost all the smaller music festivals are moving over to Milennium Park. I suppose a year or two down the road that will happen to the one day jazz fest.

[Lazaro Vega]

To write a letter of protest, the programs manager at the Jazz Institute of Chicago says to contact Alderman Burnett, who's the point person for out of town complaints. .

His contact info is:

http://bit.ly/1ecn9u

Please write a letter in support of The Chicago Jazz Festival.