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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.

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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.

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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.

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