Live Music Seabreeze Jazz Festival at Pier Park April 18-22, 2012.

[Teresa]

The SoWal.com-sponsored Seabreeze Jazz Festival celebrates its 14th year!

Named "One of the Top 10 Jazz Festivals in the USA" by JazzIZ Magazine and "Top 100 Event in North America" by the North American Tour Bus Association -- the Seabreeze Jazz Festival is where friends meet to celebrate what is the "Smooth Jazz Lifestyle"!

April 18-22, 2012
Pier Park Amphitheatre in Panama City Beach

See SeabreezeJazzFestival.com for ticket and venue information

See Artist Lineup and Performance Schedule

The Seabreeze Jazz Festival Dinner Cruise sails April 18 - sold out

Friday and Saturday After Party Jams on the rooftop of Reggae Jams at Pier Park.

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Street Corner Renaissance Hits NUMBER ONE on Billboard R&B Singles Charts
The Seabreeze Jazz Festival is excited to feature NEW FOR 2012 one of the most-talked about vocal groups around. Singing acapella (without any musical accompaniment) -- Street Corner Renaissance from Los Angles will light up the stage with their tight harmonies and funky style. From Motown to funk...and gospel to Old School -- these guys are going to amaze you. AND -- they were recently rated #1 on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart. Don't miss Street Corner Renaissance performing on Sunday, April 22nd. Another reason why the 2012 Seabreeze Jazz Festival is going to be the best ever! To learn more about the band and see recent videos :http://streetcornerrenaissance.com/

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[Kurt]

Interesting stats from last year - http://www.pcbdaily.com/2011-seabreeze-jazz-fest-stats

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• Festival attendance topped 25,000 (includes dinner cruise, Meet- and Greet, Kick off concert, and all shows at Pier Park)
• Named “Top 10 Jazz Festival in the USA” by JazzIZ Magazine
• Named “Top 100 Event by the North American Tour Bus Association”
• Demographic is 30-54 years old affluent adults, college-educated, professionals earning $100,000+ annually. Many attendees earn in excess of $250,000+.
• 65% of tickets sold were outside the State of FL.
• Most stay on an average of 4 nights.
• Resorts such as Sterling and Resort Quest have tracked jazz festival attendees returning multiple times per year on vacation after the jazz festival is done.
• The 2011 event created a $14.2 million impact to Panama City Beach and Bay County according to the HAAS Center at the University of West Florida Small Business Developmental Center.
• Seabreeze Jazz Festival was #1 ticketed paid event in Bay County for 2011 in gross receipts and top gross receipts for a single event (Pollstar.com) with close to $1 million in ticket sales.
• In 2011 — tickets were sold in 48 of the 50 states in the USA and 6 different countries.
• Over 1 million hits to the festival website April 2011.
• Music Scholarships, jazz band clinics, and instrument purchases were incorporated into the 2011 event with participating from Arnold High School in PCB and South Walton High School in Santa Rosa Beach.
• Seabreeze Jazz Festival always offers free admissions to all local band students who wear their band shirt to the front gates.
• WSBZ-FM 106.3 in Destin, FL is one of only 12 full-time smooth jazz radio stations in the USA.