8,000 Expected to Attend Miri International Jazz Festival in May

The Miri International Jazz Festival (MIJF) 2010 will be held at the Pavilion of Parkcity Everly Hotel in Miri on 14 and 15 May 2010.

Organised by the Sarawak Tourism Board (STB), the festival, entering into its 5th year, will see performances from jazz bands from various countries with jazz genres to include blues, fusion, world, smooth and Latino beat.

The bands that will heat up the MIJF stage are James Cotton Blues Band (USA), Amina Figarova Sextet (Holland), Ricardo Herz (Brazil), Mellow Motif (Thailand), Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder (USA), SimakDialog (Indonesia), Norbert Susemihl’s New Orleans All Stars (Denmark/Germany/USA) and Jeremy Tordjman (Switzerland).

Tickets for adults are priced at RM60 per day each and tickets for children between three and 12 years old are priced at RM30 per day each.

Sarawak Tourism Board’s Chief Executive Officer, Dato Rashid Khan said STB was targeting at attracting a crowd of 8,000 to the festival this year. “We are very optimistic in achieving this target in view of the overwhelming respond towards MIJF 2009 which saw a crowd of about 6,000 attending the festival during the two nights,” he said.

Besides the good music and company, guests can also enjoy the wide variety of food and beverages available from various stalls set up in and around the festival venue.

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