Pink Martini – June 29, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier LiveEvents June 14, 2014 4856 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presents Pink Martini with special guests The von Trapps A new album from eminently suave, multicultural and polyglot orchestra Pink Martini? Press our tuxes! One year after the group’s last stop, leader Thomas Lauderdale, elegant star singer China Forbes and special guests The von Trapps bring back the party… back to a city where they’re accustomed to packed houses grooving to their skillfully mixed musical cocktail of swing, jazz, classics, pop and lounge. Get shaken and stirred. For tickets and information: www.laplacedesarts.com 514-842-2112 or 1-866-842-2112 [divide] Ranked as the world’s largest jazz festival by Guinness World Records, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal has been synonymous with a passion for music for over three decades. Every year, the metropolis welcomes global music fans to 10 days of jazz-centric celebration, where fans of all types of jazz-related music rub shoulders with aficionados of the genre in its purest form. The Festival hosts some 30 countries, 3,000 musicians and public entertainers, 1,000 concerts and activities—two-thirds of them free – in 15 concert halls and on 8 outdoor stages, welcoming more than 2 million visitors to the city, from noon to midnight! And it all happens in the heart of Montreal’s downtown core, in an area off-limits to car traffic! There’s no doubt – Montreal is the heartbeat of Planet Jazz! Check out the full festival line-up at www.montrealjazzfest.com
