Montreal Jazz Festival

Those in search of a musical outing further north can head to the Montreal Jazz Festival in Quebec, Canada. The 11-day festival began on June 26, and is already delivering the most diverse lineup of jazz, rock, world music, hip-hop and Afro-pop in its 29-year history.Jazz divas Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves and Abbey Lincoln will each be there promoting new releases, as well as piano masters Dave Brubeck, McCoy Tyner and Hank Jones.More than two million people are expected to attend the 2008 Montreal Jazz Festival. Compare that to the 12,000 fans who witnessed the very first festival in 1980. Music will stretch from one end of downtown to the other, with an offering of 500 concerts on indoor and outdoor stages, in small jazz clubs, and on a cruise boat docked on the Saint Lawrence River.

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