The Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival is an annual music and fine wine festival that takes place every year at

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in Vancouver, Washington. It has been held every year since 1998 (except 2020), and brought in approximately 13,500 people in 2012, and between 12,000 and 15,000 in 2011. The Wine and Jazz festival is part of the concert series of

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. The 2012 festival featured artists such as

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, Arturo Sandoval,

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, and John Hammond, Jr. The festival has brought visitors from 15 states and

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. This festival went on hiatus in 2020.

References

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