DjangoFest is a series of music festivals celebrating the music of
Django Reinhardt
Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani people, Romani nickname Django ( or ), was a Belgium, Belgian-born Romani jazz guitarist and composer in France. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe ...
and other forms of gypsy jazz and traditional gypsy music. There are three annual festivals: ''DjangoFestNW'', a 5-day festival produced by Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, ''DjangoFest San Francisco'', a three-day festival held at the Throckmorton Theater in
Mill Valley, California
Mill Valley is a city in Marin County, California, United States, located about north of San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge and from Napa Valley. The population was 14,231 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
Mill Valley is lo ...
, ''DjangoFest Los Angeles'' a one-day festival held in
Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach (; ''Laguna'', Spanish for "Lagoon") is a city in Orange County, California, United States. Located in Southern California along the Pacific Ocean, this seaside resort city has a mild year-round climate, scenic coves, and environ ...
, and ''DjangoFest Colorado'' held in Mt. Crested Butte
This blend of Eastern European melodies, Parisian
Bal-musette
Bal-musette is a style of French instrumental music and dance that first became popular in Paris in the 1880s. Although it began with bagpipes as the main instrument, this instrument was eventually replaced by the accordion, on which a variety of ...
, Spanish
Flamenco
Flamenco () is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the Gitanos, gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Region of Murcia, ...
and American
Swing music
Swing music is a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s. It became nationally popular from the mid-1930s. Swing bands usually featured soloists who would improvise on the melody over the arrangement ...
was created by Reinhardt and his fellow Gypsy musicians in the cafes of Paris during the 1930s and 1940s.
There are related festivals in other parts of the world such as
Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival in
Samois-sur-Seine
Samois-sur-Seine (, ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in north-central France.
It is located near Fontainebleau.
Culture
It is famous for b ...
, France and another in
Hildesheim
Hildesheim (; or ; ) is a city in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim (district), Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of t ...
, Germany.
Notes and references
External links
DjangoFest Gypsy Jazz Swing Guitar Music Festivals
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Gypsy jazz
Tourist attractions in Island County, Washington
Folk festivals in the United States
Festivals in Washington (state)
Romani in the United States
Romani music
Jazz festivals in the United States