Dozens of international and local singers and musicians will performlater this week at the annual Bourbon Street Jazz Festival featuringmusic, dance and food in Ho Chi Minh City.
The featured performer will be Nina Van Horn, a blues/rock singer from Texas, and her international blues band.
The performance, featuring a mixture of European jazz and blues, will last for two and a half hours.
Horn was born in France and later moved to the US. She started as a dancer and has been on stage since she was 14.
Shehas performed with the Lyric Company of France, and was a coloraturasoprano for some years before deciding to become a country and bluessinger.
She was selected twice to represent France at the Festiblues of Montreal.
Her latest album Seven Daily Sins in 2013 as the best blues CD in France and Germany.
Horn and her band have toured worldwide, including India, Argentina, Malaysia, Europe, and Thailand.
Thefestival will feature the city-based expatriate band Brooklyn FunkyBlues Band, which will play a mix of blues, funk and soul.
Theresident Claudio and Bad Neighbour band of eight musicians from Vietnam,Nigeria, the Netherlands and Canada will perform a blend of jazz,reggae, Latin and rock music.
Marvin Kociszewsky, a 12-year-old pianist from the British International School, will also perform.
Theevent will also include a performance from HCM City-based Urban DanceGroup, a group of 20 young Vietnamese trained by international danceinstructors and choreographers in all dance styles.
They haveperformed at dozens of television shows and public events, and havestaged three dance shows, including Song – Life Is a Game in2014, Jazz! in 2013, and Spot Light in 2011.
Stuttgart-based DJ Damian's performance will close the festival.
Apart from music and dance, New Orleans-style Cajun food will be featured.
Theannual Bourbon Street Festival has been organised by Kids FirstEnterprise since 2013, aiming to bring the sounds and tastes of BourbonStreet in New Orleans to HCM City.
Profits from the event will begiven to the central province of Quang Tri's Dong Ha town, to helpchildren and support jobs for people with disabilities.
Theevent will take place from 5.30pm on May 30 at Cargo Bar, at 7 NguyenTat Thanh Street in District 4. Tickets are 500,000 VND and areavailable on www.ticketbox.vn.-VNA
The featured performer will be Nina Van Horn, a blues/rock singer from Texas, and her international blues band.
The performance, featuring a mixture of European jazz and blues, will last for two and a half hours.
Horn was born in France and later moved to the US. She started as a dancer and has been on stage since she was 14.
Shehas performed with the Lyric Company of France, and was a coloraturasoprano for some years before deciding to become a country and bluessinger.
She was selected twice to represent France at the Festiblues of Montreal.
Her latest album Seven Daily Sins in 2013 as the best blues CD in France and Germany.
Horn and her band have toured worldwide, including India, Argentina, Malaysia, Europe, and Thailand.
Thefestival will feature the city-based expatriate band Brooklyn FunkyBlues Band, which will play a mix of blues, funk and soul.
Theresident Claudio and Bad Neighbour band of eight musicians from Vietnam,Nigeria, the Netherlands and Canada will perform a blend of jazz,reggae, Latin and rock music.
Marvin Kociszewsky, a 12-year-old pianist from the British International School, will also perform.
Theevent will also include a performance from HCM City-based Urban DanceGroup, a group of 20 young Vietnamese trained by international danceinstructors and choreographers in all dance styles.
They haveperformed at dozens of television shows and public events, and havestaged three dance shows, including Song – Life Is a Game in2014, Jazz! in 2013, and Spot Light in 2011.
Stuttgart-based DJ Damian's performance will close the festival.
Apart from music and dance, New Orleans-style Cajun food will be featured.
Theannual Bourbon Street Festival has been organised by Kids FirstEnterprise since 2013, aiming to bring the sounds and tastes of BourbonStreet in New Orleans to HCM City.
Profits from the event will begiven to the central province of Quang Tri's Dong Ha town, to helpchildren and support jobs for people with disabilities.
Theevent will take place from 5.30pm on May 30 at Cargo Bar, at 7 NguyenTat Thanh Street in District 4. Tickets are 500,000 VND and areavailable on www.ticketbox.vn.-VNA
