Help Vitalize Nine Bulgarian Villages

Dear friends and donors,

After a good last year, we have started the preparation of the new Jazz Fest edition already! This year, the event will enliven our nine villages for the ninth time! The dates are June, 30 - July, 02, 2023. 

After a serious analysis of the work of our Devetaki Plateau Association, Jazz under the Stars of The Devetaki Plateau was identified as the most significant initiative in the region! This is no doubt the biggest event in the villages and in the area as a whole. For the local people, the festival is a time of intensive cultural and social life, meeting people, and self-esteem. It is a reason for them to look around with dignity, to talk to guests and tourists and realize their lives matter and their little villages are actually alive and attractive.

For the music fans that come from all over the country and from abroad, this is an opportunity to enjoy freedom, nature, and art together, to meet like-minded people, to leave the hustling towns and the city behind for a little while. For a little while, they forget about traffic-jams and crowded spaces, phone calls and emails, they lean on the grass and enjoy the music and the air.  

This year's edition will start on Friday, June 30, with a beautiful concert called "Jazz Sings Bulgarian". Marina Gospodinova - vocal, Maria Doneva - poems, Antony Donchev - piano, and Ventsislav Blagoev - trumpet - these are all people with an exceptional contribution to Bulgarian music and culture. At 20.00 h. EET they will present their debut album combining the universes of jazz with the beauty of Bulgarian language, the words sung and voiced. A jam session will follow, leading us to the first July morning!

Saturday, July 1st will be very special for us. We will organize free master-classes for pupils and students from the area - a unique opportunity for them to meet and work with professional musicians. In the evening,after 19.00 h., the big concert will gather Bulgarian jazz stars: Militsa Gladnishka, Milen Kukosharov, Ventsy Blagoev, and many more will share music and emotions with those who come under the stars of the Devetaki Plateau! 

For the youngest inhabitants and guests of the villages in the region, we have planned a Sunday matinee: Jazz For Kids will draw in children and their families in the Devetaki Plateau in a moving experience. Our professionals will share the stage with everyone who wants to sing or play an instrument - to bring jazz closer to their hearts and minds.

Dear friends, help us make this happen once again! We appreciate your support - it gives life and visibility to our nine villages and to our small community!

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• "...and the way you look tonight"