any1 been to Montreux Festival?

[Tenenbaum]

your thoughts? are there nite clubs with bands performing aside from the offical lineup?

any unique recommendations (besides the obvious):

http://www.montreuxjazz.com/concerts/artists_en.aspx

thanks!

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i bet Blane has been there

[Blane]

indeed I have. I was there in 2004.

Very interesting. Montreux is small, so basically everything is part of the fest. shows are expensive (60-150 canadian for most tix)but venues are really small. Stravinski aud, the biggest one, holds about 3,000. I saw Scofield open for Herbie hancock, brian blade, wayne shorter and jack dejohnette in a club of about 400 people, maybe less.

There's not much happening in montreux that's NOT part of the fest during that week. DOn't stay IN montreux, it'll be impossible to find something. Just stay in one of the nearby cities (Lausanne is great).

SOme cool pairings of musicians by the looks of it. Larry Carlton with Robben FOrd opening for Scofield MMW looks cool, if you can afford 120 bucks!

I'd also suggest, if you're in switzerland at that time, checking out Paleo festival in nearby Nyon. GREAT fest. opens 3 days after montreux closes. www.paleo.ch

edit: on the 25th, paleo has Bjork, Arcade Fire and Clap your hands say yeah, for 50 or 60 bucks (depending if you've got a student card)! Good deal.

Edited May 18, 2007 by Guest

[Tenenbaum]

thanks for the tip!