{"id":337279,"date":"2025-02-21T17:11:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=337279"},"modified":"2025-02-21T17:11:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:11:59","slug":"jazz-n-creole-festival-lineup-to-be-launched-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/jazz-n-creole-festival-lineup-to-be-launched-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz n&#8217; Creole Festival lineup to be launched soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_337280\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337280\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-337280\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scenes-from-Jazz-n-Creole-2024-DNO-file-photo-642x361.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-337280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scenes from Jazz n&#8217; Creole 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The much-anticipated 2025 Jazz n\u2019 Creole Festival lineup will be launched soon. This information was disclosed by the CEO of\u00a0Discover Dominica Authority\u00a0(DDA)\u00a0Marva Williams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Williams was a guest on Creole Heartbeat Program this week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festival takes place yearly at Fort Shirley, Cabrits National Park in Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cVery soon we will be launching our lineup for Jazz n\u2019 Creole,\u201d she said. \u201cI mean, we know that the event is very much community-based, it is something that is up north but we have seen interest building especially in locations like the U.S,\u201d she said. \u201cEven last year our visitors for the week into Jazz n\u2019 Creole extended&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She continued, \u201cSo we are seeing that, [in] that small community the event has potential for more investment and more people are coming into Dominica.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Williams explained that the organizers of the event still have some analysis to make as it relates to other islands in terms of competitiveness, \u201cand probably repositioning or better positioning ourselves as a festival when it comes to Jazz n\u2019 Creole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAgain, everything we do will continuously be reviewed and rebuilt on those strengths, but the Jazz n\u2019 Creole does have the potential to continue to flourish in the north and spread its wings in terms of dollar circulation island-wide and we have seen the interest being built,\u201d Williams stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The much-anticipated 2025 Jazz n\u2019 Creole Festival lineup will be launched soon. 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