The Colombo Jazz and Blues Festival will take place at the Galle Face Hotel on February 7 (Sunday) from 12 noon onwards with tickets priced at Rs. 5000 per person. 

Featuring a host of international and local artists including blues legend Jimmy Thomas, Jerome Speldewinde and Geoffrey Fernando of Purple Rain fame and South Africa’s Rock and Blues queen, Sannie Fox, it is an event not to missed. Complementing the music will be a multitude of other events focusing on food, wine and design. Listen to the first act of the day while enjoying brunch or choose to dine al fresco on the picnic style seating with rugs and cushions arranged outside in the open air in front of the stage. Picnic baskets containing wine, cheese, sandwiches and cold cuts can be ordered in advance for groups of six. Food related experiences are extended with a sunset seafood barbeque, fish and chips, an oyster and champagne bar and a wine tasting lounge. Being a multidimensional event, the visual arts aspect of the festival will be presented with pop up shops done the Colombo Design Market. For the movie enthusiasts out there, there will be short films screened with earphones running parallel to the musical acts. Mainstage Events prides itself on having brought a string of successful acts to Sri Lanka including The Wailers, Mohombi Live, High on Heels, Kitten & the Hip and Julian Marley and will continue to bring excellence in entertainment with the Colombo Jazz and Blues Festival. It will certainly be the best way to spend this Sunday. 

Date : 7 February 2015
Time : 12 noon onwards
Tickets : Rs.5000 per person, available at Galle Face Hotel, Colombo 3, Sugar Bistro & Wine Bar (Crescat Boulevard, Colombo 3) and at PR (41, Horton Place, Colombo 7) 

Website : www.colombojazzandbluesfestival.com 
Facebook : www.facebook.com/mainstagesrilanka 

Gehan Fernando, Founder and Chairman, Mainstage Events 

Live music is my passion. I want to bring more and more quality acts to Sri Lanka and am proud that Mainstage has been able to continually present talented musicians to an appreciative audience. I look forward to this upcoming event and even more to the next and the next! One of the main aims of the Colombo Jazz and Blues Festival is to promote Sri Lanka as a key tourist destination with a rich and diverse heritage and I look forward to this platform presenting more and more local artistes. 

By Upeksha Hettiarachchi