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One of the big events each year in Tidewater Virginia is the Hampton Jazz Festival at the Hampton Coliseum. However the big irony about the Hampton Jazz Fest is that it has very little jazz today. I went several years ago and saw The Average White Band, Chaka Khan and George Benson. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge fan of all of three of those acts, but George Benson is the only act that you could remotely call Jazz. This year is no different . . . each night the major acts playing are not jazz. It looks like it’s going to be a great festival, I just think that they need to change the name to the Hampton R&B Festival or the Hampton Soul Festival or something. Anyway, this year’s festival is June 26-28. Click here for tickets. Check out after the jump for the full line-up. (more…)

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention an enormous concert series happening in Virginia this weekend. As I’m sure many of you are aware, Phish is in the middle of a three concert reunion at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, VA.  This is the beginning of a bit of a tour that has these three dates in Virginia with a longer tour in June. Not sure whether they’ve decided to keep playing or this is representative of a need for money that so many acts experience after they call it quits. As you can see from this picture, Phish came to their favorite venue with the craziness that people have come to expect from them. (more…)