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ART OF COOL FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2015 NATIONAL LINEUP Three-Day World-Class Jazz And Soul Festival Announces National Lineup, With Musical Greats Anthony Hamilton and Roy Ayers as featured headliners. DURHAM, N.C. – The Art of Cool Festival (AOCFEST), a locally run, three-day music festival, has announced its national artist lineup, featuring headliners Roy Ayers and Anthony Hamilton.
The three-day event combines two outdoor stages, five indoor music venues and more than 30 worldclass performances. The event will focus on traditional jazz, soul, fusion and international jazz this year and presents artists that rarely appear in Durham or perform in the same lineup together. Last year, the event hosted more than 3,500 music lovers and approximately 40 bands. AOCFEST’s economic impact for Durham was approximately $600,000 in direct and indirect spending in April 2014.
In early December, the AOCFEST team unveiled a “teaser” list of talented artists from around the globe who will join together for the organization’s second annual jazz and soul music festival April 24 - 26, 2015 in Durham. AOCFEST has also launched all VIP packages, regular two-day tickets, and one-day tickets at pop-up events and online, in addition to vendor, sponsor and volunteer applications. Main stage passes to see only the Roy Ayers or Anthony Hamilton performances will go on sale April 1st. This year’s national lineup includes Anthony Hamilton, who will be performing his entire album “Coming From Where I’m From” at the Durham Athletic Park, in addition to Roy Ayers, Snarky Puppy, Robert Glasper, Kenny Garrett, Jesse Boykins III, BadBadNotGood and more. Local artists will be unveiled closer to the festival date. This year’s festival will also include 32
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the first Innovate Your Cool event, a series of lightning talks, roundtable discussions, and opportunities to learn and network. Admission to Innovate Your Cool is free for students and festival attendees, and $10 to the
public. The series will be held Saturday at the American Underground. With a successful inaugural in 2014, AOCFEST is Durham’s first worldclass jazz and soul music festival.
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ABOUT THE ART OF COOL FESTIVAL: The Art of Cool Festival is a three-day music festival with two outdoor stages, five indoor venues and more than 30 worldclass performances presented by Art of Cool. More information about the festival can be found at www.aocfestival.org.