If you’re already exhausted by the prospect of another winter season with cold weather and minimal sunshine, consider a Caribbean escape to the Cayman Islands in early December for the Cayman Jazz Fest.
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The sixth annual festival, held Dec. 3 to 5, 2009, features top jazz and R&B performers in a tropical, island setting. This year’s artists are: Alicia Keys, Peabo Bryson, Oleta Adams, Keith Sweat, Kirk Whalum and Mike Phillips. The opening event will take place at Pedro St. James, a National Historic Site of the Cayman Islands. The rest of the festival is scheduled for Camana Bay, a new town center on Grand Cayman.
Festival tickets range from $66 to $78 for individual evenings. A weekend pass is $120, and a festival pass (which covers the entire festival) is $204. Children under 12 will be admitted free of charge.
The Cayman Jazz Fest is offering travel packages starting at $649, per person (double occupancy), not including festival tickets. Packages include round-trip airfare from Miami on Cayman Airways, three nights’ accommodations at Comfort Suites Seven Mile Beach, daily breakfast, hotel tax and service charges, and round-trip airport transfers. To book, call 800-247-9900.
For more information (including festival ticket purchase), visit www.caymanislands.ky/jazzfest.
