Tauranga’s 47th National Jazz Festival saw a doubling of attendance numbers at this years’ Festival over Easter. With tickets sold as far as Australia and the United States the many venues around town, on water and rail were running at capacity.
“The response to the new format of the Festival was truly overwhelming” explains Festival Director Arne Herrmann, “we saw a significant increase in visitor numbers to the region and an amazing surge in locals coming out to sample the new additions to the Festival.”
Nearly 20,000 people celebrated the new TV3 Jazz Village at the Historic Village where more than 20 bands entertained all day on more than 7 stages. The City of Tauranga Steamtrain was sold out on many trips and an extra sailing had to be put on for The Sebel Trinity Wharf Jazz Riverboat.
