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All American Music Festival

New Orleans meets Luxembourg
When? Ascension weekend 26 - 28.5.2012

Where?: Luxembourg-centre, place Guillaume II, open air

Free entry

Org.: Luxembourg City Tourist Office, tel: (+352) 222809

Festival website: www.allamerican.lu

Every year, on the Ascension weekend, the Luxembourg City Tourist Office (LCTO) organizes the All American Music Festival in the centre of Luxembourg. During two days, this open air music festival plunge Luxembourg into the musical and culinary ambiance of the American Deep South. On place Guillaume II, a big swinging music stage hosts around 50 live musicians playing all American music, including jazz, dixieland, New Orleans, swing, blues, country et gospel music. Every year, thousands of visitors attend the festival in a spirit of enthusiasm, communion and good mood. The entry to the festival is free of charge.

The festival was launched for the first time in 2006 by the LCTO as a "New Orleans Meets Luxembourg" festival, and as a support project for New Orleans’ impoverished musicians after the devastating passage of hurricane Katharina. What started as a solidarity project quickly became a success story in Luxembourg’s thrilling festival scene. In 2010, the festival opened itself to new, wider American music genres. In 2011, the festival therefore has been rebaptized into an "All American Music Festival.

The complete program of the All American Music Festival 2012 will be released by the LCTO in early spring 2012.