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Tickets on sale now for Savannah Music Festival, March 18-April 5

Thursday, February 05, 2009

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Tickets are on sale for the Savannah Music Festival, which will feature an opening night concert March 18 by Bonnie Raitt.

Tickets can be purchased via www.savannahmusicfestival.org or 912-525-5050. Prices range from $35-75.

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Bonnie Raitt opens the Savannah Music Festival March 18.

Nearly 100 performances of jazz, classical, blues, bluegrass, gospel and other genres will be staged throughout Savannah’s historic district.

In addition to Raitt, headliners include Neko Case, Dianne Reeves, Bela Fleck’s Africa Project, Chick Corea and John McLaughlin’s Five Peace Band. Other performers range from blues singer Corey Harris, in a show called “The Blues Was Born Here” to old-time multi-instrumentalist Dan Gellert accompanying his daughter Rayna. The festival closes April 5 with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

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