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LAST DAY...for 2019 BJBF Garden Party tickets!  Get your tickets TODAY and join the fun!  We are SOLD OUT!!  Available online at www.mieventos.com.

Support YOUR festival by attending the special daytime event benefiting the 2019 BJBF.  Plenty of parking; beautiful new INDOOR facility; 3 performing artists including Mike Dennis, Adams Reach Band, and John Carney.  And enter the raffle to win Festival and Garden Party tickets! 

Advance tickets available at Mail Boxes Etc. ($10) or at the door ($15).  Festival t-shirts, food and beverages will be available for purchase.  Don't miss out!

Discount $10 Tickets available NOW for the Special DAYTIME Promo Event for 2019 BJBF at beautiful Finca Lérida!  October 13th, 11:30-3  Tickets at the door available for $15.

The excitement is building as we approach the 2018 Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival!  We are just 7 weeks away from the “Biggest Little Festival in the World!”

And now you can purchase your tickets to the Garden Party held on the grounds of the beautiful Hotel Finca Lerida

Thursday, February 22, 2018 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Onsite/satellite parking.  Shuttle buses will be available from Boquete.

Featuring performances by Maria Rivas, Malamanya, and 2018 Grammy-nominated Dwayne Dopsie with his Zydeco Hellraisers, the Garden Party will also include a wonderful silent auction benefitting the Festival.   Make plans now to attend this spectacular event to kick off the 2018 BJBF, and all the other exciting events over the four festival days!

Tickets currently available online at https://www.mieventos.com/event-detail/2018bjbf.

For additional Festival information, including schedule of events and performers, please visit www.boquetejazzandbluesfestival.com

The ticket office is officially open in Boquete!  Thursdays & Fridays in December, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. located in the Inside Panama Real Estate office on Main Street across from Big Daddy's Grill and Los Establos Plaza. Drop by to get your tickets or go online at www.boquetejazzandbluesfestival.com.  Remember...ticket prices increase January 1st so don't delay.  Get yours TODAY!  For additional assistance, please contact sales @ boquetejazzandbluesfestival.com

Only 22 days left to get your tickets to the 2018 Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival at the discounted rate!  Prices increase January 1^st so get yours TODAY, and be a part of this amazing festival featuring Spyro Gyra and Grammy-nominated Dwayne Dopsie!  And to help with your ticket purchases, BJBF will have a representative at Inside Panama Real Estate, across from Big Daddy’s, starting next week.  Office hours for December are Thursdays and Fridays, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

With the 2018 Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival moving to the Feria, we have more room for vendors.  If you have an artisan craft, product, or commercial business and would like to participate, please plan to attend an informational meeting at the fairgrounds THIS WEDNESDAY, 11/15 @ 10:00 a.m.  Meet with the Vendor & Volunteer Coordinator, Eddie Pittman, at the business entrance at 10:00 to get all the information.  The business entrance is the bright green building on Ave. Buenos Aires just past the main Feria "arched" entrance.  

It was explained to me by a Panamaña that the roadway would not be opened until the inspectors were 100% satisfied and even a minor crack/crevice would hold up the approval.  This was what delayed the area is Las Lomas for a couple of months.

Get your tickets for the next 2018 BJBF Promotional Event.  Dance Party at Villa Marita featuring music from 70's, 80's & 90's.  Advanced discount tickets available at MBE and Villa Marita. Support the generous sponsors for 2018 BJBF!

Thank you, Bonnie.

Our family is spread throughout Texas, and specifically our youngest daughter, our siblings and cousins live along the Gulf Coast directly impacted by Harvey.  They are all physically safe although we have had several friends/acquaintances who have lost homes, cars, etc.. My cousin began having water in her home today with the continued rise of major rivers.

 Rockport took the direct hit at landfall and is about 70% destroyed.  From Wharton County eastward into Louisiana...much remains underwater today and that water is becoming increasingly contaminated.  The city of Beaumont lost its water treatment plant and there is no clean drinking water.  The cleanup is beginning but will take a very long time.  Last report was approaching 50 deaths.

Texans are a resilient bunch and will recover.  It has been heartwarming to watch the reporting of neighbor helping neighbor.  And by neighbors I mean those across the street, those from Austin/San Antonio/Dallas and elsewhere across Texas, and those from Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kentucky, and other states.  We have two nephews involved in the rescue and recovery efforts...one with the American Red Cross who came in from Arizona, and one in law enforcement who came from Lubbock.  Our kids spent the day helping a family member salvage what they could from her flooded apartment.

To hear the comments of reporters from New York and California who came to help the local stations brought tears to my eyes more than once.  We watched ABC13's coverage almost nonstop for a week.  One reporter from Los Angeles said that he was used to covering natural disasters like earthquakes and fires, but he had never witnessed the brotherly love he had seen while in Houston.  

So to answer the question about whether it is really as bad as being reported, the answer is it is much worse on a natural disaster level than you can even comprehend.  But the sense of spirit, love, support, resilience, faith, grace (and so many other words I cannot come up with without crying again), are also much more than is being reported by the national news media.  Hopefully the US and the world will see and let go of some of the hatred and anger so prevalent in these unsettling times in which we live.

#TexasStrong

Don't miss your chance to see several (many!) world-class blues and jazz musicians at the 2018 Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival at a highly discounted price.  The 3-day ticket prices will increase on September 1st so get your tickets this week!  Visit the BJBF table in the Hex Room during the Tuesday Market 8/22 & 8/29, or go online at www.mieventos.com/event-detail/2018bjbf. 

The performance schedule is being finalized.  Individual day tickets will be available September 1st.  Stay tuned!

We ate there today, too!  I have had their schwarma before.  Like a gyro but bigger! 

New venue and new events!  View the newsletter for all the latest scoop!  You won't want to miss this!

http://mailchi.mp/32ef792ca236/heres-what-youve-been-waiting-for-all-the-news-about-bjbf2018

We are looking for a source for several yards of good topsoil to be delivered.  Any leads?

Embrey and his team did a fabulous job on my kitchen, indoor and now outdoor.  He will be back here Monday if you want me to pass on your info.  His cell service is sometimes iffy, but he does respond to whatsapp and even calls fairly quickly during working hours.  Try texting him if you don't have whatsapp.

There are two Peneco stores.  Main store is downtown next to Nat Mendez Jewelers and one block before Hotel Cuidad de David.  The other is just over the overpass, first right, two blocks, turn left, down on the right.  I like Peneco but also like to shop at Selecta for excellent fabrics at very good prices.  Selecta is just over the overpass on the left, first store past Beverly Hills Plaza.

If you're looking for some basic work, I may be able to help.  My "workshop" will be open again soon now that the jazz fest is done.  

Despite the apparent rumor circulating through our little pueblo, there are LOTS of tickets still available for the Garden Party at the Panamonte Inn on Friday, and also LOTS of tickets available for the fabulous double jam scheduled for Saturday evening at The Rock.  Stop by and see us tomorrow at the Tuesday Market or at the office in the Mercado (second floor across from Ro-Her) on Wednesday 9-2 or Thursday 9-2 (you'll be in town anyway for the Parade, right??).  Tickets are $25 (CASH ONLY Please), and will also be available at the door until we reach capacity.

Other Jams available for pre-purchase or at the door are Baru Restaurant following the show in Central Park, and also at Baru Friday evening after the show at Valle Escondido. These tickets are $10.

The Jams at Mike's are currently sold out for pre-sale.  A limited number of tickets MAY be available at the door starting about 8:45 if space permits. 

Also available are a limited number of tickets to the shows at Valle Escondido on Friday evening, and Saturday and Sunday.  These tickets are available online at www.mieventos.com, in person at the office, and at the door (space available).

If you are still thinking about attending the "Biggest Little Festival in the World," GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!  You don't want to miss out!

Skip the lines at the gate!  Visit the BJBF office located in the Mercado (second floor directly across from Ro-Her Ag Store) to pick up your Festival armbands.  You will be able to walk right in and not miss a minute of the "Biggest Little Festival in the World"!

In addition, you can purchase individual garden party and jam session admission NOW. Limited space is available at some venues!

And....jazzy money to purchase drinks and food at the VE Amphitheater will be on sale in $10 and $20 denominations.  Skip that line, too!!

Please note that Jam Session tickets and Jazzy Money is CASH ONLY.

Office hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

We will also be at the Tuesday Market for Festival Ticket sales on January 31st and February 7th.  Come see us!!

Something for everyone starting with a dinner show at The Rock on Wednesday, Feb. 8, parade and free concerts in the park on Thursday, Garden Party at the Panamonte followed by a spectacular lineup at the Valle Escondido venue on Frday, plus the regular shows on Saturday and Sunday and nightly jam sessions through Feb. 12.  Tickets are available online at www.boquetejazzandbluesfestival.com, and at the office located on the second floor of the Mercado across from Ro-Her every Tues, Wed and Fri.

Remember, the BJBF office located on the second floor of the Mercado (directly across from Ro-Her) is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to help with your ticket purchases or to answer questions about the festival. 

Yep, saw the map on their site but doesn't give details about locations in Chiriqui other than that there are some.  

Is there a Punto Pago orange kiosk in Boquete anywhere?  Seems like I've seen one but not sure where.  It's an orange kiosk where you can pay bills, recharge phone, etc.  If not Boquete, location in David or places between?  Gracias.

BTW - Mike's is open for breakfast from 8:00 to 11:00.  Come early and grab a bite to eat!