{"id":4212,"date":"2014-12-28T09:46:59","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T17:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/?p=4212"},"modified":"2014-12-28T10:07:22","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T18:07:22","slug":"2015-season-to-be-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/2015-season-to-be-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Season to be Announced!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Ventura Music Festival to announce 21st Festival lineup on January 12th.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/VMF_14-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4217\" src=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/VMF_14-15.jpg\" alt=\"VMF_14-15\" width=\"173\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a>VENTURA COUNTY, CALIF:\u00a0 The Ventura Music Festival (VMF) kicks off the new year with a special program and briefing at 5:00 pm on January 12th at City Hall.<br \/>\nFocus: the concerts and artists of its 21st Season May 1 &#8211; 9, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The briefing, which is open to the public, includes:<br \/>\nRemarks by Mayor Cheryl Heitmann, herself a former VMF Executive Director \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0.<br \/>\nAnnouncement of the 2015 program with video clips by Artistic Director Nuvi Mehta.<br \/>\nPerformance by the winner of the VMF Student Jazz Competition, backed by the jazz trio Coda. The winner will have been selected the day before on Sunday, January 11th, in a program from 1 to 3 pm at the Wyndham Garden Pierpont Inn.<\/p>\n<p>Press and public are invited to attend at no charge.<\/p>\n<p>The VMF is already is selling tickets for its annual Latin Jazz Concert on Valentine\u2019s Day, February 14th at the Majestic Ventura Theater.\u00a0 It\u2019s the very hot Pacific Mambo Orchestra, the surprise winner of the 2014 Grammy for Latin Jazz. This 19-member Indy PMO funded their debut album with an $11,000 Kickstarter campaign and took it all the way! Ticket &#8211; buyers should prepare to dance in their seats or on the dedicated dance floor. Tickets are $50 to $15, available by calling (805) 648-3146 or online at venturamusicfestival.org.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE VENTURA MUSIC FESTIVAL<\/p>\n<p>The Ventura Music Festival is one of Ventura County\u2019s signature arts events, presenting top classical, jazz and popular performing artists in various venues throughout the year. The festival was founded in 1994, and is a 501(c)(3) non<br \/>\nprofit organization.<br \/>\nMedia Contact: Susan Scott (805) 648-3146 x301<br \/>\nss@venturamusicfestival.org<\/p>\n<p>####<br \/>\nFACTS at a glance:<br \/>\nAnnouncement &amp; briefing on Monday, January 12, 5:00 &#8211; 6:30<br \/>\nCity Hall Atrium<br \/>\n501 Poli Street<\/p>\n<p>No charge: public is warmly invited<br \/>\nLight reception from 6:00-6:30<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ventura Music Festival to announce 21st Festival lineup on January 12th. VENTURA COUNTY, CALIF:\u00a0 The Ventura Music Festival (VMF) kicks off the new year with a special program and briefing at 5:00 pm on January 12th at City Hall. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/2015-season-to-be-announced\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[778],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vta-music-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4212"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4218,"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4212\/revisions\/4218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}