Literary festival to run Brecon Jazz Festival
Monday, March 16, 2009
The Hay Literary Festival, according to reports today, is set to take on the running of the Brecon Jazz Festival from 2010 following the collapse of the previous company that ran the festival.
Backed by the Arts Council Of Wales, Hay will run some jazz events in Brecon this summer although it’s not known whether they will coincide with the plans for an interim festival this summer. Peter Florence of the Hay Festival told the BBC: “We will be running jazz events in Brecon this summer, leading up to relaunching the festival in August 2010. We’re thrilled to be able to take this on, and look forward to celebrating the extraordinary wealth of local and international jazz in Wales.”