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Anyone going to Phil Pospychala's Bix Fest next month?
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:12 pm
by beaumonde
At the Marriot in Racine, WI (fortunately only an hour and a half from Chicago)...
The record sales are usually pretty good, and the live bands are great (Vince Giordano will be there this year).
Here's the link:
http://www.geocities.com/bixfest/
Re: Anyone going to Phil Pospychala's Bix Fest next month?
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:38 am
by beaumonde
Well, maybe no one else from here. Just thought I'd ask. The attraction are thousands of nice 78s at mostly reasonable prices, from established dealers.
Re: Anyone going to Phil Pospychala's Bix Fest next month?
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:45 am
by MordEth
Adam,
I definitely think that looks like an interesting event, but I doubt I am likely to attend.
If you go, though, I'd definitely be interested in seeing photographs of it, and hopefully you'll have a great time.
~ MordEth
Re: Anyone going to Phil Pospychala's Bix Fest next month?
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:26 am
by beaumonde
95% of attendees are from outside the immediate area, many from Europe. They tend to be more on the record-collecting end of the hobby (and jazz to boot). This event has had a very loyal following for some years. Phil was president of the IAJRC (International Assoc. of Jazz Record Collectors) at the time I first became interested in collecting jazz 78s, about 10 years ago. I came for the record sales alone for a couple of years, then last year attended for the whole weekend, for the concerts and lectures, and had a blast.
The only drawback is the rather limited choice of restaurants in the area! I'm not a big fan of Danish Kringle (a sickly sweet and fatty pastry)...