Seabreeze Jazz Festival at Pier Park - 4/13-4/17, 2011

Just updated the event page - really impressive stuff with people coming from all over.

Seabreeze Jazz Festival Returns April 13-17, 2011 | SoWal.com - Guide For The Beaches Of South Walton & Scenic 30A

Just updated the event page - really impressive stuff with people coming from all over.

Seabreeze Jazz Festival Returns April 13-17, 2011 | SoWal.com - Guide For The Beaches Of South Walton & Scenic 30A

Really looking forward the festival again this year!!! this will be me and my wife 7th year attending!!:clap:

I've been vending at this festival since they had it at Watercolor. Will be there again this year. Tower of Power last year is the best live proformance I've ever heard or seen in my life and I grew up in New Orleans going to Concerts.

Tower of Power is awesome.

Warning, Warning, Warning!!!!

It's not advertised but if you show up to one of the places advertised as selling tickets for this event... BUYER BEWARE!!!! You must show up with CASH!!! They do not accept credit cards or checks!

I drove down from DeFuniak Springs to Ft Walton to help my mom with some errands and thought I would pick up tickets at Playground Music for Sunday's (17 Apr 11) show for us and friends coming from Houston. Imagine my surprise when presented my credit card for $320 worth of tickets and was told, "This is a cash-only enterprise since we are only an agent for the the event." I mean, how many of us carry around over $300 in cash on a day-to-day basis?

The Playground Music folks told me to go take the money from an ATM outside their store. Having just come from my bank, I was not excited about paying through the nose for a debit with my ATM card but decided to try it anyway. Unfortunately, the FNBT ATM would not allow me to take the $320 from my account despite the fact that I have enough money in my bank to buy a few cars for cash.

When I appraised the Playground Music folks and told them I'd be talking to Mark Carter of WSBZ about this, they offered to call him to see if he would be willing to accept a check. He would not do so and told them I should call a certain number with my credit card number and should expect the tickets to be held for me at the venue entry gate.

I have not yet ordered the $320 worth of tickets and am now wondering if I should do so. If you are reading this forum, please be aware that you cannot buy tickets to the Seabreeze Jazz Festival from a local purveyor with a credit card or check. If you wish to buy them in advance from one of the advertised agents, grab a bundle of cash, protect it well, and hope you can get said tickets before you are rolled. Forewarned is forearmed!!!

'Nuff said.

Polo

Polo why not call the number you were given? Or order here? Seabreeze Jazz Festival

Take note that George Benson is playing Thursday night at 8:30 - some folks think that he is playing Sunday as a headliner.

Schedule - Seabreeze Jazz Festival - Artist Lineup

George Benson

YouTube - George Benson's NEA Jazz Masters video

Tower of Power

Tower of Power is awesome.

I really wanted to see them.... too bad the organizers couldn't get Tower of Power back this year.

Why not order online?

Polo why not call the number you were given? Or order here? Seabreeze Jazz Festival

Good question and easy answer.... because if you want to order online they charge a $5 per ticket fee... That would bring the tickets for Sunday to $85 each! I only paid $35 each for tickets to the Peter White Christmas concert (Peter White, Rick Braun, and Mindi Abair) last December. I'll probably call the number Mr Carter gave Playground Music yesterday and try to order tickets but if there is an additional charge for using a credit card, I may not be going to the event after all.

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Good question and easy answer.... because if you want to order online they charge a $5 per ticket fee... That would bring the tickets for Sunday to $85 each! I only paid $35 each for tickets to the Peter White Christmas concert (Peter White, Rick Braun, and Mindi Abair) last December. I'll probably call the number Mr Carter gave Playground Music yesterday and try to order tickets but if there is an additional charge for using a credit card, I may not be going to the event after all.

Ok - let us know.

Good question and easy answer.... because if you want to order online they charge a $5 per ticket fee... That would bring the tickets for Sunday to $85 each! I only paid $35 each for tickets to the Peter White Christmas concert (Peter White, Rick Braun, and Mindi Abair) last December. I'll probably call the number Mr Carter gave Playground Music yesterday and try to order tickets but if there is an additional charge for using a credit card, I may not be going to the event after all.

In keeping the costs of the festival down for everyone, there is a nominal fee to order tickets with a credit card. This practice is seen with any event where people are ordering tickets with a credit card when they are mailed out. Our ticket processing company (Tix.com) is the most reasonable of all the companies we could find is processing fees and mailing. For an $80 Single Day Ticket, the cost to use your credit card and have the ticket mailed to you (or have at the Will Call Tent at the gate of the event) is only $5.00. This is a "deal" compared to the charges Ticketmaster --the largest ticket company in the USA -- would charge. We were given an estimate of $22-$38 on top of the $80 for the ticket to use their service. And if the customer orders multiple tickets --there is only one mailing charge ($2.50 of the $5) so actually its a better deal when you order more than one ticket. Unfortunately-- we cannot take credit cards and mail tickets for free. The customer has to pay a "convenience charge" for the ability to use this service. Rather than upcharge everyone for the service to some ...we offer "hard tickets" locally for those you do not wish to order online or by phone and bypass this fee. This is why the tickets at our three local outlets are cash only --and hence are $80 without any charges. It's simply an incentive to get the ticket at the best price. But I realize, we cannot please everyone out there. There's always the old-fashioned way of buying tickets at the gate....if we still have tickets available.

can't wait for the concert...it is one of my favorite events of the year.:clap:

Congratulations to Mark Carter and the organizers of the the Seabreeze Jazz Festival. The web site now explicitly states that ticket purchases from the partner vendors (Kitchenique, Playground Music, and Borders at Pier Park) must be made with CASH ONLY. This allows buyers to be prepared prior to arriving at the vendor.

I have two sets of F,S,S up for grabs to the first person with over 150 posts who guesses the number between 1-10 that I just txted to Kurt.

I have two sets of F,S,S up for grabs to the first person with over 150 posts who guesses the number between 1-10 that I just txted to Kurt.

:idontno:what?

I'll guess 7 texted to Kurt? Wait, how many posts do i have?

Snerd = instant winner.

:cool: It pays to SoWal on Thursday nights!

Snerd = instant winner.

Whoot Whoot!
Yay for Sowal.com!
Yay for John B!
And Yay for my favorite number 7!

Thanks so much!! :clap_1::clap_1: