What's being said about SMF 2010:
"In Savannah, all kinds of music have a place."Le Monde
"SMF is one of the best music festivals in the country. It's original, well designed and executed, and it goes a very long way toward keeping the world safe for good, live music." Read more...
Charleston Post & Courier
"With its enviable variety of venues, the Savannah Music Festival can woo jazz patrons with an intimate club experience, wow them with an epic concert extravaganza, or even clear away some space and go ballroom. The city's temperate climate allows this festival to steal a march on its Northern brethren - and open in March before the spring equinox. As early as the second week, SMF has ventured outdoors for a free midday concert. Perhaps chastened by the typhoons of 2009, the high school swing band competition was delayed until the third and final week of the festival. This year, the weather was sunny, flowery perfection." Read more...
JazzTimes
"...a music festival of unique character in one of America's most charmingly atmospheric cities. Savannah, with azaleas bursting into bloom throughout its 18th-century squares and daily temperatures high enough to make a snowbird sing, provides reason enough for an April visit. Add the presence of a virtual encyclopedia of world music and this visitor left town with his appetites expanded and a smile lodged between his ears." Read more...
Toronto Star (Canada)
"...performances from A-list classical, jazz and pop artists"
The Globe & Mail (Canada)
"...one of the most vibrant and varied music festivals in North America. It specialises in bringing together artists for one-off, often cross-genre encounters." Read more...
The Arts Desk (UK)
Selected as one of Gramophone Magazine's "Best Events Worldwide" in March 2010.
"...a wide-ranging pot-pourri of some of the best musicians in the world."
Sueddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)
"...a dynamic, comprehensive amalgamation of all types of music, will provide about as much ear candy as one can stand."
Charleston Post & Courier
"...in a single evening you can catch wildly different styles of music and over a couple of nights experience a head-spinning variety of sounds."
Atlanta Journal-Constitution