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Food web hosts Farmer-Chef Connect
WARRENTON — Local
food producers and area
chefs will come together
on Monday, Feb. 27 for the
annual Farmer-Chef Connect
sponsored by North Coast
Food Web.
This year the event will
take place from 1 to 3 p.m.
at the CCA Regional Food
Bank, located at 2010 SE
Chokeberry Ave. in Warren-
ton.
More and more, area
restaurants are working to
feature locally produced
products on their menus.
With new farms springing
up each year, food producers
are looking to expand their
markets. Each winter, just
as farmers are getting ready
to plant, North Coast Food
Web invites both groups to
come together to find out
what chefs would like to
buy and to introduce them to
what is available right here
at home.
“It’s really just an effi-
cient networking opportu-
nity,” says food web board
member Merianne Myers.
“Farmers, ranchers, fisher-
men, cheese makers — all
kinds of food producers can
make connections with new
markets and make decisions
about the upcoming season.
Essentially, we provide a
space for that to happen and
then get out of the way.”
“This event fits neatly
into our mission to ‘cultivate
healthy communities and a
vibrant economy through
food and agriculture,’” My-
ers added.
Find jazz stylings in Seaside
SEASIDE — The Lighthouse
Jazz Society will present the
34th annual Seaside Jazz
Festival on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, Feb. 24, 25 and
26.
The three-day music
extravaganza will feature 14
bands rotating in five dif-
ferent venues all located in
the heart downtown Seaside.
Three venues will be at the
Seaside Civic and Conven-
tion Center, and the other
two venues are the Seaside
Elks and the Best Western
Ocean View Resort.
Four of the five venues
will have dance floors, and
there will be a listening-on-
ly venue in the Riverview
Room at the convention
center.
The Seaside Jazz Festival
aims to present the highest
caliber of jazz performers.
This year’s lineup includes
traditional jazz band High
Sierra, Tom Rigney &
Flambeau, Cornet Chop
Suey, Uptown Lowdown
Jazz Band, Ivory and Gold,
Dan Levinson’s Roof Gar-
den Jass Band, Black Swan
Jazz Band, Bob Draga with
Friends, Jacob Miller and
The Bridge City Croon-
ers, Dave Bennett and The
Memphis Speed Kings, Bob
Schulz’s Frisco Jazz Band
and Blue Street.
There will be a special
kick-off party Thursday,
Feb. 23 at the Seaside Elks,
featuring the music of Dave
Bennett and The Memphis
Speed Kings. The kick-off
party is already sold out.
The festival starts at 2
p.m. Friday at the conven-
tion center. On Saturday,
music starts at 10 a.m. and
continues until 11 p.m. The
Sunday schedule starts at
9:30 a.m. with two free gos-
pel sets open to the public
at the convention center.
During the gospel services,
a offering is collected, and
proceeds will be donated to
the Food 4 Kids Back Pack
Program.
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Jacob Miller and The Bridge City Crooners will bring sounds
straight out of the 1920s.
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Tom Rigney and Flambeau will perform several times through-
out the weekend at the Seaside Jazz Festival.
RICHARD NEWMAN
Four of the five venues will of-
fer dance floors for attendees
to enjoy.
The Seaside High School
Jazz Ensemble will also
perform a set at 1:30 p.m.
Sunday in the Necanicum
Room at the convention
center. The Jazz Ensemble is
always a hit with attendees.
Tickets for the festival
can be purchased in advance
by calling 1-866-345-6257
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-
day through Friday.
During the festival week-
end, tickets are available
starting at 10 a.m. Friday at
the convention center.
A free shuttle will be
available during festival
hours and will regularly
rotate to the different jazz
sites. Food and beverages
will be available at all of the
venues.
For more information and
the full schedule, visit www.
jazzseaside.com