ARIZONA CLASSIC JAZZ FESTIVAL

Nov. 6-9: Details from Arizona Classic Jazz Festival, 10918 E. Michigan Ave., Sun Lakes, AZ 85248, (480) 620-3941, www.azclassicjazz.org.

JAZZFEST BERLIN

Nov. 6-9: Info from Jazzfest Berlin, Berliner Festpiele, Postfach 15 01 69, 10663, Berlin, Germany, ph: 49-30-25489-0, www.jazzfest-berlin.de

DIGGIN' DIXIE AT THE BEACH

Nov. 7-9: Diggin' Dixie at the Beach, Ocean Shores, Wash. Details from Ocean Shores Dixieland Jazz Soc, P.O. Box 293, Ocean Shores, WA 98569, (360) 289-4094, http://users.techline.com/diggindixie

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE TRAD JAZZ 'N' SWING FESTIVAL

Nov. 15-17: Stratford Upon Avon, England. Details from (phone) 0044 1405 365731, website: www.traditional-jazz.com

WEST COAST RAGTIME FESTIVAL

Nov. 21-23: Red Lion Hotel, 1401 Arden Way, Sacramento, Calif. Extensive lineup of ragtime talent, including Mimi Blais, Frank French, Dick Zimmerman, Butch Thompson, Trebor Tichenor, Virginia Tichenor, Marty Eggers, David Thomas Roberts, Jack Rummel, Scott Kirby, Porcupine Ragtime Ensemble, youth performers, seminars, much more. Special WCRF hotel rates at Red Lion Hotel and Double Tree Hotel Sacramento. Details from West Coast Ragtime Festival, P.O. Box 13346, Sacramento, CA 95813-3346, tollfree (866) 724-9273 (RAG-WCRF), www.WestCoastRagtime.com or FestivalInfo@WestCoastRagtime.com.

SUNCOAST DIXIELAND JAZZ CLASSIC

Nov. 21-23: Clearwater Beach, Fla. Details from Suncoast Classic Jazz, Inc., P.O. Box 1945, Largo, FL 33779-1945, (727) 536-0064, www.jazzclassic.net

SAN DIEGO THANKSGIVING DIXIELAND JAZZ FESTIVAL

Nov. 26-30: Town & Country Resort and Convention Center, 500 Hotel Circle No. (I-8 & SR0163), San Diego, Calif. Hotel festival rates available from (800) 772-8527. Huge lineup of headliners, including Buck Creek Jazz Band, Titanic Jazz Band, Uptown Lowdown, Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra, Ray Skjelbred, Mimi Blais, Tim Laughlin's New Orleans All Stars with Connie Jones, Blue Street, Cornet Chop Suey, Natural Gas, Grand Dominion, Carl Sonny Leyland, many more. Info from AFCDJS, P.O. Box 880397, San Diego, CA 92168-0387, (619) 297-5277, www.dixielandjazzfestival.org

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND OF JAZZ

Nov. 29-30: Rhinelander, Wisc. Info from Holiday Acres, P.O. Box 460, Rhinelander, WI 54501-0460, (800) 261-1500, www.holidayacres.com

CHRISTMAS NEW ORLEANS STYLE

Dec. 1-31: New Orleans, La. French Quarter Festivals, Inc., 400 N. Peter St., #205, New Orleans, LA 70130, (800) 673-5725, www.fqfi.org

AUSTRALIAN JAZZ CONVENTION,

Dec. 26-31: Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. Lismore Jazz Club, P.O. Box 922, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia, www.lismorejazz.org

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