The line up for the annual Jazz Festival has been announced and it promises to be another winner. Star billing goes to Lionel Richie on the Sunday evening at Pigeon Island.
Other stars in the line up include, so far;
- Hugh Masekela, again on Sunday at Pigeon Island
- Kirk Franklin, Keri Hilson and Alison Marquis Nonet on Saturday again at Pigeon Island
- Gipsy Kings and Ziggy Marley on Friday night again at Pigeon Island
- Joshua Redman, Ronald “Boo” Hinkson, Mario Canonge and Luther François at the Gaiety on the Wednesday and Thursday nights
We expect this line up will be added to in the coming months.
For those of you who do not recall Lionel Richie co-wrote ”We are the World” with Michael Jackson back in 1985. Music to move the world and in May the man will be moving St Lucia. Get your tickets before they sell out. If you want hear something to move you then follow these links to hear this wonder tune which sold over 20million copies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcwblvqir-s&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne7fPpxAnuM
It was awarded numerous honors—including three Grammy Award, one American Music Award and a People’s Choice Award. If only for this achievement its worth coming to see St Lucia to see this legend.
If you book Akasha, St Lucia’s best villa rental for your vacation and to indulge in this music fest don’t forget the villa is only a 5 minute drive from Pigeon Island, where all the main artists will be performing. When you sit in the audience you can see Akasha on the hill behind the main stage
The event has also signed a deal with Digicel who will be the main sponsors for the next three years. The year of the Dragon has certainly got of to great start! So book your St Lucia Vacation the Akasha way and get to enjoy this music fest on your doorstep.
St Lucia has so much more than just beaches and sunshine – its where so many people want to vacation or move to. Think about all that sunshine and constant vitamin D – no winter syndrome here.
Living Abroad approached Akasha last year and asked if we would be happy to feature in their magazine – as ever we are always happy to be featured in quality publications. Check out the magazine on Page 51.
So if you have ever dreamed about vacationing or living in paradise then this publication is for you.
Here, in St Lucia you can enjoy the rain forest, mountains, volcano and waterfalls – plus your normal paradise features like clear blue sea, golden sunsets and sunshine every day. Oh don’t forget the local wildlife – truly amazing.
Here the climate is so good anyone can grow everything, mother nature gives it all to you on a plate. No wonder the Arawak tribes came here.
So as you can see your Caribbean vacation in St Lucia can lead to a new way of life – what you might find in paradise.
Just announced that State-owned Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL), is moving to widen its airlift influence on Caricom travel when it launches a daily service to St Lucia out of Port of Spain in two weeks.
This is great as this is a direct flight and will therefore mean no flying to Barbados to switch flights. The flights are scheduled to start from Friday February 10, will be operated by the airline’s new state-of-the-art ATR-72-600 turbo prop aircraft with a 68-seat capacity.
The flight will depart Piarco International at 1.45 pm arriving at the George F Charles airport in Castries at 2.50 pm.
Following a half-hour turnaround, the return flight (BW 435) will depart St Lucia at 3.25 pm arriving in Trinidad at 4.30 pm.
Now that’s what you call a win for all concerned. So now folks from Trinidad will find it easier to come on vacation in St Lucia and of course St Lucian folk get to visit their friends for the weekend without wasting time in the terminal in Barbados. What is not clear is what the fares will be but lets hope that they are reasonable.
For guests from further a field this means that they can now enjoy more of the Caribbean as it improves their ability to move around when they visit the Caribbean – many tourists like to visit more than one location on their vacation.
