KUCHING, April 20: Borneo Jazz Festival tickets will be open for purchase starting this Friday (April 22) through its website jazzborneo.com.
For the public category, the 1 Day Pass is priced at RM128 per ticket, while the 2 Day Pass is RM228 per ticket and 3 Day Pass is RM338 per ticket.
As for students and senior citizens, the 1 Day Pass is sold at RM88 per ticket, whereas the 2 Day Pass is priced at RM128 each and 3 Day Pass is RM188 per ticket.
Those who want to enjoy the festival virtually can purchase tickets that are priced at RM23 per one-hour block.
Meanwhile, Minister of Tourism, Creative Arts and Performing Industry Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said Malaysia Airlines has been named the official airline partner of the Borneo Jazz Festival to drive visitors and inbound traffic to Sarawak.
“As the official airline partner for Borneo Jazz festival, Malaysia Airlines and supported by its sister company Firefly will offer attractive deals of up to 15 per cent discount on flights from Peninsular Malaysia, London, Australia and some ASEAN destinations to cities in Sarawak.
“Firefly Airlines will fly passengers from Penang to Kuching via its jet operations. To enjoy the discount, music lovers joining the Borneo Jazz Festival must insert a unique promo code (BORNEO22) between 25 April 2022 and 15 May 2022 for travels between June 1 and 30 to enjoy significant savings.
“These deals are available exclusively for those who purchase the normal pass to Borneo Jazz festival through the airline’s respective websites,” he said during the launch of Borneo Jazz Festival 2022 in Miri Airport today.
He also said the festival serves as a perfect platform to rejuvenate, rediscover, rekindle and rebuild the jazz connection that was interrupted for the past two years due to the pandemic.
For the record, he noted that Borneo Jazz Virtual Experience 2021 three-day journey garnered 244,637 online viewers from 43 countries, thus he was confident that the hybrid concert this year would yield positive response.
This year’s Borneo Jazz festival is themed “Jazz in The Jungle” and will be held from June 24 to 26 in a hybrid format while the physical concert will take place at Coco Cabana, Miri.
Its musical content is curated by Malaysia’s foremost jazz promoter No Black Tie Presents, together with an eclectic mix of jazz musicians, rappers and DJs from USA, Hungary, Singapore, France, Malaysia and more.
Sarawak Arts Council’s band Sarawak Symphony Orchestra (SONS) will also be taking to the Borneo Jazz stage for the first time in continued collaboration with Sarawak Tourism Board (STB), with the aim to lift Sarawak’s local music scene.
Among other dignitaries present were Deputy Minister of Tourism Datuk Sebastian Ting, Ministry of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Sarawak permanent secretary Hii Chang Kee, STB chairman Dennis Ngau, STB chief executive officer Sharzede Datu Salleh Askor, MASwings chief operating officer representing Malaysia Aviation Group Captain Nasaruddin A Bakar, and Stephanie Kuan representing artistic director No Black Tie Presents. — DayakDaily
