Chuchito  Valdes, Jessica Fichot, Mariachi Divas to headline the global lineup At The Ninth Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival, October 6, 2007 from 5 p.m. – midnight.

Councilmember Jose Huizar and Center for the Arts Eagle Rock are honored to present world-class global rhythms, latin jazz, reggae and dub, mariachi, zydeco, and style-fusing sounds at an evening that promises variety.
Other stages at the festival will include a second mainstage and showcases devoted to local rock, jazz, and eclectic music.

The festival is an annual celebration of music, and aims to bring together a range of musicians and musical styles in one setting, free of charge, to treat Angelenos to a music experience that goes beyond genre-specific boundaries. Stages and showcases offer experimental music, hip-hop, jazz, rock, and eclectic music drawn from the vibrant local scene.

Headliner Chuchito Valdés, of Cancun, Mexico, and popular L.A.- based artists Jessica Fichot, Black Shakespeare + The King Rockers, Michele Greene, and the Mariachi Divas (sponsored by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and Recording Industries’ Music Performance Fund) will be featured on a Global Stage, and other artists, including Charangoa, El Haru-Kuroi, Café Fuego, will play in showcases up and down Colorado Boulevard along the street festival.

The festival will host an eclectic, multicultural, innovative, and local lineup, with more than 30 artists. Stages will include two outdoor main stages, with a stage featuring headlining world and rock acts and multiple showcases up and down Colorado Boulevard.  A variety of genres will be represented, and the following artists:

• Afro-Cuban jazz pianist Chuchito Valdés, son of piano legend Chucho Valdés, headlining the Global Stage
• French-Chinese chanteuse Jessica Fichot, reggae and dub from Black Shakespeare, Michelle Greene, and the Mariachi Divas (who appear courtesy of the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and the Recording Industries’ Music Performance Fund through the assistance of Professional Musicians Union Local 47)
• A showcase at the Women’s Twentieth Century Club with Mia Doi Todd, HECUBA, We You., Leslie and the Badgers, and B is for Baroness
• Local indie acts The Pity Party, Bodies of Water, The Mormons, Tsk Tsk, Café Fuego, El-Haru Kuroi, and The Mama Suki
• A hip-hop showcase behind IMIX Bookstore, programmed by KPFK Divine Forces Radio DJ Fidel Rodriguez
• Jazz at Camilo’s with the Juan Vega Trio and the Tim Emmons Trio
• Renaissance Arts Vocal Ensemble, a children’s choir, at the Renaissance Arts Academy
• Interactive percussion on non-traditional, industrial items in a performance from GLANK

The Ninth Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival is being presented with the generous support of Time Warner Cable, Bank of America Foundation, Metromix L.A., Eagle Rock Plaza, the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council, the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the L.A. County Arts Commission, the Women’s Twentieth Century Club, and the community and businesses of Eagle Rock.  Media partners include 90.7 KPFK-FM, Pasadena Weekly, L.A. Record, Citizen L.A., Boulevard Sentinel, and the Arroyo Seco Journal.

A free shuttle service to and from the festival will be available from the Eagle Rock Plaza parking lot, where limited parking will be available for festivalgoers. The Plaza is located off of Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock where the 2 and 134 freeways meet. For more information, visit the Festival web page: http://www.myspace.com/eaglerockmusicfestival