Chicago Jazz Magazine
Readership of 20,000
Over 350 locations
2000 Subscribers
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Chicago Jazz Magazine is the only print magazine dedicated to promoting the people, places and venues that make up the Chicago jazz scene.
For over 10 years Chicago Jazz Magazine has helped to promote the people, places and venues that make up the Chicago jazz scene. With in depth interviews, club reviews, articles on upcoming performances, CD reviews and a detailed jazz calendar Chicago Jazz Magazine has helped musicians, clubs and restaurants, venues and jazz fans come together.
For over 11 years we have been helping to promote clubs, restaurants, venues, musicians and many other people and places as they relate to the Jazz scene in Chicago.
Chicago Jazz Magaizne puts your business directly in front of thousands of upscale enthusiastic music fans that use Chicago Jazz Magazine and ChicagoJazz.com as a resource to decide where to dine out, hear live music, purchase products and enjoy Chicagoland.
About Chicago Jazz Magazine
Over 2000 paid subscribers to Chicago Jazz Magazine
Even though Chicago Jazz Magazine is free our subscribers pay to receive it to ensure they get the issue. Basically for advertisers this is direct marketing to over 2000 people interested in jazz music, dining out and related merchandise. There is no more direct way to market your business to a specific audience at such a low price.
325 delivery points and distribution by the Chicago Tribune Company
Chicago Jazz Magazine is currently has 325 delivery points throughout the Chicagoland area. The Magazine is distributed freely in Chicago and the suburbs. Locations such as book stores, coffee shops, jazz clubs, music stores, colleges and many others.
Over 500 musicians on a dedicated mailing list
We have developed a list of just over 500 musicians in the Chicagoland area. This is a powerful list because if you are looking to market directly to professional musicians and educators we have the list for you. They receive the magazine each issue and also our weekly e-blasts and other mailings.
8,000 person e-mail list
Over the 10 years of publishing Chicago Jazz Magazine and ChicagoJazz.com we built up a powerful e-mail list at the Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago Blues Festival and through our website ChicagoJazz.com. The subscribers on the list specifically want information on upcoming shows, special offers and merchandise related to music. In fact when they don’t receive the e-blast many people call or e-mail to make sure they are still on the list.
400,000 Hits per month on ChicagoJazz.com
Since ChicagoJazz.com launched we have always had traffic on the site. Simply because when people search online for Chicago jazz, jazz clubs, jazz events, music events and anything related to Chicago Jazz, ChicagoJazz.com comes up in first position in the searches. Our jazz calendar and club and restaurant pages get huge traffic especially Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
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2012/2013 Upcoming Issues:
November/December- 11th Annual Holiday Jazz Issue
-Holiday gift guide, New Years Eve events, holiday concerts and more
January/February 2013...What's Happening in the New Year
-Preview of upcoming shows in 2013
-Special listing guide for venues
March/April - Education Issue
-Feature interview with saxophonist Frank Catalano
-The 10th Annual Summer Jazz Camp guide complete with fees, schedules and descriptions of the camps making it easy to choose which camp to attend this summer.
May/June – Blues Festival Issue
-29th Annual Chicago Blues Festival Issue
-Interviews and articles focused around the Chicago Blues Festival
July/August - 35th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival Preview Issue
- Schedule of events, articles and interviews previewing performances at this year’s Chicago Jazz Festival
September/October – 35th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival Issue
-Interviews and articles focused around the performances and happenings at the Chicago Jazz festival
November/December- 11th Annual Holiday Jazz Issue
-Holiday gift guide, New Years Eve events, holiday concerts and more
Inside each issue:
-Feature interview with a prominent person in jazz
-Kelly Sill’s- Zwee Dot, how Chicago bassist Kelly Sill listens to music
-Randy Freedman’s show reviews
-Frank Caruso’s Conceptual Jazz, jazz theory and application
-CD Reviews, reviews of Chicago and national new releases
-Jazz Calendar, two month calendar for jazz events in Chicagoland
- Around Town, news about what’s happening on the scene
-10 Questions, An interview someone that
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