New Free Avoriaz 'Wild Concerts' Music Festival Announces Vibrant Line Up

LONDON, ENGLAND, January 23, 2011

Kezia Jones, BB Brunes, Guillaume Grand, Joyce Jonathan, Jamaïca, Inna Modja, Irma and Madalena and others soon to be announced will perform 10 acoustic gigs in pop-up ski-to totally wild mountain locations. Stages will be erected overnight and taken down the following day in and around Avoriaz and the Portes du Soleil winter-sports area.

Visitors to the new concept winter music festival will receive concert details including the act and secret locations via SMS shortly before each gig. Tickets to the festival are free with the purchase of Portes du Soleil region ski passes. To receive notifications, festival-goers should register on the Portes du Soleil website. http://en.portesdusoleil.com/inscription-concerts-sauvages.html

The festival is a totally new concept event created by WARNER 360. Avoriaz based skiers and snowboarders will have the chance to see breathtaking performances amid equally memorable settings during with week-long festival.

Avoriaz is offering a Wild Concerts Festival special featuring a10 per cent discount on Portes du Soleil ski passes and accomodation in Avoriaz, in the heart of Les Portes du Soleil from 15EUR per person per night. Contact resa@avoriaz.com for reservations.

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About the artists:

Keziah Jones is a Nigerian singer songwriter and guitarist. He describes his musical style as "Blufunk", a fusion between raw blues elements, soul and funk rhythms. It is also possible to detect Nigerian roots and the influence of Yoruba music on his sound. http://www.myspace.com/keziahjones

BB Brunes is a French pop/ rock band, part of the "new French rock scene" (la nouvelle scène rock Française). Their first album "Blonde comme Moi", released in 2007, was a huge success in France. They released their second album on November 2009, "Nico Teen Love" The band's musical influences include punk and rock groups from the 60s and 70s. http://www.bbbrunes.fr/

Guillaume Grand is a French male vocalist and songwriter known for his emotional acoustic bitter-sweet ballads. http://www.guillaumegrand.com/

Joyce Jonathan is a French singer songwriter with a sweet voice who records cheerful acoustic pop. http://www.myspace.com/joycejonathan

Jamaïca is a Parisian Club / Grunge / New Wave duo, formerly PONEY PONEY comprising Antoine and Flo. http://www.jamaicanoproblem.fm

Inna Modja is a Paris based Malian and a rising star on France's pop music scene with titles like "Let's Go to Bamako" she described her sound to Reuters as 'rock 'n' love'. http://www.myspace.com/innamodja

Irma a soulful songstress who's acoustic music has an up-tempo rhythmic quality to it. http://www.myspace.com/irmamusic0788
Madalena classic, whimsical French pop.
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Editor's Notes:
Avoriaz 1800
Located between Mont Blanc and Lake Geneva, at the very heart of the Portes du Soleil skiing area, Avoriaz enjoys superb weather conditions and high snowfall. It is a unique resort that is completely pedestrianised with every apartment, chalet and hotel being accessible on skis. Avoriaz is just an hour and a quarter away from Geneva airport and is it's nearest high altitude resort.

Travellers can expect to arrive in resort in less than three hours from their departure from London airports making it one of the quickest journeys from the city to ski piste of any resort.

The Portes du Soleil ski area in numbers:
• 280 pistes stretching over 650 km
• 26 black/105 red/112 blue/37 green pistes
• 201 mountain lifts
• 650 km of groomed slopes
• 9 snowparks
• 89 slope-side restaurants

For further information visit: http://www.avoriaz.com

Travel to Avoriaz
Flights to Geneva number nearly 600-scheduled services per week during the winter season from 19 departure points throughout the British Isles.

London flights depart from City, Gatwick, Heathrow and Luton and Stansted airports while regional gateways are available via Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Guernsey, Glasgow, Isle of Mann, Jersey, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle and Southampton.

Avoriaz Ski & Music World 2011
Avoriaz Ski & Music World 2011 takes place between December 2010 and April 2011 combining innovative music programming and world-class ski and snowboard facilities in the Avoriaz resort in the South of France, that will see its winter season transformed into a hedonistic ski and music mecca for those who love all things on and off-piste.

Four key events will form the signature, must see festivals of the winter:
Rock On Snowboard Tour & Come On Ski (11th & 12th December 2010)
Avoriaz Night Parties (29th January - 5th February 2011)
Festival de Concert Sauvages (2nd - 9th April 2011)
Avoriaz Spring Break (23rd - 25th April)