King of Comedy Steve Harvey to Host The 11th Annual Bermuda Music Festival With an Eclectic Talent Roster

King of Comedy Steve Harvey to Host The 11th Annual Bermuda Music Festival With an Eclectic Talent Roster

- Sultry Sounds and Convenient Travel Package Heat Up Bermuda This Fall -

HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The multi-talented Steve Harvey, comedian, actor and radio personality, will host this year's much anticipated Bermuda Music Festival October 4-7, 2006. The "King of Comedy" brings added funk to the 11th annual music festival's already eclectic combination of rhythm & blues, jazz and soul - along with an easy-to-book travel package - to the lineup of legendary stars.

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This year's showstoppers include legends such as Gladys Knight, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly and Charlie Wilson of The Gap Band, while also highlighting chart toppers such as India.Arie, Teena Marie and Anthony Hamilton. The favorite songs of classic soul groups such as The Original Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston & Blue Lovette, Harold Melvin's Blue Notes and The Trammps will beckon guests to groove on Bermuda's pink sand.

Exclusive Bermuda Music Festival package rates start at $1,288* per person for four-day/three-night stays based on double occupancy and include airfare, hotel accommodations, and general admission to festival events. Packages can be reserved from the following cities: Atlanta, Boston, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Additional packages available for five- day/four-night and seven-day/six-night stays, as well as upgraded event ticketing.

Set on a spectacular stage built over the water at Bermuda's historic Royal Naval Dockyard, the Bermuda Music Festival's current performance schedule is as follows:

* Wednesday, October 4 at Fairmont Southampton, Whaler Inn
Performers: Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, The Trammps and a Bermudian
artist

* Thursday, October 5 at Royal Naval Dockyard
Performers: Steve Harvey as emcee, Gladys Knight, The Original
Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston & Blue Lovette and Bermudian artists

* Friday, October 6 at Royal Naval Dockyard
Performers: Steve Harvey as emcee, Charlie Wilson of the Gap Band,
India.Arie, Anthony Hamilton and Bermudian artists

* Saturday, October 7 at Royal Naval Dockyard
Performers: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Teena Marie, Bermuda's own
Ras Mykkal and other Bermudian artists

For additional details, tickets and package information, please visit the Bermuda Music Festival website at www.bermudamusicfestival.com or call 800- BERMUDA (800-237-6832). Fairmont is the official host hotel of the 2006 Bermuda Music Festival.

Bermuda, less than two hours from East Coast gateway cities, stretches for 23 miles along turquoise waters, surrounded by a 200-square-mile coral reef plateau. Bermuda's diverse activities offer an array of vacation options, including more wreck dives than anywhere else in the world, championship golf, horseback riding, world-renowned deep sea fishing and smooth pink beaches to rest on by day's end. Accommodations range from luxury resorts to intimate guest cottages and family-run inns, all incorporating the sophistication and hospitality unique to the Bermuda experience. For more information about Bermuda, visit www.bermudatourism.com.

* The above rates are based on a minimum 3 night hotel accommodations at participating properties through GOGO WORLDWIDE VACATIONS and are based on Coach Class from (appropriate gateway and on applicable airline). Rates are per person and based on double occupancy. Rates include applicable nights hotel accommodations at participating properties and 3 nights general admission tickets to the Bermuda Music Festival taking place October 4-7, 2006. Single and triple rates available on request. Travel is valid 10-01-2006 to 10-09-2006. Packages must be booked by 10-03-2006. Actual effective dates and savings may vary by resort. Rates and promotion may change without notice and are subject to availability. Seasonal surcharges, cancellation charges, blackout dates, and other restrictions may apply. Offer cannot be combined with other offers and is for new bookings only. EP (European Plan) no meals unless noted. Special features: 3-day general admission. Airfare: Coach class.

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Source: Bermuda Department of Tourism

CONTACT: Kristin Connor, kristinc@lhammond.com, or Katie McCall,
katiem@lhammond.com, both of Lou Hammond & Associates, Tel: +1-212-308-8880,
or Fax: +1-212-891-0200, for Bermuda Department of Tourism

Web site: http://www.bermudatourism.com/
http://www.bermudamusicfestival.com/

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