BETTY DAVIS, JOINS THE 2017 LINEUP

Funk Queen Betty Davis changed the landscape for female artists. She “was the first…” as former husband Miles Davis said. “Madonna before Madonna, Prince before Prince”. An aspiring songwriter from a small steel town, Betty arrived on the 70’s scene to break boundaries for women with her daring personality, iconic fashion and outrageous funk music. She befriended Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone, wrote songs for the Chambers Brothers and the Commodores, and married Miles – startlingly turning him from jazz to funk on the album she named “Bitches Brew”. She then, despite being banned and boycotted, went on to become the first black woman to perform, write and manage herself. Betty was a feminist pioneer, inspiring and intimidating in a manner like no woman before.

Portrait of Jamie Smith

JAMIE SMITH

Jamie Produces and implements strategies to create marketing, sales and sampling executions that drive consumption and awareness pre, during and post event. He manages a structured team in day-to-day operations, as well as interface and partner with festival owners/stakeholders, internal departments, HQ/Regional management and external vendors to drive The Great Ethnic Food Festival’s presence within the festival landscape.

Portrait of Jamie Smith

JAMIE SMITH

Jamie Produces and implements strategies to create marketing, sales and sampling executions that drive consumption and awareness pre, during and post event. He manages a structured team in day-to-day operations, as well as interface and partner with festival owners/stakeholders, internal departments, HQ/Regional management and external vendors to drive The Great Ethnic Food Festival’s presence within the festival landscape.