Got a little bored with the beach boys (and girls)? Got those cruise blues? Looking for a little more R&B with your R&R? Then follow our notes and score yourself a music-themed holiday. There’s no better way to celebrate the diversity and history of our great country (and western) than by going on your own tour. Don’t forget your air brushed t-shirt.

• Too young for Woodstock? Too spaced out to remember it? The answer, my friends, is Bob Dylan’s American Journey Exhibit at the Rock Hall in Cleveland, Ohio running through September 7th. Missed it? Don’t worry, you can still see Ricky Nelson’s exhibit. Check him out in the days before his son became a heavy metal rocker and star of Celebrity Fit Club. Roy Orbison haunts the halls until December 31st and The Clash come calling in October.
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• There are more music venues in Austin than you can shake a drum stick at. Throw on your David Lee Roth-inspired buttless spandex pants and swagger down to 6th Street for all the rock, jazz, blues, folk, arts, tattoo parlors, restaurants and bars you could ever get through in one trip (unless you’re Tommy Lee). Speaking of alcoholics, you should also check out the Gruene Wine and Music Fest - Oct. 6th, 7th, & 8th. For something a little more rock and roll, check out The Austin City Limits Festival September 15th - 17th with Tom Petty, The Flaming Lips, The Shins, Willie Nelson, Ween and many others on a billboard that’s as broad as it is long.
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• We can’t promise class, but we can orchestrate something more classical. Czech out the Prague State Opera, The Prague Philharmonic, and Radio Symphony Orchestra; they all offer spectacular shows. The celebrated Prague Autumn Music Festival runs September 12th through October 1st. Whenever you visit, you’re bound to stumble on a dozen music festivals, concerts, or shows. But get there before winter sets in, once fall passes the temperatures are a-changing.
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• The weather maybe in the 80s at Anguilla’s Tranquility Jazz Festival, but the hep cats are cool, man. The festival takes place November 9th - 12th so while everyone else is preparing for Thanksgiving you’ll be listening to the legacy of another Bird entirely (that’s Mr. Charlie Parker to you). Another bonus: you’ll find a better deal on airfare and hotels during this off-season travel time.
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Yours, sitting on the dock of the bay,
Steve and Paul, Kayak.com co-founders

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