Festival Tours International was started in 1982 by Nancy Covey. In those days Nancy was the Concert Director at McCabe's, a small music club in Los Angeles. Part of her job was to travel to music festivals to seek out musicians to play the club. Her first tours took on the same style as her own travels -- a style that continues to this day -- visiting musicians and getting to the heart of where the music comes from. Having a severe case of CTD (Compulsive Travel Disorder) Nancy combined her love and knowledge of music and friendships with musicians with her vast experience of travel and thus Festival Tours was born.
Nancy has gone on to produce concerts and festivals of her own. Married with children, she splits her time between Los Angeles and London.
Since these are very personalized trips Nancy always leads them. She will be joined on our Louisiana tour by Carole Raye, longtime Festival Tours road staff and world renowned Acupressurist to the Stars. Carole lives and works in Mendocino when not traveling with Festival Tours or on her own.
Joey Thompson, who also lives in Los Angeles, takes care that the paperwork is done and the checks are not lost. She and her husband, Jeff (who prints our brochures and shirts), alternate with Carole as Festival Tours Road Staff.
But don't take our word for it...
Check out what others have said about Festival Tours. Read the quotes, ask anyone on our "Links". We're happy and proud about the responses we get on the trips.
"Nancy's trips have a real spirit of exploration and adventure. She takes you to amazing places tourists never go. We made contacts and new friends and did so many things that you just couldn't do on your own..."
-- Musician HENRY KAISER
"A trip on Nancy Covey's musical excursions is to get INSIDE the culture your visiting. She knows all the local musicians, all the local chefs, and you get steeped in an insider's view that can't be had if you're a tourist. It's better to wander lost, than to follow a map made by tourists. With Nancy you get extremely interesting traveling companions, a very happy stomach, and the soundtrack is unique regional songs played live! I'm a musician, and I had a blast!"
-- John Densmore, percussionist.
For more information email us at festtours@aol.com or phone us at 310 454 4080.
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