WESTERN BUREAU:

There is nothing crucial to having a good time like being prepared. The right attire, the right timing, the right event and tickets in hand.

While tickets can be had at any venue, the brief pause to make the purchase can seem like a very long time, especially if a favourite performer is onstage and whipping the crowd into a frenzy. And having tickets in hand ahead of the show just makes it feel decisive and definite.

Making that decisive move and getting tickets for the 2007 Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival is possible islandwide, as there are strategically-located outlets all over. In Kingston alone, LG Service Centres at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Constant Spring Road, as well as on the upper part of Manning's Hill Road, in addition to Viewer's Choice in Manor Park and Hope Road are ticket outlets. Add to those the What's On Café at Devon House, the Jamaica Pegasus and Air Jamiaca's St. Lucia Avenue, New Kingtston, office.

In the mid-island region, Fontana Pharmacy in Mandeville and Driver's Choice in Santa Cruz are ticket outlets. And naturally, the home of the festival, Montego Bay, has several outlets, among them the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues office in the Half Moon Shopping Centre, Fontana Pharmacy, Fairview Texaco, Tigermart Ironshore and MBJ Airport.

So it is off to the festival, ticket in hand, for a good time.