From April, 17. to 19., the Double Bass Festival Bass Encounters 2008 will take place at the Porgy & Bass Bess club at Vienna/Austria, featuring concerts with both classical and jazz double bassists: Wayne Darling, Georg Breinschmid, Bass Instinct, Franco Petracchi, Eddie Gomez, Duncan McTier, Renau Garcia-Fons, Avishai Cohen, Janne Scala and Joel Quarrington.