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MEDIA

PHOTOS and INFO
For promotional purposes, the Media can access photos of previous festivals here at Flickr.
For Media information, contact Mike Testa at Sac. Convention & Visitors Bureau.
During the festival, there will be a Media Trailer located behind the Freeway Gardens venue (under the I-5 fwy).
Read the OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE from August 23, 2011.

 

2012 SAC. MUSIC FESTIVAL

Festival News:
JANURAY 2012
Order by Jan. 31 and receive a discount! Early Bird Discount order form.
Purchase online now!
We've added several more bands to the 2012 lineup:
Mick Martin & the Blues Rockers, Johnny "Guitar" Knox Band, Jimmy Pailer Band, Kyle Rowland Band, Natural Drift Bluegrass Band, Stompy Jones, Dave Bennett & the Memphis Boys, "Cash Tribute" featuring James Garner, and guest artists Becky Kilgore with Dan Barrett and Roassano Sportiello; Allan Vaché, Russ Phillips, Phil Flanigan, Stephanie Trick, Jason Wanner, and Danny Coots... and more! (Schedule subject to change. These bands are in addition to those previously announced.)

Festival News:
SEPTEMBER 2011
2012 tickets are now on sale! Early Bird Discount order form.
Or purchase online now!
Here are just a few of the bands invited for 2012:
101st Army Dixieland Band, Brady McKay & the Neurotypicals, High Sierra, Night Blooming Jazzmen, Original Wildcat Jass Band, the Reynolds Brothers, Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, Tom Rigney & Flambeau, Uptown Lowdown, and guest artist Bob Draga. (Schedule subject to change. Many more bands to be announced soon.)

Festival News:
AUGUST 2011

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: "New Name to Reflect Evolution of Sacramento's Jazz Festival"

For years we've been offering more than just traditional jazz; now it's time for the festival name to reflect that fact. Read the official press release from August 23, 2011.

Our 2012 Emperor is longtime participant and year-round STJS volunteer Bob Ringwald. Yes, he IS Molly Ringwald's dad, but he is also a fabulous pianist and vocalist, and band leader for the Fulton Street Jazz Band (the only band to have played at every single Sac. Jazz Jubilee since it began in 1974).

STJS Members: List your favorite bands & musicians in the Sept./Oct. polling of "Top 10 Festival Favorites." Fill out the online form.

 

 

2011 SAC. JAZZ FESTIVAL & JUBILEE

Festival News:
MAY 2011
Click here to read the May SacJazz-E-News. The schedule is posted, and pop-up boxes have been added to bands on the Artists page so you can see their photo and link to their website. The printed program is in and looks fantastic! Program pre-orders are going out now.

Festival News:
APRIL 2011
Click here to read the April SacJazz-E-News. We've added a saxophonist to Vince Bartels' Swing Quintet; it's Pete Christlieb of Steely Dan fame. Also, the outstanding NY cornetist Jon-Erik Kellso is joining Banu Gibson & New Orleans Hot Jazz. Hey! Check out the great bands we've lined up for Party Nights at Firehouse Lot, Freeway Gardens, and Turntable Junction!

Festival News:
FEBRUARY 2011
Jubilee BOOSTERS: Thank you so much! Your support is greatly appreciated every year, and to show our appreciation, we'd like to print your name in the Festival program. So, be sure to sign-up by March 1st!

 

Festival News:
NOVEMBER 2010
May 27-30, 2011 are the dates for next year's festival already in the works. Tom Rigney is our 2011 Emperor, and we've also invited:

Special Guests:
Bob Draga, Ed Polcer, Bob Schulz,
Bria Skonberg, Jim Fryer

Featured Artists:
Banu Gibson & New Orleans Hot Jazz
(Banu with Bill Allred, Jon-Erik Kellso, Dan Block, David Boeddinghaus, Kerry Lewis, Kevin Dorn)
Black Dogs (Tom Hook, Davy Jones, Jim Buchmann, Pat Gullotta, Bob Leary, Dave Gannett, Ed Metz)
Carl Sonny Leyland (appearing with his trio)
Matt Perrine (appearing with Tin Men)
Lisa Haley & the Zydekats (Grammy-nominee)
Vince Bartels' Swing Quintet (with Johnny Varro, John Allred, Pete Christlieb, and Jennifer Leitham)

See the Artists page for the full lineup.

 

Pre-Festival Events

FREE concert: Bring lawn chairs and a picnic! "2011 Jazz in the Park" proudly presents Miss Margie & the Hot Five at Cabrillo Park on Sun., May 15, 6:00–8:00pm. Co-sponsored by The City of Sacramento and STJS (Sac. Trad. Jazz Soc.). Miss Margie is one of the classic jazz & swing bands you'll see at the festival this year. Cabrillo Park is located at 1648 65th Ave., Sac. Let's get this party started!

 

 

Sacramento Jazz Festival Volunteers— nearly 2,000 of them organized months in advance — are the folks who have made the first three decades of our jazz festival possible. Our hardworking and dedicated managers and volunteers deserve a big chunk of the credit. Volunteers construct and manage the sites, provide cleaning and maintenance, electricity; they arrange housing and transportation for musicians, facilitate communications, staff the badge sales locations, conduct demographic and marketing studies, supervise the sound crew and shuttle bus services, and handle the myriad of other duties and details a successful festival requires. (Yes, even the bartenders are volunteers. And no, we are not looking for additional volunteers in that category. We've got some gems already set.) Volunteers wear distinctive shirts and badges at each festival. If you have a question or a problem, ask one of them. You'll find them to be knowledgeable, friendly, and willing to go out of their way to be sure you have a good time.

Big thanks to all of our sponsors for the 2011 Festival! Website is funded in part by the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission (SMAC)

The Festival recommends these Old Sac establishments: The Firehouse, Golden Eagle Rm., Round Table Pizza, Ten 22, Courtyard D'Oro, Crescent Club, Laughs Unlmtd., Evangeline's, Stage Nine.