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35th annual Sacramento Jazz JubileeMay 23-26, 2008The Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, now in its 35th year, is the biggest and baddest Jazz festival in the Western United States. Its 30 concert venues stretch from Sacramento's cosmopolitan Convention Center, with its luxury hotels, to quaint Old Sacramento's boardwalks and cobblestones. About 100 performing groups, in more than a dozen Jazz genres, come to Sacramento each Memorial Day Weekend to entertain our 70,000 visitors -- about 900 separate performances over the weekend.

In 2008, the Jubilee builds an exciting connection between venues at the Convention Center and those in Old Sacramento -- five new venues along the K Street Mall, including the Hard Rock Cafe, the Pizza Tent at St. Rose of Lima Park, the Crest Theater, the Pyramid Ale House, Marilyn's on K Street -- 2440 seats in all. And there will be a free venue near the Convention Center where you can hear Next Generation bands.
The Sacramento Jazz Jubilee is the production of a small paid staff and about 2,800 volunteers. Festival volunteers sell tickets, provide office and technical support, paint signs, manage band selection and contracting, set up sites and make sure there are enough chairs, develop a performance schedule, perform media relations and write the festival program, tend bars, drive band shuttles, perform accounting and myriad other tasks, including, of course, take-down and cleanup. Volunteers are always needed and welcome. To become a Jubilee volunteer, see www.sacjazz.com or call (916) 372-5277 for more information.

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SACRAMENTO JAZZ JUBILEE RETURNS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!New Orleans jazz-funk artist Kermit Ruffins an his Barbecue Swingers will headline the 35th Annual Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, Memorial Day weekend, M...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 16:01:00 GMT

Catch the blues at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee!

The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society is delighted to form an alliance with our blues friends for the 2008 Sacramento Jazz Jubilee during Memorial Day weekend, May 23-26, 2008.Together with the Sacr...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:42:00 GMT

PRE-JUBILEE EVENTS!

The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society invites all music lovers to come enjoy free and low cost pre-Jubilee music events currently taking place throughout the Sacramento area. Venture out in the beau...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:35:00 GMT

Jazz and Winea fine pairing!

Amador Vintners 2008 Wine & Jazz JubileeNine extraordinary bands, four fabulous genres, nine world-class wineries and one fabulous spring day! Join us in Amador for the official "Jubilee Week" kick-of...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:31:00 GMT

Tonite’s City Council MeetingJazz concentrates on downtown, and blues!

The Sacramento Jazz Jubilee will concentrate its performances in downtown Sacramento and expand its musical offering to include 15 blues bands in 2008.Gene Berthelsen, Executive Director of the Jubile...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:28:00 GMT

Singles Unite at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee!

Looking to link up for a bit of fancy footwork? The Sacramento Jazz Jubilee presents "Singles Unite"two evenings full of exciting live music, perfect for shaking your bootie!Dancers from Arthur Murra...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:27:00 GMT

TRAD JAZZ - High Sierra video on YouTube.com!

Here’s something from the High Sierra Jazz Band at one of our monthly Jazz Sundays. HSJB is a very popular trad. band at the Jubilee."Emperor Norton’s Hunch" (6:03)http://www.youtube.com/w...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:07:00 GMT

BANJOS & HUMOR - Eddie Erickson & Bill Dendle on banjos (and humor)

High-speed banjo work and a bit of humor:Eddie Erickson (right) & Bill Dendle (left)"Waiting for the Sunrise" (4:59)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tU66NAvKqILimerick & slapstick humor by Bill & Eddie...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:13:00 GMT

MAINSTREAM - YouTube videos of featured musicians for 2008

Eddie Higgins, piano - "America the Beautiful" (2:50)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfPw1Y-xKpAHarry Allen, sax - "Here Is That Rainy Day" (4:58)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xtMQYmwaVUJohn Allred, ...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:56:00 GMT

SWING - YouTube video at the Swing Dance Emporium 2007

"Bei Mir Bist du Schoen" by Migrant Jazz Workers (6:50)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nmo-DdLI74"Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby"Rebecca Kilgore singing with Migrant Jazz Workers (5:38)http:/...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:45:00 GMT