Sacramento Jazz Festival and Jubilee

Photo of family at the Sacramento Jazz Festival

What is the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee?

Every Memorial Day Weekend since 1974, Old Sacramento and other downtown venues have drawn a horde of jazz fans to the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, the top jazz festival in the West. Sponsored by the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society, the event features a lineup that this year includes about 60 bands from all over the USA and Canada.

For all music lovers

From all over the stylistic map: (Click here to view list of performing artists)

Traditional Jazz
Condon-style Classic Jazz and Swing
Rockin' Blues
Jazzy Blues
New Orleans funk (street beat)
Western Swing

Ragtime
Salsa
Zydeco
Gospel
Barbershop
and other jazz-influenced music...

Mardi Gras beads of all sizes on one adorable family The event kicks off with crowds lining the street for a colorful parade on Friday morning, then sparkles with Mardi Gras beads all day long as it runs throughout the weekend and into Monday, propelled by a number of unique shows along the way: a headline act, children's concerts; a Sunday morning gospel "Celebration of Faith"; almost a dozen youth groups; and a "Swing Dance Extravaganza" featuring hundreds of top swing dancers in competition.

Free shuttles transport concertgoers between the event's 24 venues located throughout Old Sacramento, Midtown, and the Convention Center.
Click here for more travel info.

Those with festival badges get free entry into all five history museums in Old Sac:
•    California State Railroad Museum - 125 I Street - (916) 445-6645
•    California State Military Museum - 1119 Second Street - (916) 442-2883
•    Sacramento History Museum - 101 I Street - (916) 264-7057
•    Schoolhouse Museum - 1200 Front Street - (916) 483-8818
•    Old Sacramento Wells Fargo History Museum - 1000 2nd Street - (916) 440-4263