Sacramento Music Festival

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Festival Bands

More music than you can possibly see in 4 days

Where else can you find this much live music, over a four-day period, at this low price? Go for the All-Events badge,
then catch as many bands as you can. The lineup includes many styles of bands from all over the USA.
Come out and play! Early Bird Discount tickets are now on sale for only $90 (until Jan. 31, 2012) and you'll be entered into our prize drawing. Price increases to $110 on Feb. 1st.

Tributes, Dance and Party bands, and more!
Rock  •  Blues  •  New Orleans Jazz  and  Swing  •  Cajun / Zydeco
Mariachi  •  Alternative  •  Rockabilly  •  Bluegrass  •  Western Swing . . .

In 2012, we continue to preserve and honor our jazz tradition while evolving into a more musically inclusive event. The festival has been evolving slowly over the past decade, and the new name reflects that change.

Here are just some of the many invited bands for 2012:

BLUES BANDS and MORE:
Mick Martin & the Blues Rockers, Tom Rigney & Flambeau, Brady McKay & the Neurotypicals,
Dave Bennett & the Memphis Boys (w/ Hal Smith), Lisa Haley & the Zydekats, Johnny "Guitar" Knox Band,
Jimmy Pailer Band, Kyle Rowland Band, Natural Drift Bluegrass Band, "Cash Tribute" featuring James Garner,
Old West Trio, Ellersoul Records Revue, Big Joe & the Dynaflows, Stardust Cowboys, and more to be announced, plus...

FEATURED JAZZ BANDS and GUEST ARTISTS:
Best of Swing Quartet featuring:
        Nicolas Montier (sax, from France), Larry Vuckovich (piano),
        Jennifer Leitham (bass), Vince Bartels (drums).
New Black Eagle Jazz Band
Rebecca Kilgore Trio featuring:
        Becky Kilgore (vocals/guitar), Dan Barrett (cornet/trombone), Rossano Sportiello (piano).
Stephanie Trick Trio featuring:
        Stephanie Trick (piano), Phil Flanigan (bass), Danny Coots (drums).
Guest Artists:
2012 Emperor Bob Ringwald (piano), 2010 Emperor Bob Draga (clarinet), Allan Vaché (clarinet), Russ Phillips (trombone), Jason Wanner (piano), and more..., plus

MORE GREAT BANDS:
101st Army Dixieland Band
Beth Duncan Quintet
Big Mama Sue Quartet
Brady McKay & the Neurotypicals
FreeBadge Serenaders
High Sierra
Kathy Morrow Trio
Night Blooming Jazzmen
Original Wildcat Jass Band
Red Skunk
Reynolds Brothers
Royal Society Jazz Orchestra
Sister Swing
Stompy Jones
Uptown Lowdown
Vivian Lee Quintet

and more to be announced,
including a dozen+ youth trad bands...

 

 

2012 BAND APPLICATION:

Thank you for your interest in the 2012 Sacramento Music Festival.
Deadline to submit an application is October 15 each year.
An online application gets posted on this website from August until October 15.

 

 


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Featured Music

  • Now presenting a full range of
    great music while still
    honoring our jazz tradition:
    BLUES, ROCK, JAZZ, DANCE BANDS
  • Soulful blues and rockin' blues
  • Swing and Western swing
  • Cajun and zydeco
  • Country, rockabilly and bluegrass
  • Latin and Mariachi music
  • New Orleans 2nd-line & street beat
  • Straight-ahead & mainstream jazz
  • Ragtime and early jazz
  • Marching bands
  • Youth bands
  • Banjo performances at the
    CA State Railroad Museum and
    on excursion trains
  • all in addition to Traditional jazz,
    also known as Dixieland or
    classic jazz, inspired by the great Louis Armstrong.

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