Schedule of Events
Bill Gunter Memorial Washboard Concert
We invite you to the Firehouse Lot on Saturday at 1 PM to hear one of the zaniest events of the Sacramento Jazz Fest: the Washboard Concert. It is an event that has stood the test of time with Jubilee audiences for several decades.
Washboardist Bill Gunter was a man of wit and charm who made Sacramento's musical world a lot more fun over a period of about 40 years. Gunter was a man of considerable musical talent who nevertheless clung to his washboard because, he said, it was played close to the heart. It was Gunter who first proposed (and for many years emceed) the washboard concert.
Now, washboardist supreme Mike Johnson will host the annual concert at 1 PM on Saturday at the Firehouse Lot in Old Sacramento. Several dozen (may we refer to them loosely as) "musicians" will take to the stage accoutered with washboard and various accessories with which to make joyful noise.
The Washboard Concert will be backed by a confederation of rhythm players (slogan: "earplugs optional").
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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