Sacramento Jazz Festival

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").

Big thanks to all of our sponsors for the 2010 Sacramento Jazz Fest.
& Jubilee!