Features

 

Jazz & Beyond Homepage

 

Festival details page

 

Festival schedule and links

Festival schedule
(printable PDF, up-to-date)

 

Garden Party at the Governor's Mansion - Aug. 2

 

Piano Summit - Aug. 4

 

History of Rock n' Roll - Aug. 6

 

Speakeasy Dance - Aug. 9

 

Festival sponsors

 

View Jazz & Beyond 2013 Performance Locations
in a larger map

Jazz & Beyond

 

MHJB Homepage

 

Link to 2012's
"Jazz & Beyond" Festival Details

Link to 2011's
"Jazz! Carson City" Festival Details

The Mile High Jazz Band Association formed in 2001 as a nonprofit corporation to support the MHJB and its subgroup, the Millennium Bugs (jazz combo), promote live jazz performance in northern Nevada, educate the public about jazz, and enrich the cultural life of the community. Member benefits include mailings, discounts on admissions, and invitations to special events, plus the satisfaction of helping big-band jazz to thrive!

To book the Mile High Jazz Band (big band) or Millennium Bugs (jazz combo), call 775-883-4154.

The 2013 "Jazz & Beyond - Carson City Music Festival" will kick off with a "Garden Party - Gatsby Style," a ticketed event at the Governor's Mansion on Friday, August 2, 2013, 5:30 p.m. The event features music by Cami Thompson and Friends, finger foods, wine, beer, classic cars, and a raffle. Tickets are $35 in advance, $40 at the door. Tickets are available online at JazzCarsonCity.com, at Play Your Own Music in the Carson Mall, and at the Purple Avocado, 904 N. Curry Street in Carson City.

Garden Party at the Mansion, presented by the Mile High Jazz Band Association in partnership with Carson City, is the first of more than 60 performances and special events planned for the music festival, August 2 to 18, 2013. Most events are free. Festival sponsors include For the Love of Jazz (FTLOJ), Nevada Arts Council, Nevada Commission on Tourism, Carson City Convention & Visitors Bureau, Brewery Arts Center, Carson City Downtown Business Association, Carson City Historical Society, Speakeasy Ales & Lagers, Tahoe Ridge Winery, Lake Tahoe Media Group, and private donors.

• Time - event runs from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
• Live music with captivating jazz vocalist Cami Thompson and her band.
• Gatsby Style - enjoy a touch of 1920s elegance.
• Finger food
• Wine and beer.
• Classic Cars.
• Unusual raffle prizes - from the elegant to the sublime.

Cami Thompson - singer, band leader, arranger, songwriter, teacher - has gained a world-wide reputation for wowing audiences with her 4-octave voice of great beauty, control and passion, her zany wit, blazing scat solos, and her humorous interaction with her audiences. Combining elements from her training and background in jazz, pop, musical theater and classical music, she moves through whispering to belting out her vast repertoire with robust honesty and exciting vibrancy. Her style has been called "a delightful mix of Ella Fitzgerald and Bette Midler", and she is often compared to voices like Cleo Laine, Natalie Cole, Barbra Streisand, Barbara Cook and Sarah Vaughan. But Cami is an original, gathering fans throughout 35 years of performing across the US, Europe and Asia, in nightclubs, concerts, festivals and theaters with her unique charm and rich talents.

Visit Cami's website at http://www.camithompson.com.

Cami will be accompanied by Peter Supersano on piano and other fine musicians.

Tickets are available online at ActivityTicket.com, where you can use a credit or debit card. Just click on the "BUY NOW" button above. Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the gate. You may also call 775-883-4154 for tickets or obtain them at The Purple Avocado at 904 N. Curry St. and Play Your Own Music in the Carson Mall, (cash or check only).
Use the "Buy Now" button to order your tickets at ActivityTickets.com.