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Mile High Jazz Band presents "Jazz! Carson City"
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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. |
-- David Bugli, 9/13/09 Photos from the "Jazz! Carson City" 2009 Music Festival are on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=309135&id=270907245692.
Jazz! Carson City - Music FestivalClick HERE for SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (PDF format). Click HERE for MAP of performance locations. (Pick a location and zoom in.) WHEN: Main Events - August 21-23, 2009
WHAT: The summer sizzles! Mile High Jazz Band Assoc., local businesses, and jazz lovers proudly continue the annual August jazz festival started in 2004. WHERE: Multiple Venues! Outstanding regional jazz artists will play for you at Third Street, the Farmers Market, Comma Courtyard, Laxalt Plaza, State Museum, Railroad Museum, Firkin & Fox, Comma Coffee, Doppelgangers, B'Sghetti's, Greenhouse Garden Center, the Brewery Arts Center, the Legislative Plaza, and more. WHO: More than 100 musicians in about 20 bands! Performers include Sol Jibe (8/21), Reno Jazz Orchestra with Cami Thompson (8/23), New World Jazz Project, Colin Ross, Ken Davidson Trio, Jazz Guys, Two Plus quintet, George Hanepen Trio, Me & Bobby McGee, GC Quartet, Hot Two+One, Mile High Jazz Band, Jazz Steps, First Take (jam sessions with Rick Metz), Millennium Bugs, and many more! COST: Did we say FREE? HOW: How can we present such an exciting festival in this stressed economy? By harnessing the energy and resources of our great community! Sponsors include For the Love of Jazz, Nevada Arts Council, Carson City, Nevada State Museum, Lake Tahoe Media Group, Reno Philharmonic Discover Music Program, and private donors. You can help, too! Click here if you want to see about being a sponsor. INFO: To learn more, volunteer, or be a sponsor for Jazz! Carson City, call 775-883-4154.
To see an interactive map of event locations, click on the link below the Google map. This program has been funded, in part, by the Nevada Arts Council, a state agency,
and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and the Recovery Act.
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Last updated 9/13/2009