| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Jazz Session with The Joe Mazzaferro Quintet at Naked Lounge - Downtown March 5-December 24, 2012 Joe Mazzaferro is a musician, educator, composer, and arranger based in Sacramento. He has performed with Christian McBride, Wycliffe Gordon, Bobby Watson, Jimmy Heath, Jim Snidero, the Capital Jazz Project, and the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra. He has also taught in the Manteca, Stockton, Elk Grove, and Dixon Unified School Districts as well as Sacramento State, the University of the Pacific, and San Joaquin-Delta College.
Also performing:
-Joe Berry 5 year... | | 03/05/12- 12/24/12 | Sacramento |
Jazz Sunday: Tom Rigney & FlambeauPresented by Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society at Dante Club December 9, 2012 Live music is something to celebrate! The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society's monthly 2nd Sunday gatherings are great parties: they hire a special guest artist or well-known band (the guest artist for December is Tom Rigney & Flambeau, a cajun/zydeco/American roots band from Berkeley, CA) to entertain guests as they gather to socialize, dance, or just hang out and listen to some great live music. There's a full-service bar and friendly... | Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society | 12/09/12 | Sacramento |
Jazz Sunday: Lena SeikalyPresented by Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society at Dante Club November 11, 2012 Live music is something to celebrate! The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society's monthly 2nd Sunday gatherings are great parties: they hire a special guest artist or well-known band (the guest artist for November is Lena Seikaly, a vocalist from Washington, D.C.) to entertain guests as they gather to socialize, dance, or just hang out and listen to some great live music. There's a full-service bar and friendly servers.
You'll find three rooms playing live music... | Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society | 11/11/12 | Sacramento |
Jazz Sunday: Marilyn KellerPresented by Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society at Dante Club October 14, 2012 Live music is something to celebrate! The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society's monthly 2nd Sunday gatherings are great parties: they hire a special guest artist or well-known band (the guest artist for October is Marilyn Keller, a vocalist from Portland, Oregon) to entertain guests as they gather to socialize, dance, or just hang out and listen to some great live music. There's a full-service bar and friendly servers.
You'll find three rooms playing live music... | Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society | 10/14/12 | Sacramento |
Jazz Sunday: Bob HavensPresented by Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society at Dante Club September 9, 2012 Live music is something to celebrate! The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society's monthly 2nd Sunday gatherings are great parties: they hire a special guest artist or well-known band (the guest artist for September is Bob Havens, a trombone player from Quincy, Illinois) to entertain guests as they gather to socialize, dance, or just hang out and listen to some great live music. There's a full-service bar and friendly servers.
You'll find three rooms playing live music... | Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society | 09/09/12 | Sacramento |
Labor Day Weekend at Carvalho Family WineryPresented by Carvalho Winery and Old Sugar Mill at Old Sugar Mill September 1-September 3, 2012 Come spend the day at our winery. Play winemaker for a day and bottle your own wine. Enjoy a glass of wine, BBQ tri tip, and live music on our Crush Pad. Music performed by DeWald/Taylor Jazztet and Ray Iaea. | Carvalho Winery | 09/01/12- 09/03/12 | Clarksburg |
Hot Lunch Concert SeriesPresented by HOT ITALIAN and Jerry Perry at Fremont Park May 31-August 30, 2012 Friends of Fremont Park in Midtown have teamed up with Hot Italian again to present the Hot Lunch Concert Series, every Thursday for fourteen weeks. The free music is booked by promoter Jerry Perry and features professional, local talent and--new this year--local mobile food vendors including Wicked Wich and Mama Kim's.
Call ahead at the number below and order any pizza or grab a Hot Lunch for $10 (a panini or insalata + a drink, tax included).
Area office workers, parents with... | HOT ITALIAN | 05/31/12- 08/30/12 | Sacramento |
Jazz Sunday: Jazz Camp InstructorsPresented by Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society at Dante Club August 12, 2012 Live music is something to celebrate! The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society's monthly 2nd Sunday gatherings are great parties: they hire a special guest artist or well-known band to entertain guests as they gather to socialize, dance, or just hang out and listen to some great live music. The guest artists for August are four instructors from STJS's Jazz Camp: Bria Skonberk, trumpet/vocals, from New York, NY; Terry Myers, reeds, from Orlando, FL; Greg Varlotta, trumpet,... | Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society | 08/12/12 | Sacramento |
Jazz Sunday: Parade of BandsPresented by Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society at Dante Club July 8, 2012 Live music is something to celebrate! The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society's monthly 2nd Sunday gatherings are great parties: they hire a special guest artist or well-known band (the guest artists for July are 15 local bands!) to entertain guests as they gather to socialize, dance, or just hang out and listen to some great live music. There's a full-service bar and friendly servers.
You'll find three rooms playing live music simultaneously! Guest musicians play on... | Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society | 07/08/12 | Sacramento |
The Red Carpet Ladies Night Out EventPresented by Poetry from the Heart at Guild Theater June 30, 2012 T-Mo Entertainment presents The Red Carpet Ladies Night Out Event featuring live music, comedy, poetry, and celebrity guests.
Performances by Red Cup League (Artist Collective Music Team), professional saxophone player Ralph Gordon, and others! | Poetry from the Heart | 06/30/12 | Sacramento |
| Summer Concert Series | Effie Yeaw Nature Center | 06/22/12 | Carmichael |
At The Ballet III: Can't Touch This!Presented by Found Space Theatre Productions at Sacramento Ballet Studios June 1-June 17, 2012 Back by popular demand! Found Space Theatre Productions' At The Ballet series continues! Support the Sacramento Ballet and experience what Sacramento Press calls, "a flawless and fabulous show!".
Join this year as Found Space explores jazz, rock, pop, and much more. This show promises to be fun for the whole family and will include a drawing with posters, t-shirts, and more. | Found Space Theatre Productions | 06/01/12- 06/17/12 | Sacramento |
Sacramento Juneteenth FestivalPresented by Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau at William Land Park June 15-June 16, 2012 Since Summer 2001, Sacramento's Juneteenth Festival has celebrated and educated the community about one of America's most important acts of legislation: The Emancipation Proclamation. Signed into law in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all those enslaved were now free.
Sacramento's Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom Weekend is produced by the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau under the direction of Gary Simon, Director of Multicultural... | Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau | 06/15/12- 06/16/12 | Sacramento |
Jazz Sunday: Bob SchulzPresented by Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society at Dante Club June 10, 2012 Live music is something to celebrate! The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society's monthly 2nd Sunday gatherings are great parties: they hire a special guest artist or well-known band (the guest artist for June is Bob Schulz, a cornet player from San Francisco, CA) to entertain guests as they gather to socialize, dance, or just hang out and listen to some great live music. There's a full-service bar and friendly servers.
You'll find three rooms playing live music... | Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society | 06/10/12 | Sacramento |
Roots and Branches by Emmy Award-Winning artist, James GaylesPresented by Evolve the Gallery at Evolve the Gallery May 12-June 9, 2012 Roots and Branches is a tribute to the lineage of blues and jazz and those who carry on its influences by Emmy Award-Winning artist, James Gayles who studied under renowned painters Jacob Lawrence and Audrey Flack. | Evolve the Gallery | 05/12/12- 06/09/12 | Sacramento |
Art of Survival: Reading/Booksigning, Art Exhibit, & Jazz ConcertPresented by International Association for Women of Color Day at Arcade Library June 9, 2012 Reading/Booksigning by Suzanne Brooks from her book, The Constructive Extermination of Women of Color: Consequences of Perpetual Socio-Economic Marginalization; Art Exhibit by cover artist, Miriam 'Kiki' Estrada; and music by Suzanne Brooks/The Jazz Generation. | International Association for Women of Color Day | 06/09/12 | Sacramento |
All Ages Jam with MylarPresented by Mylar Productions June 9, 2012 Fun for the whole family. Legendary singer/songwriter William Mylar hosts his popular Jam With Mylar show which features live, unrehearsed music with pros and up and coming rock stars. Performers as young as 4 years old have performed with Mylar on stage. Sing a longs encouraged! | Mylar Productions | 06/09/12 | Sacramento |