[Dixielandjazz] News, Sacramento Jazz Jubilee may 23-26

[Robert S. Ringwald]

35th annual
SACRAMENTO JAZZ JUBILEE
May 23-26, 2008 - Memorial Day Weekend

Give your blues the weekend off!

Time for PARTY GRAS!  Four days when you:
don't worry, be happy; celebrate friends,
family, music; and let the good times roll!
("Laissez les bons temps rouler!")

SOUNDS LIKE FUN! ®  . . . UP & DOWN K STREET MALL

New Orleans trumpeter Kermit Ruffins & his Barbecue Swingers
headline the 35th annual Sacramento Jazz Jubilee. This year,
over 100 bands will perform at 32 venues spanning from Old Sac.,
down along K Street Mall, to the Sacramento Convention Center
and nearby hotels (Sheraton, Hyatt, Holiday Inn).

LINKS:
Bands and schedules:
http://www.sacjazz.com/?page=performers

Pre-Jubilee events:
http://www.sacjazz.com/?page=PreEvents

Video samples:
http://www.sacjazz.org/jubileevideos.html

Download a PDF file of the Jubilee Map:
http://www.sacjazz.com/pics/pSacJazz_map[1].pdf

WHAT'S IN STORE FOR 2008:
HOT NEW VENUES
The Crest Theatre is back! New venues on K Street: Hard Rock
Café, Marilyn's on K, Pyramid Ale House, St. Rose of Lima Park.

FOREIGN BAND FAVORITES
AUSTRALIA: Creole Bells. HUNGARY: Bohém Ragtime JB.
SWEDEN: Jazzin' Jacks. CANADA: Climax JB, Mighty Aphrodite,
New Orleans Ale Stars, and La Candela (Brazilian style).

BLUES UNLIMITED at LAUGHS UNLIMITED
Laughs Unlimited in Old Sac. will feature "all Blues, all weekend."

FREE RIDES on SAC. RAPID TRANSIT
Free Light Rail, Trolley, and Shuttle Bus with Jubilee badge!

Park at one of Sac. Regional Transit's 18 free park-n-ride lots,
and take the train to downtown Sacramento. Most venues are within
walking distance.

RT info:
http://www.sacrt.com/jazz.stm

FREE ADMISSION to OLD SAC. MUSEUMS
With a Jubilee badge, you are free to visit: the CA State Railroad
Museum, the CA State Military Museum, the Discovery Museum?s
Gold Rush History Center, the Old Sacramento Schoolhouse, and
the Wells Fargo History Museum.

SEVERAL BOX OFFICE LOCATIONS
Purchase badges from the STJS Office or one of these locations:
beginning Monday, May 19th, 9am - 7pm at 2nd & K St. (trailer);
and beginning Friday, May 23rd, 9am - 9pm: trailers at Front & L St.
and 7th and K St.;  the Convention Center Box Office (13th & J);
or inside the lobby of the Holiday Inn (3rd & J St.)

Visit the Jubilee website:
http://www.sacjazz.com

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