Cline Wine & Jazz Festival 2012

The Sixteenth annual Cline Wine & Dixieland Jazz Festival will be held on

Saturday, July 14, 2012, from 11 AM to 630 PM.

at Cline Cellars, 24737 Hwy 121, Sonoma, CA.

That's four miles north of the Sears Point Raceway.

Invited Bands:

Black Diamond Blue Five, Devil Mountain Jazz Band, Fog City Stompers,

Golden Gate Rhythm Machine, Jambalaya Big Swing Band,

Natural Gas Jazz Band, Royal Society Jazz Orchestra

Other Entertainers on piano:

Ray Skjelbred, Tom Brier, Bob Hirsch,  Frederick Hodges, Marty Eggers, Virginia Tichenor

 

Admission: $30 advance (before July 11), $35 at the gate. Wine, beer, food available. Or, bring your own picnic.

Call 707-940-4025 for reservations, information.

(After March 1) To buy reservations on line, click this: Jazz Festival - CLINE Cellars

(after June 1, 2012) CLICK HERE FOR BAND FESTIVAL SCHEDULE --- click BACK to return to this page.

Click HERE if you wish to read a short history of the festival

FESTIVAL ENHANCEMENTS:

Shuttle bus to the festival from the Jacuzzi Winery parking lot across the street.

By popular request, we will again feature piano (Ragtime & Blues+) sets on the Tasting Deck,

and a big band swing set will be held in the Barrel Room

LARGE SHADE TENTS at the Mission, and the GREAT LAWN

Reliable food vendors. You're welcome to bring your own picnic

To view the “menu” of our fine vendors, click HERE (2011 menu).

For those wine enthusiasts who like to buy wine at Cline Cellars, your festival badge will entitle you to a 15% discount on bottle or case sales on the festival date.

More music and seating available at the Tasting Room Deck

BACKGROUND:

One of the not-so-well kept secrets in our little world of old-time jazz is this laid-back fine time in the wine country north of San Francisco. The setting and facilities at the Cline Cellars Winery are perfect for a summer afternoon, listening or dancing to many of the San Francisco Bay Area's finest Dixieland/Ragtime/Blues musicians at four unique venues at the winery. Attendance has grown over the first fifteen years to over 1000 jazz and wine enthusiasts. This event is actually a reincarnation of the old Oakley Wine & Jazz Festival, produced by Fred Cline and Ken Keeler from 1985-1990. The winery was then located in Oakley, just down the street from Ken's farm (now a vineyard growing some unique grapes for Cline). Three of this year's bands were involved in the Oakley events. Musically speaking, this is a TRAD Jazz event, whatever that means.

For more information on the musical aspects of this event, contact:

Ken Keeler, Festival Director, tel 925-625-2707,

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