COMING EVENTS

Last updated January 23, 2012

The Friends of Jazz monthly Dance party/Concert series continues at the Danville Grange Hall. We will continue through 2012, if attendance warrants. Check below for exact dates. The hall is at 743 Diablo Road, .7 miles east of I-680, has a large wooden dance floor, and plenty of FREE parking. Please BRING YOUR OWN REFRESHMENTS, SNACKS.

Please keep in touch with us by email or check this site often, so you'll get the latest news. Thanks for your 24 years of support of FOJ! For more information please call 510-655-6728.

If you would like an e-mail alert when a significant schedule change is posted, or Friends of Jazz alert, please contact me at: kenkeeler[at]jazznut.com  or 925-625-2707.

           

DEVIL MOUNTAIN JB - Public Schedule for 2012

(click on the links) to event website

JAN 28      SAT 2-5 PM      Friends of Jazz Concert/Dance, Danville, CA - details above     510-655-6728 

            NOTE: FOJ is on the fourth Saturday in January. We will celebrate Dick Lawson’s 90th Birthday!

FEB 10-12   FRI-SUN          FRESNO MARDIGRAS FESTIVAL

                             Mardigras ticket and SPONSORHIP info:  festival schedule

FEB 14      TUE 7-9 PM      Concert at Summerset, Brentwood, CA          info: 925-240-9728

FEB 18      SAT 2-5 PM      Friends of Jazz Concert/Dance, Danville, CA - details above     510-655-6728   

MAR 11      SUN  1-5 PM     GUEST BAND, Napa Valley TJS

MAR 17      SAT 2-5 PM      Friends of Jazz Concert/Dance, Danville, CA - details above     510-655-6728

MAR 25      SUN 1-5 PM      GUEST BAND, South Bay TJS, Sunnyvale Elks

APR 21      SAT 2-5 PM      Friends of Jazz Concert/Dance, Danville, CA - details above     510-655-6728 

MAY 5-6     SAT-SUN         Guest Band, Trad Jazz Society of Oregon, Eugene

MAY 12      SAT 2-5 PM      Friends of Jazz Concert/Dance, Danville, CA - details above     510-655-6728

               NOTE: FOJ is on the Second Saturday in May

JUN  16     SAT 2-5 PM      Friends of Jazz Concert/Dance, Danville, CA - details above     510-655-6728 

JUL   1     SAT 1-5 PM      GUEST BAND, San Joaquin DJS, Stockton Elks 

JULY 14     SAT 11-6 PM     CLINE WINE & DIXIELAND JAZZ FESTIVAL, Sonoma, CA

JULY 15     SUN 1-6 PM      Friends of Jazz TWO BAND SPECIAL, Danville, CA – DMJB & Mission Gold JB  925-625-2707 

JULY 25     WED 730-10      GUEST BAND, Concert at Rossmoor, Walnut Creek

AUG 5       SUN 1-5 PM      GUEST BAND, TRADJASS, Santa Rosa, CA

AUG 18      SAT 2-5 PM      Friends of Jazz Concert/Dance, Danville, CA - details above     510-655-6728   

AUG 19      SUN 1-5 PM      GUEST BAND, MODESTO DJS 

DMJB musicians perform  with other area bands/solo:

JELLY ROLL JAZZ BAND (sometimes with Pete Main, Glenn Calkins, Ken Keeler, Virginia Tichenor)

    Fridays, 7-10 PM, at the Champa Restaurant (formerly Punjab Pizza) in El Sobrante.

MAR 4   1-5 PM  GUEST BAND, TRADJASS, Santa Rosa, CA

APR 15  1-5 PM  GUEST BAND, NOJCNC, El Sobrante

For details/schedule of JRJB engagements, email Jim Obriant at jobriant@garlic.com, or call Ted Shafer 707-422-1224

 

Marty Eggers and Virginia Tichenor appear monthly at Pier 23 in SF,

    and at the Belrose Theater in San Rafael, 1415 5th Avenue;  Second Wednesdays, 5:30 - 8 PM.

For the complete schedule for Virginia Tichenor and Marty Eggers, email Marty at marty.eggers@gmail.com or call 510-655-6728

Pete Main appears with CELL BLOCK SEVEN JB and San Francisco Feetwarmers. 

Click that link for band info and schedule.

Ken Keeler and Pete Main play with Tom Barnebey's BEYOND SALVATION band:

A five piece group playing clever arrangements of vintage tunes on about 15 different instruments!:

MAR 18  1-5 PM      GUEST BAND, NOJCNC, Champa’s, El Sobrante

JUNE 27 730-10 PM   Concert at ROSSMOOR, Walnut Creek

Check this page for future information and schedule.

 

Ken Brock leads the Jambalaya Jazztet/Swingband:

JAMBALAYA SWING BAND @ Sunol Jazz Cafe, Main St., Sunol;  First and Third Tuesdays, 7 -9 PM

Cline Wine & Jazz Festival, July 14, 2012  Big Swing Band (~15 piece)

The small jazz band  plays the usual assortment of Concord, Pleasant Hill, San Ramon, Brentwood,

and Alameda Art/Wine Festivals. The dates are to be determined.

For more info, contact Ken B. at 925-672-0331 or email kbrockley[at]comcast.net

 

Noel Weidkamp plays with Brazzissimo.

 

 

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For Devil Mountain JB information: Call (925) 625-2707.

or send e-mail to: kenkeeler[at]jazznut.com  (replace [at] with @ in your mailer)

The New Orleans Jazz Club of Northern California meets on the third Sunday each month and features guest bands from around the region. Why not make a weekend of jazz in the San Francisco area? call 415-398-NOJC. For more San Francisco Bay area jazz society and band information, please see JazzDance - San Francisco

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