Sponsored by the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society, this year's lineup includes bands from all over the USA and Canada, and from all over the stylistic map. Where else can you find this much live music, over a four-day period, at such a low price? Go for the All-Events badge, and then catch as many bands as you can! Lots of new faces this year...
First-time appearances by:
Arbors "Statesmen of Jazz"
Louis Ford & His New Orleans Jazz Flairs
Ray Obiedo & Mambo Caribe
Loose Marbles • Little Charlie Caravan
Quebe Sisters • RedSkunk Jipzee Swing
La Descarga! • Mark St. Mary
Delta Wires • Rhythm Vandals
Joe Getty & the Dead Flowers
Miss Margie & the Hot Five
2010 Festival Emperor
Bob Draga – clarinet
Largo, Florida
Tom Hook – piano/vocals
New Orleans, Louisiana
Bria Skonberg – trumpet/vocals
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada

101st Army Dixieland Band
Ragtime, traditional jazz, swing
Aurora, Colorado

Arbors "Statesmen of Jazz"
Featuring jazz legend Bob Wilber and
his protegé Antti Sarpila,
with Pieter Meijers, John Cocuzzi,
John Sheridan, Nicki Parrott, Jeff Hamilton
Sidney Bechet style / Benny Goodman style
From England, Finland, the Netherlands,
USA
Banjo Buddies
Traditional jazz
California
BED (Becky, Eddie & Dan)
Rebecca Kilgore, E. Erickson, D. Barrett, Dave Stone
Swing
Portland, OR
Beth Duncan Quintet
Mainstream
Sacramento, California
Big Mama Sue Trio
Novelty / traditional jazz
Santa Cruz, California

Bill Allred's Classic Jazz Band
(celebrating their 20th year)
Classic jazz & swing
Orlando, Florida
Bill & Eddie
Novelty / traditional jazz
Sacramento, California

Billy Mata & the Texas Tradition
Western swing
Lytle, Texas

Blue Street Jazz Band
Swing & traditional jazz
Fresno, California

Bob Schulz Frisco Jazz Band
Bob Scobey Chicago & NY style
San Francisco, California
California Repercussions
Street marching band
San Francisco, California

Capital Jazz Project
Mainstream
Sacramento, California
SUNDAY ONLY
Capital Pops Concert Band
Diverse, high-quality music
Northern California
MONDAY ONLY
Catfish & the Crawdaddies
Blues
Sacramento, California
Catsnjammer Jazz Band
Traditional jazz
Sacramento, California
Climax Jazz Band
Traditional jazz
Toronto, Ontario CANADA

Cornet Chop Suey
Swing &traditional jazz
St. Louis, Missouri
Delta Wires
Hot-wired harmonica & horns blues
San Francisco, California
SUNDAY ONLY
Dr. Bach & the Jazz Practitioners
Traditional jazz & swing
Sacramento, California
Fulton Street Jazz Band
Swing & traditional jazz
Sacramento, California
Gator Beat
Zydeco
Sonoma, California
Gramercy Six
Traditional Jazz & swing
Sacramento, California

Hal Smith's Hayriders
Rockabilly
La Jolla, California

High Sierra Jazz Band
Traditional jazz
Three Rivers, California
Igor's Jazz Cowboys
Western swing
Tempe, Arizona
Jim Martinez Quartet
Mainstream jazz
Sacramento, California
Joe Getty & the Dead Flowers
Rock / Americana / Alternative
Sacramento, California
SATURDAY ONLY

La Descarga!
Latin jazz
Sacramento, California

Little Charlie Caravan
Django style / Gypsy jazz
Davis, California
SUNDAY ONLY
Loose Marbles
Swing & traditional jazz (street band)
New Orleans, Louisiana

Louis Ford & His New Orleans Jazz Flairs
Traditional jazz
New Orleans, Louisiana
Mariachi Los Gallos
Latin jazz / Mariachi
Sacramento, California
Mark St. Mary
Traditional Louisiana zydeco & blues band
Sacramento, California
Mick Martin & the Blues Rockers
Blues
Sacramento, California
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Vince Bartels' All-Stars (aka MJW)
Featuring Jon-Erik Kellso, Allan Vaché,
Russ Phillips, Johnny Varro, Steve Homan,
Richard Simon, Vince Bartels
Swing & Eddie Condon-style Jazz
From all across the USA
Miss Margie & the Hot Five
Swing
Sacramento, California

Molly Ringwald Quintet
Mainstream
Los Angeles, California
SATURDAY ONLY
Nagual
Latin jazz
Sacramento, California
SATURDAY ONLY
Natural Gas Jazz Band
Traditional jazz
San Francisco, California

New Lowdown
Swing & traditional jazz
Sacramento, California

New Orleans Ale Stars
Traditional Jazz & Swing
Vancouver, Canada
Night Blooming Jazzmen
Traditional Jazz
Claremont, California
Ophir Prison Marching Kazoo Band & Temperance Society, LMTD!
Novelty Marching Band
Northern California
The Professors
Traditional Jazz & Swing
Sacramento, California

Quebe Sisters Band
Western Swing
Texas
Ray Obiedo & Mambo Caribe
Caribbean, Brasilian, Afro/Funk, Latin jazz
San Francisco, California
SUNDAY ONLY

RedSkunk Jipzee Swing
Django-style gypsy jazz
Morro Bay, California
Reynolds Brothers Quartet
Traditional jazz
Southern California

Royal Society Jazz Orchestra
Swing & hot 20s dance
Petaluma, California
Rhythm Vandals
Classic rock, blues and R&B / Santana Tribute
Sacramento, California
Sacramento Banjo Band
Banjos and more banjos - trad. jazz
Sacramento, California
Sacramento Blues Revue
Blues
Sacramento, California
SUNDAY ONLY
Shelley Burns & Avalon Swing
Novelty / Swing
Sacramento, California
Sister Swing
Swing
Sacramento, California
Steelin' Dan
The music of Steely Dan
Sacramento, California

Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums
Swing
Emeryville, California

Tom Rigney & Flambeau
Zydeco
Berkeley, California
Vivian Lee Quintet
Mainstream
Antelope, California

Zydeco Flames
Zydeco
San Anselmo, California
NEXT GENERATION BANDS (Youth):
Denver Jazz Club All-Stars — Denver, CO
Diversely Dixie — Sacramento, CA
Dixie Dominus Jazz Band — Union City, CA
Evolution (big band) — Oregon Coast
Front Porch Swingers — Chilliwack, BC
J Street Jazz Cats — Davis, CA
Jazz Raptors — Roseville, CA
Mission Avenue Open Elementary & Leonardo da Vinci Elementary Joint Choir — Sacramento, CA
Mission Bay H.S. Dixie Jazz — San Diego, CA
Raisin Babies Jazz Band — Fresno, CA
Reedley River Rats — Reedley, CA
Sax by Popular Demand — Davis, CA
Syncopating Sea-Monkeys — West Sac., CA
Take 2 — Elk Grove, CA
T-N-T — Sacramento, CA
More musicians may be added...
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