10-day Jazz & Beyond Music Festival begins Friday in Carson City
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By Elinor Bugli — Mile High Jazz Band Association presents Carson City’s 22nd annual Jazz & Beyond Music Festival, with 10 days of free entertainment featuring more than 25 performances.
The beat returns this August in multiple venues around the city, beginning with the festival opener on Friday, August 15, from 4:30 to 8:00 p.m. outdoors at the Governor’s Mansion, on the corner of W. Robinson and Mountain Streets.
It opens with Kantu Inka performing Andean music, and next features the renowned big band, the Reno Jazz Orchestra. Beverage bar and food truck will be on site; firearms are prohibited at the Governor’s Mansion.
An afternoon at the historic Silver Saddle Ranch (along the Carson River, 2648 Carson River Road) will be on Sunday, August 17, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Gates open at 2:00 p.m. Visitors can wear their boots and hats and enjoy the music of Doug Sandall and Dale Poune (the Double D’s); cowboy poetry by Nancy Harris McLelland, Jo Foster, and Larry Marinel; and the country band, Sagebrush Rebels. Mule-drawn wagons will provide tours through the ranchland. Food, beverages, and Scoups ice cream treats will be available. Seating is limited, bring chairs. This annual event is sponsored in part by the Carson City Parks, Recreation & Open Space Department; Friends of Silver Saddle Ranch; Great Basin Consulting Group, and the Music Performance Trust Fund (MPTF). MPTF also helps underwrite 7 other performances during the festival.
A festival favorite is the annual Basie’s Birthday concert by the Mile High Jazz Band. This year the band will be joined by its regular vocalist, Jakki Ford, and guest vocalists Dale Head and Millie Bratsch. The event is on Thursday, August 21 — the 121st anniversary of the birth of the great band-leader William “Count” Basie — from 7 to 9 p.m. at the McFadden Plaza stage.
For the first time, Darrell and the Darrell-Licks bring their folk music, stories, and smiles to Jazz and Beyond. Other performers are the Retro Radio Dolls, Dom & Friends, New World Jazz Project, the Bepop Revival featuring Monique De Haviland, Cherie & John and Take This, RoseBud’s Dance Band, Lucky Diamond and the Incontinentals, Impromptu, Jazz Catz, Carolyn Dolan Band, and lots more.
The festival wraps up on Sunday, August 24, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., with the high-energy, Latin-jazz ensemble No Comprende on the McFadden Plaza Stage. For a detailed schedule of events and printable calendar, see jazzcarsoncity.com.
For additional information, email jazzcarsoncity@gmail.com or call 775-883-4154. The festival is brought to you by the Mile High Jazz Band Association and made possible in part by grants from the Nevada Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts; Carson City; the Music Performance Trust Fund – American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Reno Local No. 368, John Shipley, President; program advertisers; and private donors.
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