Vaca Jazz Society Proudly Presents:
18th Annual “Save
Our Music”
Vacaville Jazz Festival
Vacaville,
California, USA (Free
Admission)
Friday, September
15th thru
Sunday, September 17th, 2017
18th Annual
“Save Our Music” Vacaville Jazz Festival will be held Downtown & Nut
Tree at 4 venues.
The Vaca Jazz Society (VJS) which supports school music programs
through the “Save Our Music” free camps & clinics,
demonstration concerts, the pursuit of safe quality family
entertainment in the community will celebrate their 18th anniversary from September 15th
thru September 17th. This is Vacaville's original 3-Day
Performing
Arts
Festival
with over 30 artists, 300 musicians at four venues city-wide performing
blues, gospel, jazz dixieland, swing, big band, smooth, Latin, funk,
rock and pop music during the 3rd weekend of September established in
1999 by VJS.
VJS's annual “Free”
Youth Music
Camps
Sponsored
this year by Solano County Library, Live Music Center featuring the VacaCity
Stage Orchestra Youth All Stars, which starts at 6:30pm weekly every
Wednesday on August
8th thru September 12th at the Towns Square Library,
concludes with a 5:15PM performance on Saturday, September 16th
at Vacaville’s Nut Tree Plaza stage. Please call Director about the youth programs. The
performances and speakers are presented by the Vacaville Town Square
Library and sponsored by the Live Music Center.
Crossroads Jazz Camps”
begin at Town Square & Nut Tree Village
Sponsored by Gold’s Gym on Friday evening, September 15th, from 6pm to 9pm
with families enjoying the eclectic sounds of “Vaca Jazz
at Town Square” with Keith Stout’s AMO Combo and Ken Stout’s group
featured to kick off the festival. The “Crossroads Jazz Camps” will
continue downtown on Saturday by students, and free music
demonstrations taught by jazz educators at Town Square with featured
artist. On Saturday September 16th at Nut Tree
Village various teachers such as SMSgt Mike Williams from the US Air
Force Band directing Youth Jazz Camp All-stars and Stan Johnson with
Rocky Rhythm Machine will be showcased, and headlining the Nuit Tree
Plaza venue will be the J
Harrison B Band.
Nut Tree begins our
Multi Cultural Music Heritage of "World Jubilee Day,"
Sponsored by Nut Tree, Saturday, September 16th, from
1pm to 10pm, bringing Global Rhythm. America's tribute to the eclectic
contribution's of music from all nations that contribute to America's
Music Roots and the music common denominator is "Rhythm." Ranging from
sounds of South American, Afro Cuban to America’s Jazz and more in
this all nations music tribute. Tony Alvis Real Music Ensemble,
guitarist Isaac Vandeveer, Steven Logoteta & Vallejo Community Big
Band with Bob Nadler, VCS Radio Jazz Ensemble will perform as well as Vanden High Jazz Ensemble, and Vaca High Ensemble will open for
Delbert Bump at 2:45pm, Frank Salamone, Pete Ayers, and Keith Stout’s
Alive Music Orchestra will be performing at
5:30 pm on Saturday Sept. 16th.
Gospel Jazz Sunday
begins at St. Mary’s Church in
Vacaville with American Heritage Band in memory of
trumpeter jazz great Bill Bachmann performing for "Jazz Mass"
with Tina Benedict & Choir on Sunday, September 17th at 10:30am at
the corner of Stinson & Hemlock.
"Freedom's Gate" Military Tribute
& Gospel Sunday
Sponsored by Travis Credit Union & NorthBay Healthcare, on
September 17th from 1pm to 7:30 pm, with special
presentations by Keith Stout, USAF Chief Engineer, Mayor Augustine, Ret Col USAF, Travis AFB 349th
Commander and 60th Air Mobility Wing Commander
at Travis AFB. Jazz Vespers will be paying tribute to the many
sacrifices made by our Military and Veterans in honor of POW/MIA Day,
hosted by Stan Suderow, Keith Stout’s Alive Music Orchestra, Pastor
Frank Salamone, Pete Ayers along with Tina Benedict and featuring
Military Tribute headliner the Travis
USAF
Band of the Golden West
"The Commanders," will conclude the festival. Listen to
one of the west coast’s finest jazz groups in an evening of
contemporary jazz, Latin hits, driving funk, and popular standards by this 20-piece historic military big band which began
in 1959 is considered one of the finest of its kind on the West Coast.
Venues
Downtown
Vacaville
at Town Square Plaza, Vacaville Library, Nut Tree Plaza/ Breezeway, and Panera
and Peets Coffee. (Detail Schedule will
be posted on
www.VacaJazz.com
)
Sponsors
Live Music Center,
Nut Tree / Dunhill Partners, The Reporter, Downtown
Business, KUIC, Travis Credit Union, NorthBay Healthcare,
Gold’s Gym, Your Town Monthly by S & J Advertising, Cherry Pit, Cherry Family, Solano County
Library, Burger King, Pure Grain Bakery, Vacaville
Magazine, Barber Joes, and many more local businesses in Solano
County.
Contact Information
For additional information you can go to the Vacaville Library -Town
Sq. website at
www.solanolibrary.com,
or visit our VJS website at
www.VacaJazz.com
and or call the office at (707) 452-1351. For support donations
contact our office.
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