Oregon Festival of American Music
June 7-October 19 – John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, OR
Frank Vignola, Madeleine Peyroux, At the Jazz Band Ball w/ Jesse Cloninger and the Emerald City Jazz Kings.
(541) 434-7000, www.ofam.org
Britt Pavilion
June 8-September 14 – Britt Pavilion, Jacksonville, OR
Mavis Staples, Pink Martini w/ Storm Large, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Jake Shimabukuro.
(800) 882-7488, (541) 773-6077
www.brittfest.org
Bumbershoot Arts Festival
August 31-September 2 – Seattle Center
Maceo Parker, Robert Glasper Experiement, Ernie Watts w/ New Stories, Human Spirit, Matt Jorgensen +451.
(206) 701-1482, www.bumbershoot.org
Pentastic Hot Jazz Festival
September 6-8 – Penticton, BC
Grand Dominion Jazz Band, Black Swan Classic Jazz Band, Offramp Jazz Sextet, Lance Buller. (250) 770-DIXI, www.pentasticjazz.com
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North Bend Jazz Walk
September 14 – Various venues, North Bend, WA
Pete Christlieb, Katy Bourne, Hans Brehmer, Rick Leppanen, Brad Boal, Endemic Ensemble, Bernie Jacobs Band, Reuel Lubag, Pete Petersen Band, Milo Petersen, Steve Griggs, Chris Symer, Dan Kramlich, Leah Stillwell, Kelly Eisenhour, Tracy Knoop, Dan Marcus, Greg Williamson, John Hansen, Jon Hamar, Alexey Nikolaev, Chris Fagan, Bill Ramsay, Greg Schroeder, Andy Omdahl, Vern Sielert, Jim Sisko and more.
www.northbendjazzwalk.com
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Pony Boy Records Jazz Picnic
September 8 – Magnuson Park Amphitheatre, Seattle
Jay Thomas’ Neo-Boogaloo, Greg Williamson Quartet, Bernie Jacobs, Diana Page, the Pony Boy All-Star Big Band. www.ponyboyrecords.com
Pender Harbour Jazz Festiva
September 20-22 – Pender Harbour, BC
Harold Mabern w/ Cory Weeds, Karen Graves Quartet, Sophia Perlman, Rumba Calzada, Van Django. www.phjazz.ca
DjangoFest Northwest
September 18-22 – Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Whidbey Island, WA
Tcha Limberger, Fapy Lafertin, John Jorgenson Quintet, Kruno Spisic w/ Filip Novosel, New Hot Club of America w/ Gonzalo Bergara, Pearl Django. (800) 638-7631, www.djangofest.com/nw
Earshot Jazz Festiva
October 1-November 17 – Various venues, Seattle
See page 15 for details.
(206) 547-6763, www.earshot.org
Glacier Jazz Stampede
October 3-6 – Red Lion Hotel, various venues, Kalispell, MT
Yerba Buena Stompers, High Sierra, Flathead Ragtime Society Orchestra, Grand Dominion, Sandy Sanderson Trio, Rocky Mountain Rhythm Kings, Titan Hot 7, Uptown Lowdown.
(406) 892-2115, www.glacierjazzstampede.com
Oregon Coast Jazz Party
October 4-6 – Newport Performing Arts Center, Shilo Inn Suites Hotel, Newport, OR
Bill Charlap Trio, John Clayton, Sylvia Cuenca, Holly Hoffman, Ed Dunsavage, Essiet Essiet, Gary Hobbs, Lewis Nash, Oregon Coast All-Stars, Jason Palmer, Houston Person, Randy Porter, Jackie Ryan, Terell Stafford, John Wiitala, Mike Wofford, Rickey Woodard, Bryant Allard’s Picante, and the Newport Coast Jazz All-Stars.
(541) 265-ARTS [2787], www.coastarts.org
Medford Jazz Festival
October 11-13 – Medford, OR
Bob Draga, Blue Street Jazz Band, Glenn Crytzer and His Syncopators, High Sierra, Lena Prima Band, Southern Oregon Jazz Orchestra, Vince Bartels, Jennifer Leitham, Harry Allen.
(541) 770-6972, (800) 599-0039, www.medfordjazz.org
Sun Valley Jazz Jamboree
October 16-20 – Sun Valley, ID
Tom Rigney & Flambeau, Titan Hot 7, Cornet Chop Suey, Bob Draga & Jason Wanner Quartet, Midiri Brothers Sextet, Sherry Colby’s Racket Makers, Meschiya Lake & Dem Lil’ Big Horns, Pearl Django.
(877) 478-5277, www.sunvalleyjazz.com
Jazz at the Oxford
October 18-March 15 – Oxford Hotel, Bend, OR
Javon Jackson Band w/ Les McCann, Arturo O’Farrill Afro-Latin Septet, Mary Stallings Quartet w/ Mel Brown, Tony Pacini & Ed Bennett.
(541) 382-8436, www.oxfordhotelbend.com
