Revamped ‘Jazz Jubilee Central Coast’ Promotes Multiple Events this Fall

Jazz Music Enthusiasts of all persuasions are invited to join together for an à la carte jazz week orchestrated by the Basin Street Regulars Hot Jazz Club. This new regional Festival combines numerous jazz styles, venues, bands and swing dancers from all over San Luis Obispo County and beyond for one coordinated week of glorious jazz entertainment. It updates the Basin Street Regulars’ 47th edition of Jazz Jubilee by the Sea. It unites this veteran club with other jazz organizations and venues across the Central Coast, with a rich and diverse jazz audience and many active dance groups. Festival Organizers want to highlight all the jazz our area has to offer.

Festival organizers welcome inquiries and participation from other venues, promoters, bands, dance groups, sponsors and media entities. Please contact Basin Street Regulars Hot Jazz Club representative at JazzJubilee@basinstreetregulars.com to get involved or to have your jazz event promoted.

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Current information about all of the Festival’s participating bands, locations, ticketing and events will be constantly updated at our website, where a program and guidebook will be available online with detailed show and ticketing information and maps to all locations by October 11th. Tickets will be available through each venue/sponsor website, with some available through My805Tix. Many events and shows will be free to attend!

The Basin Street Regulars have been promoting monthly dance/concerts and the Jubilee by the Sea for four decades. For information call (805) 937 8402 or (805) 907 2097 or go to www.basinstreetregulars.com. Email at: pismojazz2015@gmail.com.

Annual single membership $35; Under 26, $20. Couples $60, Family $75, Silver $150. The Basin Street Regulars is a 501(c)(3) Corporation dedicated to the performance and preservation of Traditional Hot Swingin’ Jazz. Funds from this event support jazz camp scholarships for area teens and young adults.

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Jazz Jubilee Central Coast 2024 Schedule

(Shows with no ticket price listing are free.)

Pre-Festival Promotional Show:

Sun., Sept. 29: Johns Jazz with the DOM Jazz Combo at The Rib Line, 4th & Grand Ave. in Grover Beach (12:30-4 pm). See details above. (Donation at the door). Drop by for some great jazz and more info on the Festival! See details above.

Festival Week Shows:

Jazz Cruise

Tues., Oct. 22: SLO Jazz Federation Jazz Jam at The Mark Bar & Grill, 673 Higuera St, SLO (7-9 pm, every 2nd & 4th Tuesday)

Wed., Oct. 23: New Orleans themed Kick Off Party at Harry’s Night Club and Beach Bar, 690 Cypress St, Pismo Beach, featuring The West Coast Gumbo Band with special guest Dave Ruffner (7-10:30 pm) ($25 Advance; Tickets through Harry’s website) www.harryspismobeach.com. (New Orleans cuisine is included with admission.)

Wed., Oct. 23: Maddie and Elias perform Bossa Nova favorites at Steller’s Cellar Wine Bar in Orcutt. Evening performance, check website for details. 400 East Clark Ave; stellerscellar.com

Fresno Dixieland Festival

Thurs., Oct. 24: Dave Ruffner Jazz Quartet at Puffers of Pismo, 781 Price Street, Pismo Beach, 5-8 pm; (Dave Ruffner, trombone; Dawn Lambeth, piano; Sam Roche, bass; and Jim Stromberg, drums.) JJCC Sponsor Event: $45 tickets for BSR members; tickets on My805Tix soon; ticket price includes Hors d’Oeuvres and wine/beer.)

Thurs., Oct. 24: Robert Alberts Quintet at Madonna Inn, 100 Madonna Road, San Luis Obispo. (7-10 pm & weekly)

Fri., Oct. 25: SLO Jazz Federation presents “Adam Levine and Metro”: Adam Levine, guitar; Ron McCarley, sax; Kristian Ducharme, keyboard; Dylan Johnson, bass; and Darrell Voss, drums. Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church, 1701 Fredericks St., San Luis Obispo (SLO). (7:30) Advance Tickets soon on 805Tix.

Red Wood Coast

Fri., Oc. 25: Balboa Swing Dance lessons & dance featuring the Big Sirs of Swing, Grover Beach Community Ctr., 1230 Trouville Ave (6:30-9:30) $20 Tics online on GB City website and at the door. www.grover.org/141/Community-Services; Go to Active Net sign-up and Class Registration.

Friday, October 25th: Ray Chang Band at Puffers of Pismo (7-10pm) ($5 cover)

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Sat., Oct. 26: Swing Dance lessons (10 am-1 pm) and performances by regional High School and College Big Band Jazz Groups (1-5 pm) (Free show with donations for the bands, Details TBA) Grover Beach Community Center, 1230 Trouville Ave.

Sat., Oct. 26: Nationally Renowned Jazz Artist TBA presented by Clark Center for the Perf. Arts., 487 Fair Oaks Ave, Arroyo Grande. (Poncho Sanchez just cancelled his fall tour.) (7:30) Tix thru Clark Center Website, clarkcenter.org.

Sat., Oct. 26: The Starlight Dream Band at the Madonna Inn in SLO. (7-11 pm, monthly)

The Crescent Katz

Sun., Oct. 27: BSR presents Two Great Bands: Tom Rigney & Flambeau and The Crescent Katz at Pismo Beach Vets Hall, 780 Bello Street. (12-5 pm). ($30 General Admission; $10-25 for BSR Members) On sale now thru My805Tix. www.my805tix.com/e/tomrigney-oct27-2024

Sun., Oct. 27: The Riptide Big Band at Dana Adobe, 671 S. Oakglen Ave, Nipomo (2-4 pm); ($25 GA & $20 Dana Members).

Advance Tix now available thru Dana Adobe website

Events

Sun., Oct. 27: A Central Coast Jazz Guitar Fest Promotional Show at The Mark Bar and Grill in SLO. (5 pm)

Mon., Oct. 28: Rugcutters Swing Dancing at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo. (7-10 pm & weekly); (Annual Madonnaween Halloween costume contest and dance on this night!)

Wed., Oct. 30: Gaile Gillaspie and her Big City Jazz Band at Trilogy, Monarch Dunes Clubhouse, 1645 Trilogy Parkway, Nipomo. (4-6pm)

Sat., Nov. 2: “Cuesta Jazz with Derek Brown” featuring the Cuesta Jazz Ensembles conducted by Ron McCarley in their first concert of the season; cuesta.universitytickets.com. Presented by the Cuesta Jazz Music Dept, Cuesta Performing Arts Center, CA-1, San Luis Obispo.

Several Events are still Under Development: Constantly Updated Show List and Details at: www.basinstreetregulars.com.

Rhonda Cardinal is Festival Director of Jubilee by the Sea, an annual event hosted by the Basin Street Regulars in Pismo Beach and Arroyo Grande, California. Visit the festival/club website at www.pismojazz.com.

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