COMING EVENTS
Last updated April 2, 2018
The Friends of Jazz monthly
Dance party/Concert series continues at the Danville Grange Hall. We will
continue through 2018. Check below for exact dates. The hall is at 743 Diablo
Road, .7 miles east of I-680, has a large wooden dance floor, and plenty of
FREE parking. Please BRING YOUR OWN REFRESHMENTS, SNACKS.
Please keep in
touch with us by email or check this site often, so you'll get the latest news.
Thanks for your 30+ years of support of FOJ! For more information please call
925-625-2707.
If you would like an e-mail alert when a
significant schedule change is posted, or Friends of Jazz alert, please contact
me at: kenkeeler[at]jazznut.com or 925-625-2707.
DEVIL MOUNTAIN JB - Public
Schedule for 2018
(click on the links) to event website
APR
15 SUN 1-5 PM GUEST
BAND @ NOJCNC, Elks in El Sobrante
APR
21 SAT 130-430
PM Friends of Jazz Concert/Dance,
Danville, CA - 925-625-2707
MAY
19 SAT 130-430
PM Friends of Jazz Concert/Dance,
Danville, CA - 925-625-2707
JUN
16 SAT
130-430 PM Friends of Jazz
Concert/Dance, Danville, CA - 925-625-2707
JUL 14 SAT 11-630 CLINE WINE & JAZZ
FESTIVAL, Sonoma
JUL
21 SAT 130-430 PM Friends of Jazz Concert/Dance, Danville,
CA - 925-625-2707
AUG
5 SUN 1230-5 PM Guest band San Joaquin DJS, Elks Lodge, Stockton, CA
AUG
18 SAT 130-430 PM Friends of Jazz
Concert/Dance, Danville, CA - 925-625-2707
SEP 22 SAT 130-430
PM Friends of Jazz Concert/Dance,
Danville, CA - details below
925-625-2707
OCT 20 SAT 130-430 PM Friends of Jazz Concert/Dance, Danville,
CA - details below 925-625-2707
NOV 17 SAT 130-430 PM Friends of Jazz Concert/Dance, Danville,
CA - details below 925-625-2707
DEC 12 WED 7-930 PM
GUEST BAND @ Rossmoor Jazz Club, Walnut Creek, CA
DMJB musicians perform with other
area bands/solo:
Ken Keeler and Pete Main play with Tom Barnebey's BEYOND SALVATION band:
A five piece group playing clever
arrangements of vintage tunes on about 15 different instruments!
JULY 8, 2018 PM: Guest band at Napa Valley Jazz Club,
Yountville.
JULY 14:
CLINE WINE & JAZZ FESTIVAL, Sonoma.
Pete, Glenn, Virginia play with the ZENITH
JB; Second Wednesdays, 730-930 PM at The Belrose,
at 1415 5th Avenue, San Rafael
Pete Main also appears with CELL BLOCK SEVEN
JB and San Francisco Feetwarmers.
Tom Belmessieri
leads the FOG CITY STOMPERS (click for their website)
Marty Eggers and Virginia Tichenor appear monthly at Pier 23 in SF, and at the
Belrose Theater in San Rafael, 1415 5th Avenue; Second Wednesdays, 5:30 - 8 PM.
For the complete schedule for Virginia
Tichenor and Marty Eggers, email Marty at marty.eggers@gmail.com or call
510-655-6728
Ken Brock leads the Jambalaya Jazztet/Swingband:
July 14, 2018 Cline Wine &
Jazz Festival Big Swing Band
The 11 pc. Ken Brock Jambalaya Swing Band
plays every 1st & 3rd Tuesday nights at
The Castlerock Restaurant at 1848 Portola
Ave. in Livermore.
The band plays various tempo Swing tunes, as
well as a Cha-Cha, Tango, Rhumba, Beguine, Slow Ballad and a Blues. The
admission is $15 each, which includes 10 raffle tickets.
Down beat is at 7:30 pm, with 2 sets until
9:30 pm.
Chris Bradley's Dixieland Band plays on the
2nd and 4th Tuesdays.
If there is a 5th Tuesday in the month, The
Bay Area Big Band plays with Mary Ann Meltzer,
and Jeovani Romeo singing.
For more info,
contact Ken B. at 925-672-0331 or email kbrockley[at]comcast.net
For
Devil Mountain JB information: Call (925) 625-2707.
or send e-mail to: kenkeeler[at]jazznut.com (replace [at] with @ in your mailer)