Sagebrush Rebels will perform at the Silver Saddle Ranch on Aug. 13.
Mile High Jazz Band Association presents Carson City’s 20th annual Jazz & Beyond Music Festival, with 11 days of free entertainment and more than 30 performances.
The beat returns this August in multiple venues around the city, beginning with the festival opener on Friday, Aug. 11 from 6-8 p.m. at the Governor’s Mansion, featuring the Reno Jazz Orchestra. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
This year, a day at the historic Silver Saddle Ranch will be on Sunday, Aug. 13 from 2:30 to 6 p.m. Visitors can wear their boots and hats and enjoy the music of Dale Poune and Doug Sandall, cowboy poetry by Larry Marinel and Johanna Foster, and the Sagebrush Rebels band.
Mule-drawn wagon rides by Hee Haw Haven Mules will provide tours through the ranchland. Food, beverages, and Scoups ice cream treats will be available. Seating is limited, bring chairs.
Jazz & Beyond Music Festival’s final performance will be on Monday, Aug. 21 from 6-8 p.m. at the McFadden Plaza stage. The audience is invited to a Basie tribute concert by the Mile High Jazz Band vocalists Jakki Ford and June Joplin.
Other performances in the festival include the Red Tango, CeCe Gable Band, Niall McGuinness and the New World Jazz Project, Graham Marshall Band, Cruz Control featuring Whitney Myer, Monique DeHaviland Band, The Biggest Little Big Band Nonet, Cherie Shipley’s Take This, the Reno Video Game Symphony Jazz Ensemble, RoseBud’s Dance Band, Lucky Diamond and the Incontinentals, and more.
For information, call 775-883-4154, email info@jazzcarsoncity.com, or visit www.jazzcarsoncity.com