Downtown Jazz Festival

Alaska Jazz Workshop will perform.  The Alaska Jazz Workshop is a non-profit organization designed to teach young people jazz. Based at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, professional jazz musicians take time to pass on their skills and knowledge to the next generation so that the heartbeat of jazz will keep on beating and more young people will live fuller lives.

Sat. June 26th

9th Army Band Jubilee

The 9th Army Band from Fort Wainwright brings out it’s best for an afternoon of entertainment. The Brass Quintet consists of two trumpets, a horn, trombone and tuba. A drummer occasionally accompanies the group. This ensemble performs a number of traditional marches as well as pieces arranged for brass.

The Jammin’ Salmon Dixie Band features upbeat Dixie music. The band consists of 6 instruments – a clarinet, trumpet, trombone, bass/tuba, drums, and banjo.  Musical selections include Mid-20th century Dixie tunes, Louis Armstrong tunes and Old TV show tunes (Hee-Haw, etc.)

Arctic Groove Orchestra is the 9th Army’s large popular music group.  It consists of male and female vocalists, several horn players, piano, guitar, bass and drums playing pop and rock music.

Jazz Combo is a small popular group that performs jazz standards and other popular music. This group consists of a soloist (saxophone), piano, bass and drums.

Sat. Aug. 14th

Tribute to Broadway

TBA Theatre presents a musical tribute to Broadway at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.