"The essence of the jug-band idea is people jamming music for free and for fun
with an extremely unrehearsed, spontaneous nature to it."
--- Geoff Muldaur
"Euphoria" - The Hokum Hot Shots at the 2008 San Francisco Jug Band Festival
Firecracker Rag Jugband Jamboree - July 5, 6 pm - Don Quixote's International
Music Hall, Felton CA; Bands include the Club Zayante Jug Stompers and others
Junkstock - July 25, Marx Meadow, Golden Gate Park - visit junkstock.org
for details
2009 San Francisco Jug Band Festival - August 15-16
August 15 - Bandshell, Golden Gate Park, 10 am - 6 pm; Bands confirmed at this time include:
To promote, encourage, foster, and cultivate the preservation, appreciation, understanding, enjoyment, support, and performance of jug band music as an
original American musical art form; other genres of music similar in style and execution including, but not limited to, jook, hokum, spasm, skiffle, washboard, and medicine
show music are also within the interest scope of the CJBA.;
To provide access to resources for performances, lectures, demonstrations, and/or educational presentations to any institutions supporting the goals of the association and
for the purpose of expanding public awareness of jug band music
To support the planning and execution of at least one annual jug band festival in the state of California;
To maintain an association Web site to publicize its mission and supported events and activities.