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"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
• "Jug Band Music" - The Tarantulas Jug Band
  

Upcoming CJBA Events in 2009

• 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:
  • Eden and John's East River String Band
  • The Barking Spiders
  • Devine's Jug Band
  • The Boweavils
  • The Tarantulas Jug Band
  • The Goat Family
  • Five Cent Coffee
  • The Amazing Dr. Zarcon's Breathing Machine
  • Plus more to come!!Please download a festival poster(3MB) to print, copy, and distribute!
  • August 16 - Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library, 1 pm - 4 pm; Multimedia presentation on jug band music plus live performance by Amazing Grapes
  • August 16 - Club Amnesia, 6 pm - midnight; Program to be announced
• 2009 International Jug Band Festival, Sutter Creek CA - September 26-27 - Check back often as details develop.
• 2009 Martinez Jug Band Festival, Martinez CA - October 10 - Check back often as details develop.

• CJBA Podcasts
• "Sounds So Sweet"

• Volume 1, Number 1
• Volume 1, Number 2

• 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.