Jerry Gordon's http://aplaceforjazz.org/festivals.htm 

Jan 2-13 JazzSea Cruises  presents an 11-day cruise of the Caribbean departing & returning to Ft Lauderdale with ports of call in Half Moon Cay, St Croix, St Kitts, St Vincent, Barbados, St Lucia & St Maarten + 3 days at sea filled with HOT jazz provided by Climax, Grand Dominion, Schulz Frisco Jazz Band, along with Tex Wyndham, Tim Allan's Banjos Aweigh, Dick Williams' JazzSea Jammers, Karla West's workshops & singalongs!! What FUN!! We're back on Holland America/Maasdam from $879 inside to $3999. suite. http://www.jazznaweigh.com/

Jan 27 - 29 Eagles and Ivories Ragtime Weekend, Muscatine, IA – Ivory & Gold, Jeff Barnhart guest artist, & more www.muscatineartscouncil.org/

Feb 2-5 One of the oldest jazz festivals in the country, the 32nd Annual North Carolina Jazz Festival is held in the ballroom of the Wilmington Hilton Riverside, featuring internationally known jazz musicians from across the U.S., Australia, Italy, and Canada. Fifteen jazz all-stars will play 7 sets of traditional and classic jazz on Friday & Saturday nights, while Thursday opening night, is a Special Event Night featuring different styles of jazz. All concerts at 7:30 pm. Gen. Admission Tickets: Thursday $35 Friday & Saturday $50 each night Discounts for Military $25 - Students $15 all nights (Seating may be reserved in tables of ten only)
Patron Tickets:
Friday & Saturday nights Patrons’ musical brunch on Saturday. Reserved seating. Name in the program = $175.00.
Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights Patrons’ musical brunch on Saturday. Name in the program = $200.  Reserved seating.
Complete festival and ticket information at www.ncjazzfestival.com  and by calling 910-793-1111 or E-mail ncjazzfest@yahoo.com  

Feb 3-5  Cental Illinois Jazz Festival Decatur, IL Ivory & Gold, Titan Hot 7 & more

Feb 6-16 Jazz~n~Aweigh Fresno Train Tour and Mardi Gras - Great touring by Amtrak, deluxe coach & air return from Oakland. We'll attend this wonderful truly trad jazz fest - all held under one roof at the beautiful Radisson! TEN nites deluxe accommodations, many meals, transportation & jazz fest! $1745. per person, double occup. + $450. single supplement. http://www.jazznaweigh.com/ 

Feb 10-12 Grampians Jazz Festival in Halls Gap, Victoria Australia.  http://grampiansjazzfestival.com.au/

Feb 11-12 Jeff & Joel's House Party, Guilford CT - We'll be doing it again next year!   Flyer  The price for the music, the food and the camaraderie is $195 per person for all 3 sessions (includes lunch & dinner Sat., and breakfast Sun.) Single session price will be $75 per session in the unlikely circumstance that the event is not filled by weekend guests. Don't hesitate and be disappointed!! PLEASE NOTE: Each Session is LIMITED to 100 people!!!   Origin of the House Parties

Feb 11-March 18 JAZZ ON THE VINE returns as the theme for the 2012 Long Island Winterfest. Now in its fifth consecutive year, this winter’s exciting program runs from February 11 to March 18 when you can visit the East End of Long Island to enjoy six great weekends of truly exceptional jazz performances in winery tasting rooms. Make sure to visit www.liwinterfest.com  to get the latest information on events and offers. Admission includes a glass of wine (21 or over) and a chance to win a FREE hotel night on the East End with a gift basket of Long Island wines. Make plans to come to Long Island Wine Country this winter, where outstanding jazz musicians join with local vineyards, hotels, B&Bs, restaurants, cultural venues and attractions to create an array of special events and offers designed to lift the mid-winter doldrums.  Musicians

Feb 24-26  Seaside Jazz Festival Seaside, Oregon. Honoring Houston Person.  Titan Hot Seven, Ivory & Gold, & more.   lighthousejazz@pacifier.com      Titan Hot 7 last year http://www.titanhotseven.com/pages/Seaside.html

Mar 2-4  Jazz Bash By The Bay   Monterey, CA Titan Hot Seven, Ivory & Gold & more info@dixieland-monterey.com 

Mar 11 Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Society, Clearwater, FL Jeff Barnhart & We Three, & more www.sdjs.org/  swingbanjo@yahoo.com

Mar 16-18 Seattle Jazz Party at Holiday Inn at Seattle Airport. Local musicians. Your complete package with two nites deluxe room @ Holiday Inn, two breakfasts, two delicious dinners, jazz party admission, party cake & ice cream & all taxes.....$429. per person, Singles = add $75.  See http://www.jazznaweigh.com/  for updates.

Mar 22-25 22nd Annual Redwood Coast Jazz Festival, Eureka CA www.redwoodjazz.org Info 707-445-3378

Mar 23-25 1. 21st Bohém Festival Hungary. Details have been uploaded on the website. Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcBF4WHARsA  Line-up: http://www.bohemragtime.com/en/perf12.html   If you have a minute spare time, please, take a look at our March 23-25 Bohém Festival programme and package offers at http://www.bohemragtime.com/en/hotel.html We offer a complimentary Festival T-shirt for Early Birds of the Weekend Only package.) You can download detailed information AND the Ordering Form in one document here: http://www.bohemragtime.com/upload/fest/12-touristinfo.pdf  Ordering Form only: http://www.bohemragtime.com/upload/fest/12-orderingform.pdf

Mar 30-31 Charles Templeton Ragtime Jazz Festival, Starksville, MS – Jeff Barnhart guest artist http://library.msstate.edu/ragtime/festival/

Apr 12-15 French Quarter Festival! http://www.fqfi.org/frenchquarterfest/  TGIF "Thank Goodness it's Festival" Kickoff Party April 11 2012
 Get down with the locals at French Quarter Festival's Locals' Lagniappe Day. A full, fourth day of festival on Thursday, April 12th , from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Jackson Square and on the Riverfront. Of course visitors are welcome too, so book your flight and hotel to arrive on Wednesday, April 10th and Wednesday evening you can enjoy our big kickoff party at the House of Blues!

Apr 13-15 39th Annual JazzAffair 2012, Three Rivers, CA  Titan Hot 7, Ivory & Gold & more

Apr 20-22 Atlanta Jazz Party, at the Westin Atlanta North, special hotel rate $103 per night. email pualani@atlantajazzparty.com www.AtlantaJazzParty.com Harry Allen & more

Apr 25-28 Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth, Ragtime Festival – Frankenmuth MI, Jeff Barnhart & more. (Apr 23-25 - Ivory & Gold at Red Hat Ladies Day) www.zehnders.com  

May 4-6 Chattanooga Traditional Jazz Festival, The Last Hurrah with the Buck Creek "Revival" Jazz Band, Bob Schultz's Frisco Jazz Band, Grand Dominion, and High Sierra. Chattanooga Choo-Choo, TN 800-872-2529. $105 plus tax double or single. Special room rate if reserved prior to April 15. BBQ $35 Sunday, May 6 www.chattanoogajazzfestival.com

May 18-20 Bunny Berigan Jubilee with Bob Schulz & Bob Hirsch, Bunny Berigan Jubilee Jazz Band w/Kim Cusack & Doug Finke, Mullins Drive-in (Friday afternoon) American Legion Hall & Fox Lake Community Center Fox Lake, Wisconsin

May 25-27 Alexandria Bay Ragtime/Jasstime Festival, Alexandria Bay, NY – Ivory & Gold www.Alexbayjazz.wordpress.com

May 25-29 Sacramento Music Festival http://sacmusicfest.eventbrite.com  (Formerly Sacramento Traditional Jazz Festival)     January 31 last day for discount tickets. Bands as of Nov. 1st 101st Army Dixieland Band, Brady McKay & the Neurotypicals, High Sierra, Night Blooming Jazzmen, Original Wildcat Jass Band, the Reynolds Brothers, Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, Tom Rigney & Flambeau, Uptown Lowdown, and guest artist Bob Draga. Plenty more to come...
"Our hope is to be able to begin to book nationally known groups from the more mainstream genres like Rock and Country," says Mike Testa of the Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau, a partner in presenting The Sacramento Music Festival. "We have one of the most unique settings in the country in Old Sacramento and the more we can branch out and attract new people to the event, the better for everyone."  Updates on the 2012 Sacramento Music Festival will be posted throughout the year at www.SacMusicFest.com as well as via Facebook and Twitter. Sponsorship information may be obtained by contacting The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society at (916) 372-5277.

Jun 6-9 Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival, Sedalia, MO – Ivory&Gold Duo, and Jeff Barnhart Guest Artist, www.scottjoplin.org  ragtimer@scottjoplin.org

Jun 10 Ozark Jazz Society, Lake of the Ozarks, MO – www.lakeozarkjazz.org  Jeff Barnhart and Brian Holland with Special Guest Anne Barnhart & more

Jun 10-15 New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp

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Jun 22-24 The  2012 Hot Steamed Festival will be celebrating it's 20th Anniversary in Essex, Connecticut in two tents at the Essex Railroad Museum.
Time Changes:
Friday Evening: Session will start at 6:00pm and end at 10:45pm
Saturday Afternoon: Session will start at 11:00am and end at 4:45pm
Saturday Evening: Session will start at 5:00pm and end at 10:45pm

You can purchase tickets by either calling our toll-free number at 1.800.348.0003 or going to www.hotsteamedjazz.com and clicking on "Festival Tickets" in the upper right corner (download the form). As a reminder, our ticket prices are as follows:
Friday Evening: $25 per person
Saturday Afternoon: $30 per person
Saturday Evening: $30 per person
Sunday Afternoon: $25 per person
All-Day Saturday Pass: $50 per person
All-Weekend Pass: $75 per person if order by June 8, 2012; after that time weekend passes are $90 per person
Children ages 4 through 12: $8 per child
Flyer    info@hotsteamedjazz.com 

Bands already booked:

	Jeff Barnhart - Connecticut
	Galvanized Jazz Band - Connecticut
	The Midiri Brothers - New Jersey
	Dan Levinson's Millenium All Stars - New York
	Swing Times Five led by Jeff Hughes - Massachusetts
	Bob Seeley - Michigan
	Sugarfoot Jazz Band - Connecticut
	Riverboat Ramblers - Connecticut
	Heartbeat Dixieland Jazz Band - Connecticut
	Wolverine Jazz Band - Massachusetts
	Ben Mauger's Vintage Jazz Band - Pennsylvania
	Festival All Star led by Jeff Hughes
	Funky Butt Jazz Band - Connecticut

Order a weekend pass and save...$75 if ordered by June 8th; after June 8th, the cost for a weekend pass is $90. You also save if you wish to purchase an all-day Saturday pass -- $50 for both Saturday afternoon and evening sessions; each session is $30 so you would save $10 per person. You can purchase the all-day Saturday pass anytime... this offer doesn't expire.

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June 24-26 Elkhart Jazz Festival Elkhart, Indiana

June 28-30, Jul 11 1 America's Classic Dixieland Jazz Festival Olympia, WA  Wolverine Jazz Band, Titan Hot 7

Jun 29-Jul 1 America’s Classic Festival, Lacy, WA   Wolverine Jazz Band, Titan Hot 7, Ivory & Gold www.olyjazz.com

July 11-15 24th Mammoth Lakes Jazz Jubilee  Mammoth Lakes, CA – Titan Hot 7, Ivory & Gold mljj@qnet.com

July 21-23  Bar Harbor Summer Music Festival, Bar Harbor, Maine  Wolverine Jazz Bar

July 27-29 Evergreen Jazz Festival, Denver Colorado, Four venues, Bands  Wolverine Jazz Band with special guest Jim Fryer on trombone, also Yerba Buena Stompers, Independent Jazz Band, Queen City & More

July 28 The Great Connecticut Jazz  Festival and The Connecticut Blues Society present a one-day  Extravaganza at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel in Meriden, CT  Eric Devine's video shows how much fun we had!   Traditional Jazz/Blues Fest 2011  The Board is continuing to work at building our sponsor base for our second 25 years! If you would like to help, or know someone who might like to help, give us a call at 1-800-HOT-EVENT (1-800-468-3836), or email Ray Ross at rross92239@sbcglobal.net or Ken Chant at kcjazz2001@yahoo.com.   http://www.greatctjazz.org/ 

Aug 4-11 Martha's Vineyard Jazz Festival  - Visit us at: www.mvjazzfest.com  Made in the Shade, Dexter Gordon, Nnenna Freelon, Michele Holland, Antonio Hart, Alan Trotman, from Berklee - The Mario Castro Quintet, Ben Wolfe

Aug 4-7 11th French Quarter's Annual Satchmo SummerFest http://www.fqfi.org/satchmosummerfest/ 

Aug 16-19 9th Annual Bar Harbor Jazz Festival. There will be Live music in outdoor venues and restaurants all over beautiful Mount Desert Island. https://www.facebook.com/barharborjazzfestival

Sep 12-26 Germany & Austria with the Draga-Coots All-Star Jazz Band.   Pack your bags only once. Stay in one modern Bavarian style hotel, located in the picturesque village of Grassau, nestled on the edge of the Alps between Munich and Salzburg. Itinerary  Info:  www.crisptours.coms.coms.coms.coms.coms.coms.coms.coms.coms.com,   email: tom@crisptours.com

Sep 28-30 Summit Jazz 2012 at the Red Lion Hotel, Denver Southeast. The bands and artists are The Jim Cullum Jazz Band, Titan Hot Seven, Climax Jazz Band, Ivory & Gold, Summit Hot Seven, Twin Pianos with Jeff Barnhart and John Sheridan, Jazz Cookers and Denver Jazz Club Student Allstars. You can find all the details at www.summitjazz.org.   Note from Juanita

Oct 4-7 19th Annual Glacier Jazz Stampede Kalispell, MT glacierjazz@hotmail.com

Oct 17-21 Sun Valley Jazz Jamboree, in Sun Valley, Idaho www.sunvalleyjazz.com/Home.html  5-Day All Events Badge, Christmas

Oct 26-28 Whitley Bay Classic Jazz Party http://www.whitleybayjazzfest.org/  STRICTLY LIMITED TO THE FIRST 280 PATRONS – CLICK HERE TO BOOK ONLINE NOW!  The Classic Jazz Party takes place at the Village Hotel, North Tyneside, on the Cobalt Office Park which is about four miles from Whitley Bay itself and just off the A19. The full address is Silverlink North, Cobalt Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne NE27 0BY, telephone (0191) 270 1414. Click here to visit the Hotel website for details of facilities.