Sacramento Jazz Jubilee

Finally, I was able to attend the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee this year. Ever since I found out about this event, I've been jonesing to attend and this year we went with the professor and his wife, Mel. The Sacramento Jazz Jubilee is touted as the world's second largest jazz festival and there were a lot of people from all over the place that attended the event.

The jazz performances were all over the city, including restaurants, side walks, and underneath the freeway in Old Town Sacramento. There were also jazz events hosted at the Sacramento Convention Center which we didn't get to see this year. People were waiting in line for the special events while listening to jazz, swing, blues, and bobbing their heads. The atmosphere and energy in Old Town Sacramento was amazing and I almost didn't recognize that I was in Old Town Sac!

Our first stop was the Delta King Riverboat, the deck of the boat had high school students playing classic jazz (the next generation series). The performance was so mesmerizing, we missed our first event and ended up at the Firehouse courtyard for the remainder of the afternoon. We found amazing seats in the courtyard while different jazz bands rotated in and out of the restaurant. The dinner was simple, the wines were amazing, the music was delicious, and the conversation and company in the beautiful courtyard made the experience exquisite. This was what I expected the jazz jubilee should be like. Putting it in the professor's words, "very civilized"!

The four of us had the fourth bottle of wine at our house with the company of our two cats after 6-7 hours of jazz. The night ended with interesting conversations, more wine, and more music. I am already looking forward to the next Sacramento jazz jubilee!