National Jugband Jubilee - A Hundred Years of Fun!


Jug Band Jubilee 2009
will commence
Saturday, September 19
from noon-11pm
at the Brown-Forman Amphitheater in scenic
Waterfront Park, Louisville, KY

Birthplace of Jug Band Music!

Jubilee Lineup 2009
* The Juggernaut Jug Band (Louisville, KY)
* Devine’s Jug Band (San Francisco, CA)
* The Smokin’ Fez Monkeys (Akron, OH)
* The Old Southern Jug Blowers (Kansai, Japan)
* The Cincinnati Dancing Pigs (Cincinnati, OH)
* The Deep Fried Pickle Project (Coloma, MI)
* The Y’uns (Knoxville, TN)
* The Lost Shoe String Band (Bloomington, IN)
* Pholly (Noblesville, IN)

The BEST music is Jug Band Music!


Fabulous jug bands, instrument workshops, history lessons, wonderful food and refreshing libations! Admission is free!

Grab the family and a lawn chair and head on down to celebrate
Jug Band music where it all started – in Louisville, KY! Please leave pets and coolers at home.
Gates open at noon and music goes until at least 10pm.



The Earl Mc Donald
Memorial Fund

His music was remarkable.
His grave remains unmarked.
On September 18 that will change when we unveil a monument at Earl’s gravesite in Louisville Cemetery. Later the same day, we will also unveil a Historical Highway Marker in his honor.
We hope to have it placed along River Road near downtown Louisville.



The Jubilee on the Side of the Road!
We are proud to announce the placement of an historical road sign for Earl McDonald,
to be placed near the sight of the Jubilee!
Louisville is the historical birthplace of Jug Band Music, and thanks to the State of Kentucky, the KY Arts Council, independent donors, and our musical heritage, a permanent marker will be erected in its honor.



The 2008 National Jugband Jubilee compilation CD

is now available online!

Uncork your copy by clicking HERE!


TAKE A BOW, AMERICA!

 YOU MADE JUBILEE 2008  THE BEST EVER!

Mark your calendar for Jubilee 2009

Third weekend in September

Host Sponsor: Louisville Waterfront Development Corporation

National Jug Band Jubilee
is a gathering of the nation's best jug bands,

performing in the city that started it all!

 

National Jug Band Jubilee Brings America's Happiest Music back to its old Kentucky home.  Dedicated to preserving jug band music at its late 19th century home--

Louisville, Kentucky.  National Jug Band Jubilee--funded in part through a

Kentucky Arts Council grant.

 

 
America's Happiest Music!