Join Us

All Day

Saturday

September 14

at Waterfront Park's

Brown-Foreman
Amphitheater

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1:00 - Miss Maybell & "Ragtime" Charlie Judkins (NYC, NY)
2:00 - Jake Leg Stompers (Knoxville, TN)
3:00 - Cincinnati Dancing Pigs (Cincinnati, OH)
4:00 - Workshops! (hosted by Arlo Leach. Includes jug, washboard, washtub bass, bones, kazoo, guitar, ragtime piano)
5:00 - Steel City Jug Slammers (Birmingham, AL)
6:00 - Juggernaut Jug Band (Louisville, KY)
7:00 - Shake 'Em Up Jazz Band (New Orleans, LA)
8:15 - Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton (NYC, NY)
9:30 - Jim Kweskin (Boston, MA)

Join Us

All Day

Saturday

September 14

at Waterfront Park's

Brown-Foreman
Amphitheater

CLICK for 2019 LINEUP

The 2019 National Jug Band Jubilee will take place at the Brown-Forman Amphitheater in Waterfront Park.

Music at begins at 1pm and ends at 11 p.m.

In addition to the bands, the Jubilee features other fun activities for kids ages 2 to 82, with great local vending, food, beer and wine.

...And as always, the National Jug Band Jubilee will take a break from the music at 4 p.m. for several workshops. Learn to blow a jug, play a washboard, washtub bass, kazoo and more!

FEATURING

Jim Kweskin – Boston, MA

Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton – NYC

and also

Shake ‘Em Up Jazz Band – New Orleans, LA
Steel City Jug Slammers – Birmingham, AL
The Juggernaut Jug Band – Louisville, KY
Jake Leg Stompers – Bucksnort, TN
Cincinnati Dancing Pigs – Cincinnati, OH
Miss Maybell & “Ragtime” Charlie Judkins – NYC

Join us the day BEFORE the Jubilee
Friday, September 13th
for these Jubilee-related events

JUG JAM AT GOODWOOD

Jug Band Jam Session
- FREE -
at Goodwood Tap Room
on Main Street,
hosted by Arlo Leach
9-11pm

Concert in germantown

Steel City Jug Slammers at the Nachbar - FREE - 8-10pm

Concert on Chestnut Street

Miss Maybell & "Ragtime" Charlie Judkins at The Limbo. -$5- 9-11pm

Panel Discusion at the Frazier Museum

“All in the Family: Examining Jug Band Music's relationship with American Popular Music”

Panel discussion w/
- Jug Band legend Jim Kweskin,
- Fiddle historian John Harrod,
- Musician Bill Steber and
- Author Michael L. Jones
- performance by Juggernaut Jug Band
- Free for members
- $15 for non-members
- 7pm

Updates, News, and Social Feeds!

News

National Jug Band Jubilee celebrates 15th anniversary with Kweskin

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LOUISVILLE, KY, (July 30, 2019) – Jug band music is a pre-World War II jazz style that thrived in Louisville from 1890 to 1930. A former public relations executive named Rod Wenz organized the first National Jug Band Jubilee 15-years ago to celebrate that legacy. The Juggernaut Jug Band and the Cincinnati Dancing Pigs entertained […]