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National Jug Band Jubilee named one of “15 Music Events to Attend in 2013!”

LOUISVILLE, KY, (August 15, 2013) – The 9th Annual National Jug Band Jubilee returns to the Brown- Foreman Amphitheater in Waterfront Park on Saturday, September 21, Noon-11 p.m. Louisville.com named the jubilee, which attracts bands and attendees from all over the country, one of “15 Music Events to Attend in 2013,” because it is free, family-friendly, and keeps getting better. In addition to the music, the festival also includes food vendors, a beer and wine booth, and a number of workshops for adults and children.

Louisville is the acknowledged home of jug music, a pre-jazz style that features traditional and homemade instruments. In the late 19th century, African American musicians walked the streets of the River City playing tunes on improvised instruments like empty liquor jugs (“the poor man’s tuba”), kazoos and washboards. By the time the sound reached its peak in the 1930s, it had infiltrated towns up and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, especially Memphis and New Orleans.

The National Jug Band Jubilee draws musicians from all over the country. The 2013 line-up includes:

  • The Crow Quill Night Owls – Port Townsend, WA
  • The Hokum High Rollers – New Orleans, LA
  • Sanctified Grumblers – Chicago, IL
  • The Cincinnati Dancing Pigs – Cincinnati, OH
  • The Juggernaut Jug Band – Louisville, KY
  • How Long Jug Band – Portland, OR
  • The Jake Leg Stompers – Murfreesboro, TN
  • Boo Bradley – Madison, WI
  • Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues – New York, NYThe National Jug Band Jubilee is dedicated to preserving the history of Louisville jug music. For the last several years, the organization has partnered with Jefferson County Public Schools to offer jug band concerts to school children on the day before the jubilee. That tradition will continue this year. The schools hosting the performance should be released in the next few weeks.Contact:

Heather Leoncini
(502) 417-1107
juggernautpr@yahoo.com
President, National Jug Band Jubilee
www.jugbandjubilee.org

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