Click here for the 2008 Catalina Island Festival Program
![]() Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival Over 30 Different Stars of Smooth Jazz Over 3 Consecutive Island WEEKENDS On an Island 26 Miles Out to Sea October 3, 4, 5 October 10, 11, 12 October 17, 18, 19 ALL AGES WELCOME CLICK HERE Catalina Island & JazzTrax Festival Picture Page |
Unplugged Under the Stars at the Wrigley Ranch Thursday Nights Ahead of Each October Island Weekend ![]() UNDER THE STARS, FAR SIDE OF ISLAND COURTYARD OF WRIGLEY RANCH October 2 MINDI ABAIR October 9 PAUL BROWN October 16 RAY PARKER JR. |
SECRET TOUR & SECRET ROOMS
Secret Tour of Avalon Casinos Secret Rooms and Backstage will include More Discovered Secret Rooms Only Comes with Unplugged Wrigley Ranch Ticket When you attend the JazzTrax Festival you spend hours inside the Fabulous Famous 1929 Avalon Ballroom, 6 stories High overlooking the Pacific Ocean, but many of you have still Never seen the 1929 State of the Art Built for the Silent Movie Era Movie Theater (where 'The Mummy' is showing this week) on ground level beneath the Ballroom, let alone all the Casino's Secret Rooms the daily all year tours NEVER go through, let alone the back stage area where the Stars of Smooth Jazz relax before climbing the multitude of back stage steps to performance at the top of the Casino Ballroom. |
|
|
|
Thursday Night, Oct. 2nd Unplugged at the Wrigley Ranch ![]() Mindi Abair Full Barbecue Dinner & Bar Meet at Avalon Tour Plaza 4:45 p.m. Under the Stars on the FAR SIDE OF THE ISLAND |
Thursday Night, Oct. 9th Unplugged at the Wrigley Ranch ![]() Paul Brown ![]() Peter White Full Barbecue Dinner & Bar Meet at Avalon Tour Plaza 4:45 p.m. Under the Stars on the FAR SIDE OF THE ISLAND |
Thursday Night, Oct. 16th Unplugged at the Wrigley Ranch ![]() Ray Parker Jr. Full Barbecue Dinner & Bar Meet at Avalon Tour Plaza 4:45 p.m. Under the Stars on the FAR SIDE OF THE ISLAND |
Friday Night, Oct.3rd |
Friday Night, Oct. 10th |
.Friday Night, Oct. 17th |
![]() 7:30 p.m. French Guitarist U-NAM ![]() 9:00 p.m. The Sax Pack with Jeff Kashiwa, Steve Cole and Kim Waters |
![]() 7:30 p.m. Debut Guitarist Jay Soto ![]() 9:00 p.m. Eric Darius |
![]() 7:30 p.m. Nyee Moses ![]() 9 p.m. Mindi Abair |
Saturday, Oct. 4th |
Saturday, Oct. 11th |
Saturday, Oct. 18th |
AFTERNOON SESSION ![]() NOON Jackiem Joyner JazzTrax debut Artist of the Year ![]() 2:00 p.m. L.A. Chillharmonic with Richard Smith, Brian Bromberg, Michael Paulo, Gregg Karukas, Greg Adams & Joel Taylor |
AFTERNOON SESSION ![]() NOON Jackiem Joyner JazzTrax debut Artist of the Year ![]() 2:00 p.m. L.A. Chillharmonic with Richard Smith, Brian Bromberg, Michael Paulo, Gregg Karukas, Greg Adams & Joel Taylor |
AFTERNOON SESSION ![]() NOON Jessy J Young debut Saxophonist ![]() 2:00 p.m. Nick Colionne Guitarist |
EVENING SESSION |
EVENING SESSION |
EVENING SESSION |
![]() 7:00 p.m. Jessy J Young debut Saxophonist ![]() 9:00 p.m. Acoustic Alchemy Saturday Night After Party at Descanso Beach. No Charge. Dancing on the Beach into the Wee Hours of the Morning |
![]() 7:00 p.m. Nyee Moses ![]() 9:00 p.m. Keiko Matsui Japanese Keyboardist Saturday Night After Party at Descanso Beach. No Charge. Dancing on the Beach into the Wee Hours of the Morning
|
![]() 7:00 p.m. Debut Guitarist Jay Soto ![]() 9:00 p.m. Euge Groove Saturday Night After Party at Descanso Beach. No Charge. Dancing on the Beach into the Wee Hours of the Morning |
After Party Descanso Beach 10:30 - 1 a.m. |
After Party Descanso Beach 10:30 - 1 a.m. |
After Party Descanso Beach 10:30 - 1 a.m. |
Sunday, Oct. 5th |
Sunday, Oct. 12th |
Sunday, Oct.19 th |
AFTERNOON SESSION ![]() NOON Brian Bromberg ![]() 2:00 p.m. Warren Hill |
AFTERNOON SESSION ![]() NOON Paul Jackson Jr. ![]() 2:00 p.m. Gregg Karukas Keyboardist |
AFTERNOON SESSION ![]() NOON Jackiem Joyner JazzTrax debut Artist of the Year ![]() 2:00 p.m. Paul Brown's Guitar Night featuring Marc Antoine & Chris Standring |
EVENING SESSION |
EVENING SESSION |
EVENING SESSION |
![]() 7:00 p.m. Philippe Saisse ![]() 9:00 p.m. R n R Starring Rick Braun & Richard Elliot |
![]() 7:00 p.m. Jessy J Young debut Saxophonist ![]() 9:00 p.m. Jeffrey Osborne |
![]() 7:00 p.m. Sekou Bunch Bassist ![]() ![]() 9:00 p.m. Sax for Stax Brand New All Star Show featuring Gerald Albright's Sax for Stax World Debut with Featured Artist ![]() |
|
||
. | - | - |
![]() |
||||||
![]() |
|||||||||
![]() |
|||||||||
|
|||||||||
![]() |
|||||||||
![]() |
|||||||||
![]() |
|||||||||