Carson City's Jazz and Beyond Festival continues at 11 a.m. today with live stream of Niall McGuinness, New World Jazz Project

Event Date: 
September 13, 2020 - 11:00am

Mile High Jazz Band Association continues the 2020 Jazz & Beyond Festival’s series of live-streamed, streamed, and virtual events through September. The next event, on Sunday, September 13, features Niall McGuinness & the New World Jazz Project playing soul, Latin, and world jazz from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The five-piece band, including reeds, keyboard, bass, drums, and percussion, will be live-streamed from Empire Ranch Golf by A to Zen Media.

Although reservations for the in-person jazz brunch are sold out, everyone can enjoy the live band in real time for free. To watch, go to facebook.com/jazzcarsoncity at 11:00 a.m. Sunday. Future live-streamed events will also initiate from this Facebook page. For notifications, “like” the page and select "notifications on" from the pull-down menu labeled “following.”

Future Jazz & Beyond events include:
— Tuesday, Sept. 15, 7:00 p.m. - Tom Stryker’s Impromptu, jazz - Tom Stryker, harmonica; Jimmy Vermilion, keyboard and keyboard bass; and Marcy Benner, vocalist; live-streamed from A to Zen Media.

— Sunday, Sept. 20, 4:00 p.m. - Sagebrush Rebels, country-western - vocals, keyboard, bass, guitar, fiddle, pedal steel, and drums, live-streamed from Carson City.

— Thursday, Sept. 24, Frances Humphrey Lecture Series: “Casino Sidemen: Reno Showroom Musicians of the 1950s-1990s” by Patricia Crane. This lecture will be presented via Zoom. Register at www.carsonnvmuseum.org/events.

— Sunday, Sept. 27, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. - Jazz Brunch at Empire Ranch Golf with Cherie and Take This! Vocals, keyboard, sax/flute, guitar, and drums. Limited seating - reservations required. Call 775-883-4154. Event will also be live-streamed.

Live-streamed events will be video recorded for future viewing on the Jazz & Beyond Music & Art Festival YouTube channel. For details about the bands and schedule updates, see jazzcarsoncity.com.

Jazz & Beyond: Carson City Music and Art Festival is presented by the Mile High Jazz Band Association, and supported in part by grants from the Carson City Cultural Commission, the Nevada Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts, and by community businesses and private donations.

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