Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival 2009

Food & Craft Vendors

Marine Park affords an easy flow of foot-traffic from music to vendor booths and the harbor on the Navesink River. It's a gem of a location that mixes music and shopping and fun for the children.

For Food & Crafter Info/ Applications and booth possibilities, please contact:

Jim Dooley
RedBankFair@comcast.net
or call

Doris @ 732-933-1984

Sponsorship

Our free festival offers sponsorship positions with remarkable brand visibility and significant interaction with the community.

Please contact:

Kathy Bullock,
Global Producers Services, Kathy@
gpsincorporated.com
609-758-5400

or email us for info.

Our sister festival!

2009 Long Branch
Jazz & Blues Festival

Saturday, Sept. 5^th
1-10 pm
Please email the
longbranchfestival
for an application.

Point Pleasant Festival

Point Pleasant
2009 Jazz & Bluesfest

Saturday, 20 June 2009

Red Bank River Center

Only One Red Bank

Three Stages, Three days, all Free! Marine Park in Red Bank

Marina Stage, Riverfront Stage, Back Beat Stage

1 Wharf Ave., Red Bank, NJ 07701

Schedule for All Stages | Weekend Schedule Grid | Map to the Festival

Friday 5^th: 5 pm - 10 pm | Saturday 6^th: 11 am - 10 pm | Sunday 7^th: 11 am - 6 pm

Our 23^rd Anniversary

The 23^rd Annual FREE Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival, which will take place in Marine Park overlooking the beautiful Navesink River, offers three days (and nights!) of jazz, blues, food, crafts, games, good company, and plenty of family fun.

We look forward to having you come over and join us this year to enjoy some of the best Jazz and Blues music around, a New Jersey tradition.

Did you know the Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival is produced annually for FREE by a completely volunteer non-profit organization (The Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation)? Proceeds from the festival fund our education, scholarship and outreach programs: Visit www.jsjbf.org.

Summertime!
... and the livin' is easy...

Let's Roll

And we're at it again! For twenty-three years now, the Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues foundation has given the calling-on song for the start of the Jersey shore summer season by presenting a FREE JAZZ and BLUES FESTIVAL in beautiful Marine Park in Red Bank, New Jersey.

Volunteer Information here.

Band Sign-in Information here.

Countdown

President Eddy Cooper announces the 50/50!

Some of this year's honorees were...

Lifetime member Sonny Kenn	Scholarship recipient Joshua Peck
Award to Brookdale radio's Randy Bailey	Scholarship recipient guitarist Travis Lyon
A third scholarship went to Maggie Rodriguez. See the JSJBF education pages to learn more about this program..

photos by George Wirt - (click to enlarge)

The festival was web-cast live on paltalk.com ~ thanks Paltalk!

2009 Headliners

Fri. June 5:	Sonny Kenn
Sat. June 6:	Deanna Bogart Band
Sun. June 7:	Houston Person Quartet
All weekend:	T.J. Wheeler

Headliners' Bio Paqe (or click on a band name above)

All performer's bios are on the Performer's Page

Three Stages ... and more...

Simultaneous music on three stages, all weekend! MAP

Marina Stage is the main festival stage, with seating for several thousand, overlooking the beautiful Red Bank Marina, with the Navesink Highlands in the distance beyond.

Riverfront Stage is the smaller, more personal stage, get right on top of the performers, located near the food courts at the east end of the festival.

BackBeat Stage is for the Education, Youth, and Outreach programs. Not just for kids anymore tho! At the west side of the festival.

Streetlife is a continuation of the festival throughout the town of Red Bank, presented by Red Bank RiverCenter. Various artist appear throughout the day at locations all over town!

Helping Hands provides a nexus for interaction and information exchange with many of the area's local community involvement groups.

Thanks to all our 2009 Sponsors

For complete information on our sponsors, take a peek at the Sponsors Page.

	This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a Partner Agency of the NEA, and by The National Endowment for the Arts.			The festival is supported in part by a grant from New Jersey Department of State, Division of Travel and Tourism. Check out their site here.
	The festival is grateful for funding provided by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation in support of our Educational and Outreach Programs.			Very special thanks to the Marriott Courtyard in Red Bank, who generously house many of our performers for the festival. Coming in from out of town? Book a room at the Courtyard! Special Festival rates!: http://cwp.marriott.com/ewrrb/jazzfest