CELEBRATING 35 YEARS!
Jazz & Oysters celebrates Water Music Society’s 35th Anniversary this year. Water Music Festival was started 35 years ago, followed the next year by Jazz & Oysters, created as a fundraiser. The first Jazz & Oysters Festival was held at the Oysterville Schoolhouse grounds in 1990. Join us this year at the Port of Peninsula in Nahcotta for a dynamic festival that celebrates our musical history on the peninsula!
Jazz & Oysters will be held on August 17, 2019 at the Port of Peninsula where fresh harvested oysters and other shellfish are brought in daily. Come celebrate, listen to our line-up of amazing performers, dance, enjoy delicious food, drinks and the spectacular view of the bay and Willapa Hills!
Saturday • August 17 • 12:00pm -7:00pm
Port of Peninsula at Nahcotta
$25 • $12 ages 6-18 • Free under 6
An outdoor concert for Jazz enthusiasts. Great food! Kid friendly! Bring chairs or a blanket and enjoy.
In addition to lively music, listeners can purchase and enjoy famed Willapa Bay oysters and other yummy food.
Wine, beer, and other beverages will also be available.
Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Please no outside food or beverages.
Dogs permitted on leash only.
Buy tickets for Jazz & Oysters 2019
Concert Schedule:
11:30am:
Gates Open
12:00pm-1:00pm:
Ilwaco High School Jazz Band
1:00pm-2:30pm:
North Coast Big Band
3:00pm-4:30pm:
Good Company Music
5:00-6:30pm:
Eugenie Jones
Tickets; $25, $12 Ages 6-18, Free – Under 6.
Sponsors
Taylor Shellfish Farms
Port of Peninsula
Ilwaco High School Jazz Band
Start the day with great jazz played by the very talented jazz band from Ilwaco High School.
They are awesome!
North Coast Big Band
Formed nearly 40 years ago by the late Dennis Thiel, and John Banholzer. the North Coast Big Band includes some of the Northwest’s finest jazz musicians. Led by Lee Stromquist, the band specializes in dances, and concerts
Good Company Music
Dance party! Seattle six piece Good Company is the USA’s first Electro Swing band. Combining sounds of the 1920’s and 30’s jazz club with the electronic music of today, Good Company uses live horns, vintage samples, and funky beats to create a whole new type of dance party. Their musical/vocal performance is contemporary magic! Since 2013 Good Company has released three albums and performed throughout the US, Canada, and Europe.
Eugenie Jones
An American jazz vocalist and songwriter reminiscent in style and sophistication of iconic jazz vocalists of the past. She delights her audiences with both classic jazz standards as well as blues melodies…
