The Second Annual Santa Cruz Jug Band Festival
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The Second Annual Santa Cruz Jug Band Festival
Thursday August 6th – Sunday August 9th, 2026
Free admission for all events!
Contact [email protected]
Jug band music is scrappy, soulful, and a little unexpected — The songs are an energetic and artful blend of old-time jazz with blues and gospel. It can be played using washboards, jugs, kazoos; anything that can be turned into an instrument - or guitar, banjo, and brass - it’s the kind of music that makes you stop and smile!
Calendar of events:
Thursday August 6th, 5:45-7:30 pm at Pono Hawaiian Grill. 120 Union St. Downtown Santa Cruz.
• Join the Trolley Drops at their monthly jug band sing and play along. Bring your voice and/or instruments and your good humor. Lyrics projected on the wall. It’s free.
Friday August 7th, 6-9 pm at Abbott Square Market and the MAH, 725 Front St. Santa Cruz
• 6 pm in the MAH lecture hall: “The Wild & Wacky History of Jug Band Music”, a presentation by the Trolley Drops.
• 7 pm at Abbott Square: The Puffball Collective plays dance music, “Prohibition to Psychedelia: Jug Band Roots as Rock.”
Saturday August 8th, Noon-9 pm at Abbott Square. 725 Front St. Santa Cruz
• Five bands will play 1.25 hour sets with solo and group performances between sets.
Saturday August 8th
12-9pm. Abbott Square Marketplace
Festival Schedule:
12:00: Trolley Drops Jug Band
12:30: Musical saw
1:00: The Paradise Park Jug Band
2:00: Jug juggler
2:30: Quake City Jug Band
3:45: Jake Houshmand
4:15: Rivertown Skifflers
5:30 Washtub Bass Band
6:00: Washboard Rhythm Company
7:15: Jared Emmerson Johnson
7:45: Trolley Drops Brass Band
Free admission for all events!
Sunday August 9th
2-5pm. Shanty Shack Brewing
Jug Band Happy Hour
Bring your instruments for an old time jam session
Free admission for all events!
Thursday August 6th – Sunday August 9th, 2026
Free admission for all events!
Contact [email protected]
Jug band music is scrappy, soulful, and a little unexpected — The songs are an energetic and artful blend of old-time jazz with blues and gospel. It can be played using washboards, jugs, kazoos; anything that can be turned into an instrument - or guitar, banjo, and brass - it’s the kind of music that makes you stop and smile!
Calendar of events:
Thursday August 6th, 5:45-7:30 pm at Pono Hawaiian Grill. 120 Union St. Downtown Santa Cruz.
• Join the Trolley Drops at their monthly jug band sing and play along. Bring your voice and/or instruments and your good humor. Lyrics projected on the wall. It’s free.
Friday August 7th, 6-9 pm at Abbott Square Market and the MAH, 725 Front St. Santa Cruz
• 6 pm in the MAH lecture hall: “The Wild & Wacky History of Jug Band Music”, a presentation by the Trolley Drops.
• 7 pm at Abbott Square: The Puffball Collective plays dance music, “Prohibition to Psychedelia: Jug Band Roots as Rock.”
Saturday August 8th, Noon-9 pm at Abbott Square. 725 Front St. Santa Cruz
• Five bands will play 1.25 hour sets with solo and group performances between sets.
Saturday August 8th
12-9pm. Abbott Square Marketplace
Festival Schedule:
12:00: Trolley Drops Jug Band
12:30: Musical saw
1:00: The Paradise Park Jug Band
2:00: Jug juggler
2:30: Quake City Jug Band
3:45: Jake Houshmand
4:15: Rivertown Skifflers
5:30 Washtub Bass Band
6:00: Washboard Rhythm Company
7:15: Jared Emmerson Johnson
7:45: Trolley Drops Brass Band
Free admission for all events!
Sunday August 9th
2-5pm. Shanty Shack Brewing
Jug Band Happy Hour
Bring your instruments for an old time jam session
Free admission for all events!
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Where is it happening?
Abbott Square Market,, 725 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060-4538, United States
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Host or PublisherThe Trolley Drops
