Jubilee favorite Jerron Paxton
Returns to Louisville
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Jerron Paxton w/
Kentucky Wild Horse
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April 18 at 21c
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Link for more info and tickets:
Folk School Presents JERRON PAXTON
Hopefully by now you are familiar with ReString Appalachia and the work they are doing to get quality instruments back in the hands of those who lost them due to Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. This work is ongoing!! They are now extending their logistics team to help with CA fire victims, partnered with Guitar Center Foundation, who is spearheading the effort.
How can you help? Go to their website and sign up to potentially donate an instrument and someone will follow up with you. Donate funds to help cover shipping, supplies, strings, tuners, picks and capos, etc. QR code attached to make it easy!
https://americansongcatcher.com/restringappalachia/
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The Louisville Folk School and National Jug Band Jubilee present the Summer Swing
NEWS FROM:
National Jug Band Jubilee
www.jugbandjubilee.org
For Immediate Relief *
* Jug band music relieves tension
Contact:
Heather Leoncini
(502) 417-1107
juggernautpr@yahoo.com
The Louisville Folk School and National Jug Band Jubilee present the Summer Swing
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LOUISVILLE, KY, (June 3, 2024) – The National Jug Band Jubilee is back! The nonprofit is partnering with the Louisville Folk School to put on the “Summer Swing,” a free, family-friendly outdoor festival taking place in Douglass Park, outside the Douglass Community Center, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 22.
The “Summer Swing” will feature music, kids’ activities from the Jubilee and the Steam Exchange, and food and drinks, including a beer booth from West Sixth Brewing Co. The festival will feature performances from Hubby Jenkins (former member of the Grammy Award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops), The Piedmont Blūz Acoustic Duo, the Juggernaut Jug Band, and Tin Can Caravan featuring Thomas Deakin and Stephanie Nilles.
The National Jug Band Jubilee was founded in 2005 to preserve the legacy of a pre-World War II jazz style that thrived in Louisville between 1890 and 1930. For about 15 years, the organization held a free, all-day festivals every September in Louisville’s Waterfront Park. But the event was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Jubilee board decided to push pause on the festival after the 2022 National Jug Band Jubilee because of increased costs and competition from a spate of other September festivals for sponsors and vendors.
“We took the time to discern the best, most sustainable path forward for the organization,” explained Heather Leoncini, president of the National Jug […]