West Coast Ragtime Society
Dedicated to the preservation and promtion of Ragtime and vintage American music.

2012 Ragtime Festivals

This Page Updated 4/30/2012
Prior Update 4/27/2012
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The table below lists details on upcoming ragtime festivals. The information shown was obtained from various sources.. The West Coast Ragtime Society does not vouch for the accuracy of the information. You should check with the sponsors of the event in order to ascertain the accuracy of the information. 

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January 13-15, 2012

Eau Claire 12th Annual
 Ragtime Festival
To benefit: Habitat for Humanity
Featured Artists: St. Louis Stompers and Paul Asaro!
Four Concerts, Sing-a-longs, Food & Root Beer Floats, Saturday Symposia & Silent Films, 1912 Timeline & Vintage Dress Display, Twin Piano Lounge, Friday Dinner, Saturday Dinner, Sunday Buffet & Frigid Frolics Farewell Bash 
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Congregational
Church UCC
310 Broadway
Eau Claire, WI

Lodging Available at Holiday Inn
Phone: 800-472-329
Holiday Inn Web Site

Ticket information & prices: Click here.

Visit web site
or call 

(715) 834-2668  (Church)
(9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CST M-F)

Jan 27-29, 2012
Fri-Sun

 18th Annual Eagles & Ivories Weekend
Artists: Ivory and Gold (Jeff Barnhart & Anne Barnhart, Danny Coots), Donald Ryan & Barron Ryan, Chase Garrett, Locust Street Boys
Muscatine, IA

Visit website for location in Muscatine, IA Information:
Web site: click here
Feb 10-12, 2012
Fri-Sun
Times vary, click here for schedule.

12th Annual Fresno Flats
Ragtime & Vintage Music Festival

Featuring Pianists: Tom Brier, Jack & Chris Bradshaw, Larisa Migachyov, Will Perkins with
Robyn Drivon (tuba) Steve Drivon (drums & vocals)

Oakhurst, CA

Old School House
Fresno Flats Historical Park
49777 Road 427 (AKA: School Rd.)

Oakhurst Lutheran Church
39255 Road 426 (AKA: Black Rd.)

Contact Bea at:
(559) 641-2272
or email:
bkwalden@sti.net
Mar 30, 31, 2012
Fri, Sat
Charles Templeton Ragtime Festival

Featuring: Brian Holland, Jeff Barnhart, Sonny Leyland, Martin Spitznagel, David Jasen
Starkville, Mississippi
Mitchell Memorial Library, on the campus of Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
For ticket prices, accommodations, and more information,
see web site:
C. Templeton Ragtime Festival
or call
662.325.2559
Apr 14, 15, 2012
Sat, Sun

Performers: Andrew Barrett, Shirley Case, Evans & Rogers, Jimmy Green, Vincent Johnson, Brad Kay, Eric Marchese, Erika C. Miller (vocal), Bill Mitchell, 
Bob Pinsker, Gary Rametta, John Reed-Torres, Albany Nightboat Ragtimers, Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra, Sedalia Ragtime Orchestra, Those Syncopating Songbirds (vaudvillians), The UnUrban Irregulars
Fullerton, CA

Fullerton, CA Click here for complete information.
Apr 25-28, 2012
Wed-Sun
Times vary
Click here for schedule.


Every year over Memorial Day weekend in Peoria Illinois, the Old-Time Music Preservation Association (OMPA) stages the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest to educate people about old-time piano music written prior to 1930.
Peoria, IL

.Peoria, Illinois Click here for information and location and ticket information
May 24-28, 2012
Thu-Mon
Click here for schedule.

Zehnder’s 18th Annual Ragtime Festival
Featuring: Jeff Barnhart, Bob Milne, Dan Petrella, Kerry Price, Bob Seeley, Adam Swanson
Frankenmuth, MI

Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth
730 S. Main
Frankenmuth, MI
Reservations are required for lunch, brunch and all dinner concerts.  For more info or reservations call 800-863-7999 or visit www.zehnders.com
May 25-28, 2012
Fri-Mon
Click here for schedule.

Ragtime Corner
at  the 2012 Sacramento Music Festival
Hyatt Hotel
Golden State Room

Sacramento, CA

Hyatt Hotel – 1209 L Street
Sacramento, CA
Free. Music Festival registration is not required.
Jun 6-9 2012
Wed-Sat
Free concerts
9 am to 5 pm
Paid Venues
Wed 2 & 8 pm
Thu-Sat
2, 5 & 8 pm

Scott Joplin Festival
Featuring: Jacob Adams, Paul Asaro, Faye Ballard, Jeff Barnhart, Neville Dickie, Bill Edwards, Frederick Hodges, Brian Holland, Ivory & Gold, Max Keenlyside, Sue Keller, Carl Sonny Leyland, Dave Majchrzak, Will Perkins, Jim Radloff, Mary / Gene Rasmussen, David Reffkin, John Remmers, Dalton Ridenhour, Donald Ryan, Mike Schwimmer, Sedalia Ragtime Orchestra, Morgan Siever, Martin Spitznagel, Steve Standiford, Adam Swanson, Stephanie Trick, Bryan Wright, Brett Youens
Sedalia, MO

Venue location vary. Click here for downtown Sedalia map.
Sedalia, Missouri

Paid-venue tickets available for individual concerts: $20 & $30, or Full-Package: $180. Click here for ordering information.
Accommodation info, click here.
For complete festival information, click here
Jun 11-13, 2012
Mon-Wed
Updated 2/27/2012

Click here for complete schedule (PDF format)

Blind Boone Ragtime & Early Jazz Festival

Performers: Max Morath*, Morton Gunnar Larsen, Richard Dowling, Frederic Hodges, Bob Milne, Terry Waldo, Paul Asaro, Dalton Ridenhaur, Will Perkins, Max Keenlyside, Vincent M. Johnson, Frank LiVolsi, John Reed-Torres, Adam Swanson, Mitch Meador.
*Max sold his piano years ago, but he'll beguile you with stories of Ragtime life!

Missouri Theatre for the Arts
Columbia, Missouri

Headquarters Hotel: the new University Hampton Inn & Suites—on the south end of campus—south of the University Medical School and Hospital –Veterans Hospital complex

Ticket sales: the University Concert Series—573 882-3187

Jul 20-22, 2011
Fri-Sun

Times vary
Click here
for schedule.

Central Pennsylvania Ragtime Festival
Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania is the place to be to hear great ragtime.

Performers: Adam Swanson, Andrew Greene and The Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra, Bryan Wright, Frederick Hodges
Rockhill Furnace, PA
Rockhill Furnace, PA. Ticket and schedule  information, click here.

Information: call 814-447-3984
or email, click here,

or festival web site, click here.

Or write:
David Brightbill
PO Box 272
Orbisonia, PA 17243

Jul 14, 2012
Saturday
11:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Cline Wine & Dixieland Jazz
Festival 201
2
Bands: Devil Mountain Jazz Band, Fog City Stompers, Golden Gate Rhythm Machine, Jambalaya Big Swing Band, Natural Gas Jazz Band, Royal Society Jazz Orchestra
Other Entertainers: Tom Brier, Bob Hirsch, Frederick Hodges, Marty Eggers,
Virginia Tichenor, Ray Skjelbred
Wine, beer, food available. Or, bring your own picnic.
Sonoma, CA

Cline Cellars
24737 Hwy 121
Sonoma, CA

Admission: $30 advanced, 
$35 at the gate
 Reservations: 707-940-4025
Information: www.jazznut.com
Aug 10-12, 2012
Fri, Sat, Sun
14th Annual Sutter Creek
Ragtime Festival

PERFORMERS: Jack & Chris Bradshaw, Tom Brier, Crown Syncopators, Marty Eggers, Frederick Hodges, Carl Sonny Leyland, Larisa Migachyov, Bob Pinsker, Stevens Price, Rag Time Skedaddlers, Raspberry Jam Band, Ray Skjelbred, Squeek Steele, Bub & Petra Sullivan, Keith Taylor and Virginia Tichenor
Sutter Creek, CA
Sutter Creek, CA
Click here for map
All events badges: 
'Early Bird' $60 if ordered by 7/15/12.
$70 after 7/15/12. 
Contact info:  Mother Lode Ragtime Society
11310 Prospect Drive #10, PMB 12
Jackson, CA 95642. 
Phone: (209) 405-1563
Email: motherloderagtime@comcast.net

Web site: suttercreekragtime.com
Facebook:
Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival, click here.

Nov 16, 17, 18,
2012
Friday, Saturday, Sunday

 

26th Annual

Solo Performers: Jeff Barnhart, Chris & Jack Bradshaw, Tom Brier, Marty Eggers, Frederick Hodges, Brian Holland, Morten Gunnar Larsen, Carl Sonny Leyland, Virginia Tichenor, Stephanie Trick
Youth Performers: Check Back
Groups: Crown Syncopators, Ivory & Gold, Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra, Porcupines, Ragnolia Ragtette, Ragtime Skedaddlers, Sullivans/Drivons
Seminars: Charlie Campbell/Marty Eggers, Carl Sonny Leyland, Max Keenlyside, Larry Karp, Jack Rummel
Dance Instructors: Check Back

Sacramento, California

Red Lion Hotel Sacramento
1401 Arden Way
Sacramento, CA   95815

For information
Visit Web Site
or email
Festival Information
or call Petra Sullivan at 
(916)457-3324
or toll free at
866-724-9273
or write to:
West Coast Ragtime Society
PO Box 13346
Sacramento, 
CA 95813-3346

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