This local ensemble performs every year at the festival. Under the direction of Mark Allen, the 50-piece band will perform a tribute to the armed forces by playing “Semper Paratus” and “Military Suite.”
Other tunes include “Chester” by William Schuman, “Bugler’s Holiday,” by Leroy Anderson and Mendelssohn’s concerto, arranged by Charles Koff and featuring trumpeter Wilbur Jensen. As usual, the band will finish with a John Philip Sousa march, “Black Horse Troop.”
Three other groups will perform at the festival opener: Streptocarpus, a local acid/jazz combo; Soulpie, a local blues group; and Taarka, a gypsy/Balkan funk band from Boulder, Colo., led by Enion Pelta-Tiller and David Tiller.
• noon, Saturday, July 12
Mingus Park
Free
The T Club
The T Club, a Eugene band, describes its music as positive reggae-influenced dance music, according to a press release. The T Club’s eight members fuse together dance rhythms, positive vocals, Eastern percussion and West Coast reggae.
• 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 15
Waxer’s Rock Hall
226. S. Broadway, Coos Bay
$15 ($13 members, $5 students)
Gypsy Soul
Gypsy Soul plays atmospheric acoustic rock with Celtic and Americana roots with ethereal vocals by Cilette Swann, according to a press release. The duo has produced eight albums and sold more than 100,000 records, reaching the adult contemporary charts. The band’s songs have also been featured in several television shows.
• 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 16
Rogers Zoo
2037 Sherman Ave., North Bend
$15 ($13 members, $5 students)
Dale Inskeep Band
Dale Inskeep describes his musical genre as surf country, something that wouldn’t fit on hit country radio, according to a press release. The Dale Inskeep Band includes Carmen Matthews on bass, Dave Ford on electric/acoustic guitar, Danny Richardson on drums, Tom Beckstrom on percussion and Inskeep on acoustic guitar.
• 7 p.m., Thursday, July 17
Hightide Cafe
91124 Cape Arago Highway, Charleston
Free
Stephanie Schneiderman
Portland artist Stephanie Schneiderman has amassed a diverse body of work that includes five solo albums, two collaborative albums, three acclaimed children’s records, several acting roles and the production of a concert series to benefit refugees in Uganda. Her collaborative project, Dirty Martini, a Crosby, Stills and Nash-styled girl group, is one of Portland’s buzz bands, according to a press release.
• 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 18
The Mill Casino-Hotel
3201 Tremont Ave., North Bend
$15 ($13 members, $5 students)
A Snowball’s Chance
This local jazz band brings a youthful spin to jazz classics and original tunes.
• noon, Saturday, July 19
Shore Acres State Park; Free
Molly’s Revenge
Molly’s Revenge is an acoustic Celtic band that combines bagpipes, whistle, fiddle and song, set against a backdrop of guitar, bouzouki, and mandola accompaniment. Their arrangements modernize traditional Celtic jigs and reels.
• 7:30 p.m., Saturday, July 19
Egyptian Theatre
229 S. Broadway, Coos Bay
$15 ($13 members, $5 students)
George Whitty & Friends
George Whitty is a keyboardist, Emmy-nominated composer, Grammy-winning producer and mix engineer. As a pianist and synthesist, he’s spent 15 years playing live with the Brecker Brothers, David Sanborn, Richard Bona, Chaka Khan and others. He has worked on recordings by dozens of artists including Celine Dion and Santana. As a producer, he has produced four Grammy-winning records for Chaka Khan and the Brecker Brothers. As a composer, he’s written for hundreds of episodes of television.
• 2 p.m., Sunday, July 20
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology Boathouse
63466 Boat Basin Road, Charleston
$25
Stolen Sweets
The Stolen Sweets play music from the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s. The band initially formed to revive the songs of the Boswell Sisters, a ’30s trio known for auspicious, good-humored music that Depression-era listeners found uplifting. The band comprises vocalists Jen Bernard, Lara Michell and Erin Sutherland, guitarist-singers Pete Krebs and David Langenes and double bass player Keith Brush. Their arrangements are inspired by the Boswells’ tight three-part harmonies and frequent tempo changes, but instead of piano, clarinet, and horns, the Sweets incorporate what they describe as gypsy jazz accompaniment. The band performs at clubs and festivals all over the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
• Jazz at Jardin’s
6 p.m., Wednesday, July 23
Black Market Gourmet
495 Central Ave., Coos Bay
$75
• Salsa and balboa dancing
10 p.m., Thursday, July 24
The Mill Casino-Hotel
3201 Tremont Ave., North Bend
$20
Festival Orchestra
The Festival Orchestra is a remarkable assembly of regional, national and international musicians, many of whom have joined this festival for decades, under the direction of James Paul for two concerts and Jason Klein for a Pops concert.
The first orchestra concert also will include pieces by Copland, Barber, Bernstein and Dvorak.
“Gypped” is the theme of the Pops concert. Klein will lead the orchestra in performances of several gypsy-inspired tunes, including selections from “Gypsy.”
The featured guest is pianist Jon Nakamatsu, who has played with orchestras all over the world, as well as at the White House. The orchestra will support Nakamatsu on a Rachmaninofff concerto in the second orchestra concert.
• Concert I: 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 22
• Pops: 7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 24
• Concert II: 7:30 p.m., Saturday, July 26
Marshfield Auditorium
10th and Ingersoll, Coos Bay
$20 ($18 members, $8 students)
Festival Chamber Players
Four members of the Festival Orchestra will perform a piano and strings concert featuring selections by Mozart and Beethoven. The quartet comprises Karen Hilley on violin, Michelle Matthewson on viola, David Chinburg on cello and local pianist Ida Jo Gates.
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Ok, this is a music festival, and I think there needs to be free music concerts EVERYDAY if you really want people to come. At least every week, but that one in the park isn't going to cut it. I told everyone I could to come for the festival, they looked into it and said "well, nothing's going on". Don't be snobs, we love all kinds of music, especially the free kind, and I'm sure you'll find tons of quality musicians that would love to participate
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