The Blues Walk is Back October 4th with 22 bands across 18 venues downtown North Bend, WA One ticket, one night: 6 p.m.–midnight in historic Downtown North Bend NORTH BEND, Wash. — August 26, 2025 — The North Bend Blues Walk is back on Saturday, October 4, 2025, transforming Downtown North Bend into a walkable, … Continue reading 2025 North Bend Blues Walk
Tag: Jazz Festivals
I know what you’re thinking: Really, Danny? Another music festival?Yeah. I guess I can't help myself. This time, it's not jazz. It’s something that’s been rattling around in my brain for a while—like this has been three years in the making. Something rootsy, honest, and a little dustier. It’s called Haystack Music Fest, and it’s … Continue reading Here We Go… Starting a New Music Festival – Haystack
In 2011, I started the North Bend Jazz Walk, followed by the North Bend Blues Walk six months later. These annual events raise funds for Jazz Clubs NW, a nonprofit organization supporting live jazz performances and education. Initially, the goal was to generate awareness for the nonprofit and our jazz club - Boxleys. However, as more local businesses got involved, we realized the festival had much broader benefits beyond fundraising. Now when you buy a ticket for the North Bend Jazz Walk, you are supporting programming for students all year long, plus so much more...
Had a wonderful time at Centrum this summer and just wanted to share my pictures. I'll have to come back later and tag these. Centrum is great! You should go if you get the opportunity.
Jazz Clubs NW sponsors a week of Marcus Printup concerts, clinics and workshops. Marcus Printup, a trumpeter with the renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, will perform live on KPLU with local high school jazz students on October 15 at 12:15 p.m., and will be featured in a series of live jazz performances in the … Continue reading Marcus Printup JazzClubsNW
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