Jazz & Beyond Music Festival

Mile High Jazz Band Association, Jazz & Beyond Music Festival
Event Description: 

Carson City’s 22nd annual Jazz & Beyond Music Festival, presented by the Mile High Jazz Band Association, offers 10 days of mostly free entertainment and more than 30 performances. The beat returns this August in multiple venues around the city! Besides some of the finest jazz talent the area has to offer, we feature other styles of music and entertainment including country & western, folk, latin music, ragtime, and even cowboy poetry.

Friday Aug 15 

  • Governors Mansion - Opening Night
    • 4:30 p - 5:30 p Kantu Inka
    • 6 p - 8 p Reno Jaxx Orchestra 
      • Bar & Food Truck

Saturday Aug 16

  • Comma Courtyard
    • 11:30 a - 1:30 p The Jazzettes USA
    • 4:30 p - 6:30 p The Gardnervillains
  • Foreman-Roberts House
    • 2 - 4 p CC Historical Society Ice Cream Social
      • Carson Street Ragtime Band
  • Brewery Arts Center
    • 7 p Levitt Concert

Sunday Aug 17

  • Silver Saddle Ranch
    • 2:30 p - 4 p Doug Sandall & Dale Poune, the Double D's
    • 4 p - 4:30 p Cowboy Poets Nancy Harris McLellan, Larry Marinel & Jo Foster
    • 4:30 p - 6:30 p Sagebrush Rebels
      • Food Refreshments, and Wagon Rides

Monday Aug 18

  • Comma Courtyard
    • 11:30 a - 1:30 p Bella & the Gentleman
    • 4:30 p - 6:30 p Tom Stryker's Impromptu
  • McFadden Plaza Stage
    • 7 p - 9 p RoseBud's Dance Band

Tuesday Aug 19 

  • Comma Courtyard  
    • 11:30 a - 1:30 p Allice Jones Jazz
    • 4:30 p - 6:30 p Dom & Friends
  • McFadden Plaza Stage
    • 7 p - 9 p New World Jazz Project

Wednesday Aug 20

  • Comma Courtyard
    • 11:30 a - 1:30 p Jazz Catz
  • Brewery Arts Center Ballroom 
    • 4p - 6 p Dallas Smith & Susan Mazer
  • McFadden Plaza Stage
    • 7 p - 9 p Carolyn Dolan Band

Thursday Aug 21

  • Comma Courtyard
    • 11:30 a - 1:30 p Retro Radio Dolls
    • 4:30 p - 6:30 Darrell and the Darrell-Licks
  • McFadden Plaza Stage
    • 7 p - 9 p Mile High Jazz Band Basie's Birthday Concert

Friday Aug 22

  • Comma Courtyard
    • 11:30 a - 1:30 p Monique & the Bebop Revival
  • Bliss Mansion
    • 3:30 p - 5:30 p Lucky Diamon & the Intercontinentals
    • 6 p - 8 p Cherie and John Shipley's Take This Band
      • Bar & Food Truck

Saturday Aug 23

  • Comma Courtyard
    • 11:30 a - 1:30 p Reno Jazz Project
    • 4:30 p - 6:30 p Carson Street Ragtime Band
  • Brewery Arts Center
    • 7 p Levitt Concert

Sunday Aug 24

  • McFadden Plaza Stage
    • 7 p - 9 p No Comprende
This event is happening next on: 
Friday, August 15, 2025 - 4:30 pm to 8:00 pmShow all dates
Saturday, August 16, 2025 - 11:30 am to 9:00 pm
Sunday, August 17, 2025 - 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Monday, August 18, 2025 - 11:30 am to 9:00 pm
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 - 11:30 am to 9:00 pm
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 - 11:30 am to 9:00 pm
Thursday, August 21, 2025 - 11:30 am to 9:00 pm
Friday, August 22, 2025 - 11:30 am to 9:00 pm
Saturday, August 23, 2025 - 11:30 am to 8:00 pm
Sunday, August 24, 2025 - 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Where is the event?

Various locations around Carson City