20th Anniversary DixieFest will feature top Midwest bands

 

For the past 19 years, during the last weekend in July, Dixieland jazz has invaded Clear Lake, Iowa. Visitors from surrounding states, across the nation, and from several international countries, have gathered to hear what has been termed “America’s only original art form”, traditional jazz music, performed by musicians from not only the Upper-Midwest, but as far away as Australia and France. The serene lakeside venue comes alive with sounds that were heard in the long-gone pavilions that lined the nearby lakeshore during the early years of the 20th century.

 

On July 28th and 29th, the 20th Annual Lakeside DixieFest will include music from four different bands to include “The Original Salty Dogs”, from Chicago/New York, “Barbary Coast Dixieland Band” from Minneapolis, “Les Fields and the Turkey River All-Stars” from Rochester, and the host band “The Raiders of the Lost Art” from North Iowa.

 

Concerts will run from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Saturday evening, and from Noon until 8:00 pm on Sunday. There will be 9:30 AM church services in the park led by “The Raiders of the Lost Art”. “Barbary Coast Dixieland Band” will be leading worship at the Methodist Church.

 

The Lakeside DixieFest continues to be one of the very few traditional jazz festivals in the country that is free-to-the-public, thanks to the generosity of several area businesses and organizations, and contributions from individual patrons.

 

All concerts will be held in the Ludwig Wangberg Band Shell in Clear Lake’s City Park, right on the shore of beautiful Clear Lake.

 

Come early and join us for a Triple-decker Lakefest weekend to include the 24th Annual Iowa Storytelling Festival, held on Friday evening and Saturday, and the 35th Annual Clear Lake Art Sail, all day Saturday.

 

For Lakefest weekend and lodging information please contact: Clear Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau

P.O. Box 188

Clear Lake, IA 50428

(641) 357-2159 or 1-(800)285-5338

 

July 28th & 29th, 2012

 

Lakeside Festivals, LTD

Performance Schedule

 

Saturday, July 28th, 2012

 

All of the following events will be in the Ludwig Wangberg Band Shell in City Park on the shore of scenic Clear Lake except as marked (*)

 

6:00pm  “Raiders of the Lost Art”

7:00pm  “Barbary Coast Dixieland Band”

8:00pm  “Original Salty Dogs”

 

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

 

9:30am         CHURCH SERVICES

  “Raiders of the Lost Art” – City Park

   “Barbary Coast Dixieland Band”-Methodist Church

 

 

Noon     “Les Fields and the Turkey River All-Stars”

1:00pm  “Raiders of the Lost Art”

2:00pm  “Barbary Coast Dixieland Band”

3:00pm  “Original Salty Dogs”

4:00pm  “Les Fields and the Turkey River All-Stars”

5:00pm  “Raiders of the Lost Art”

6:00pm  “Barbary Coast Dixieland Band”

7:00pm  “Original Salty Dogs”

 

Festival Announcer – Bob Fisher

Sound – Mark Hansen

 

Come early and join us for the LakeFest weekend to include the 23rd Annual Iowa Storytelling Festival, and the 34th Annual Clear Lake Art Sail.

 

For LakeFest weekend information please contact:

Clear Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau

P.O. Box 188

Clear Lake, IA 50428

(641) 357-2159 0r 1-(800) 285-5338

 

Mark you calendars for

July 27th & 28th, 2013