Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival

23rd Annual Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival
Since 1987

| Tickets | Line-Up | Accomodations | Wrigly Ranch | Catalina Express | Catalina Info |

ORDER TICKETS ON-LINE
or call 866-872-9849

Ordering tickets on-line allows you to see exactly
which seats and tables are available, and their exact pricing.
All Weekend Concerts in the Historic 1929 Avalon Ballroom ...l.ooking Out To Sea.
Doors Open 30 Minutes Before Session's First Performance Time.

• Each Weekend Saturday Night After Parties On the Beach at Descanso
• Saturday Late Afternoon Wine Maker Dinners at the Country Club

1st Weekend, Oct. 2, 3, 4	2nd Weekend, Oct. 9, 10, 11	3rd Weekend, Oct. 16, 17, 18
Thursday Night, Oct. 1st Unplugged at the Wrigley Ranch Peter White Thursday Night Unplugged Concerts are on Far Side of Island at Wrigley Ranch. Meet at Tour Bus Courtyard 4:30 P.M. Return by approximately 9:30pm Includes Dinner & Stop at Airport in the Sky - No Host Bar -	Thursday Night, Oct. 8th Unplugged at the Wrigley Ranch Mindi Abair Thursday Night Unplugged Concerts are on Far Side of Island at Wrigley Ranch. Meet at Tour Bus Courtyard 4:30 P.M. Return by approximately 9:30pm Includes Dinner & Stop at Airport in the Sky - No Host Bar-	Thursday Night, Oct. 15th Unplugged at the Wrigley Ranch Keiko Matsui Thursday Night Unplugged Concerts are on Far Side of Island at Wrigley Ranch. Meet at Tour Bus Courtyard 4:30 P.M. Return by approximately 9:30pm Includes Dinner & Stop at Airport in the Sky - No Host Bar -
Friday Night, Oct.2nd	Friday Night, Oct. 9th	.Friday Night, Oct. 16th
7:30 pm British Keyboardist Oli Silk 9:00 pm Chicago Guitarist Nick Colionne	7:30 pm Washington D.C. Saxophonist Phillip Martin 9:00 pm Detroit Guitarist Tim Bowman	7:30 p.m. Debut Trumpeter Cindy Bradley 9 pm Saxophonist Eric Darius
Saturday, Oct. 3rd	Saturday, Oct. 10th	Saturday, Oct. 17th
AFTERNOON SESSION 12:00 Noon Debut Trumpeter Cindy Bradley 2:00 pm Guitarists Paul Brown & Marc Antoine	AFTERNOON SESSION 12:00 Noon German Guitarist Nils 2:00 pm . Pieces of a Dream	AFTERNOON SESSION 12:00 Noon Saxophonist Jackiem Joyner 2:00 pm Bernie Williams Former NY Yankee turned Smooth Jazz Guitarist
EVENING SESSION	EVENING SESSION	EVENING SESSION
7:00 pm Clint Eastwood's Bassist Son Kyle Eastwood 9:00 pm Saxophonist Najee After Party at Descanso Beach dj Jonathan Phillips & dancing on the beach till 1am	7:00 pm Canadians Four 80 East 9:00 pm Canadian Guitarist Jesse Cook After Party at Descanso Beach dj Jonathan Phillips & dancing on the beach till 1am	7:00 pm . T.B.A. 9:00 pm Saxophonist Kim Waters After Party at Descanso Beach dj Jonathan Phillips & dancing on the beach till 1am
After Party Descanso Beach 10:30 - 1 a.m.	After Party Descanso Beach 10:30 - 1 a.m.	After Party Descanso Beach 10:30 - 1 a.m.
Sunday, Oct. 4th	Sunday, Oct. 11th	Sunday, Oct.18 th
AFTERNOON SESSION 12:00 Noon Guitarist Christ Standring 2:00 p.m. Saxophonist Michael Lington	AFTERNOON SESSION 12:00 Noon Guitarist Matt Marshak 2:00 p.m. Saxophonist Paul Taylor	AFTERNOON SESSION 12:00 Noon . . 2:00 p.m. Saxophonist Jessy J
EVENING SESSION	EVENING SESSION	EVENING SESSION
7:00 p.m. Keyboardist 9:00 p.m. Guitarist Earl Klugh	7:00 p.m. Debut Trumpeter Cindy Bradley 9:00 p.m. Guitarist Norman Brown	7:00 p.m. Debut Guitarist Drew Davidsen 9:00 p.m. Keyboardist George Duke
Click here for Links to Avalon Hotels, Boats & Helicopter Service
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23rd Annual Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival
Since 1987

ORDER TICKETS ON-LINE
or call 866-872-9849

Ordering tickets on-line allows you to see exactly
which seats and tables are available, and their exact pricing.
All Weekend Concerts in the Historic 1929 Avalon Ballroom ...l.ooking Out To Sea.
Doors Open 30 Minutes Before Session's First Performance Time.

• Each Weekend Saturday Night After Parties On the Beach at Descanso
• Saturday Late Afternoon Wine Maker Dinners at the Country Club

Getting to the Festival Accommodations, Travel and General Info about Catalina


Accommodations

Hotel Reservations: www.visitcatalinaisland.com

Catalina Island Vacation Rentals: www.civr.com
The cost of accommodations scaring you a bit? The 2009 way to reduce the cost of attending JazzTrax on Catalina Island are 2 or 3 bedroom condo's and Rental houses, splitting these costs with other couples or friends. Catalina Island Vacations Rentals for Condo's, Rental Houses and Hamilton Cove Villa's with private golf cart.

Seaport Village Inn: www.catalinacatalina.com
- Thursday Nights FREE With a 3 night weekend stay. 4th night free - also discount packages with 2 night minimums

Catalina Island Inn: www.catalinaislandinn.com
- offering half price on Thursday and Sunday night of the JazzTrax weekends (with a 3 night minimum)



Travel Ferry Bookings and other ways to the Island

Catalina Express 310-519-1212 or 800-618-5533 www.catalinaexpress.com
- Catalina Express Boats including Late Boats Nightly during the Festival Weekends - One Hour to the Island - VIP Seating Available

Catalina-Marina Del Rey Flyer (310) 305-7250 www.catalinaferries.com

Catalina Explorer 877-432-6276 www.catalinaferry.com

Helicopter Service 310-510-2525 www.islandexpress.com

Catalina Passenger Service: 949-673-5245 www.catalinainfo.com



General Info about Catalina

Island Information: www.CatalinaChamber.com

Unplugged Under the Stars at the Wrigley Ranch
Thursday Nights ahead of each October Island Weekend

"Under the stars, on the far side of the island,
in the courtyard of Historic Wrigley Ranch

October 1: Peter White
October 8: Mindi Abair
October 15: Keiko Matsui

ORDER UNPLUGGED AT WRIGLEY RANCH TICKETS ON-LINE
or call 866-Trax-Tix (866-872-9849)

please note: there are generally no late night boats available on Thursday Evenings
after the Unplugged Show so please plan on staying on the Island Thursday
Evening at one of the many Hotels in Avalon that offer a Thursday Night Special!

SECRET TOUR & SECRET ROOMS

Secret Tour of Avalon Casino’s Secret Rooms and Backstage will include “More Discovered Secret Rooms” Only Comes with Unplugged Wrigley Ranch Ticket

Special Discounted Thursday Night Hotel Rooms for Arriving Early for Unplugged at the Ranch

Ever been Above the Ballroom?
Didn't think so. Off to the Right Side of the Ballroom Stage is a stairwell. It's one of 4 emergency exits in the 4 corners of the Ballroom. But through that door if instead of going DOWN, you go UP, yep UP even higher than the ballroom, there is a walkway across the top, above the Ballroom ceiling (you can also look down into the Ballroom) going to the room with the kind've Lighthouse parapet top on the Casino Roof.

Ever been in Mrs. Wrigley's Secret, Private Party Room adjacent to the Theater Projectionist?
Didn't think so. The Window Opens so 2 people (Mrs. Wrigley in the old days) can sit and watch the Movies while eating a pizza and drinking some wine, separate from the Movie Audience. The room has it's own bathroom and is NOT part of the daily annual Tours of the Casino.   It is part of the JazzTrax Secret Tour included with your Unplugged Ticket.

Walk through the Theater to start......and it's elegant entryway......up onto the Theater Stage and into it's behind the scene props. Next the Secret Tour takes you up into the BackStage Rooms, ala 1929, where the Stars of Smooth Jazz relax and prep for their performance high above. You'll walk the many steps the Stars must also troop UP to the Ballroom and in that stairwell many a Smooth Jazz Saxophonist including Dave Koz and Boney James have warmed up their saxes because that Stairwell has the perfect acoustics.   Peabo Bryson was heard warming up his VOICE in that stairwell last year that is part of the Secret Tour.

And now the Brand New Backstage Lounge. Set up just for Kenny Loggins and his entourage in August, where the Island WorkOut Center USED to be. Now being designed for possible future VIP Backstage Lounging.   You'll walk through it.   And who knows what More Secret Rooms will be found inside the Casino.

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When you attend the JazzTrax Festival you spend hours inside the Fabulous Famous 1929 Avalon Ballroom, 6 stories High overlooking the Pacific Ocean, but many of you have still Never seen the 1929 State of the Art Built for the Silent Movie Era Movie Theater (where 'The Mummy' is showing this week) on ground level beneath the Ballroom, let alone all the Casino's Secret Rooms the daily all year tours NEVER go through, let alone the back stage area where the Stars of Smooth Jazz relax before climbing the multitude of back stage steps to performance at the top of the Casino Ballroom.

You cannot purchase a Secret Tour Ticket.
It simply is included in your Thursday Night Unplugged at the Wrigley Ranch Ticket.
All kinds of things happen when you decide to arrive on Thursday to experience a Star of Smooth Jazz Unplugged Under the Stars at the Wrigley Ranch on the Far Side of the Island.
1......the performance itself just after nightfall
2.....the ranch style dinner in the Courtyard of the Ranch at dusk
3.....a stop on the way for hor deuvres at the world famous Airport in the Sky
4....an unheard of return across the top of the Island After Dark, witnessing the fireworks in the distance from Disneyland because you are at 1,000 feet coming back across the Top of the Island
5....when you wake up Friday Morning YOU ARE ALREADY IN AVALON WITH A FULL DAY TO ENJOY THE VILLAGE AND ISLAND while EVERYBODY ELSE IS STILL TRAVELLING ALL DAY TO GET THERE
6...you are completely rested and relaxed for the start of the Ballroom Concerts Friday Night at 7:30 p.m having time for a full early evening Dinner on the Town
7....and you get the Secret Tour of the Casino's Secret Rooms including the Theater late Friday Morning
8....even time for 18 holes of GOLF (gotta play around the 9 holes twice)


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