Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival
Look Who's Coming!

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


Catalina Express

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

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



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.

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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