Quake City Jug Band

Come to the SF Free Folk Festival at noon on Saturday June 25 to don a top hat and grab a cane, and dance like Fred Astaire!! Well, almost... The Beginning Tap workshop is accessible to all. Natasha will teach a complete routine, with the QCJB accompanying the class. In true spirit of the QCJB, we encourage lots of props, smiles and fun! Tap shoes are not required. Vague sense of rhythm helpful, but also not required. If you have fun, you can come and perform with the Quake City Jug Band at 3PM!   See the full schedule and directions here  for the 2011 SF Free Folk Festival, held at Presidio Middle School! Quake City Jug Band workshops at the SF Free Folk Festival: Saturday, June 25 12:00: Beginning Tap Workshop 3PM QCJB featuring Kerry Parker performance 4PM QCJB back up the Jug Band Bebo White Stomp Dance Workshop Sunday, June 26 3PM Mandolin Lick Exchange with Steve Scott 4PM Harmonica and guitar ideas for jamming with Myron Grossman and Tom Murray...

Saturday, June 25, 2011 San Francisco Free Folk Festival  Presidio Middle School 450-30th Ave. at Geary, San Francisco 12:00PM: Beginning Tap Dancing Workshop! Yes, this for real beginners! All ages and footwear welcome! Bring your tap shoes, top hats and canes, if you have them. Come and learn a complete tap routine, with the Quake City Jug Band backing you up! Join us to perform it  performance two hours later... 3-4PM: Peformance! Quake City Jug Band featuring Kerry Parker performance on the Choir room stage 4-5PM: Jug Band Stomp dance workshop QCJB will be providing backup music for this workshop! Saturday, July 23, 2011 Old Time Music Festival  Genoa, Nevada This is a fabulous festival is the happenin-est little town in Nevada! And it's FREE. Come and hear Miss Lonely Hearts (or favorite Winters/Davis area band!), Chris Bayer's Large Bills Accepted, and more!

We'll be playing at a new venue for us:  this Sunday 1-3PM at the at the Mo'Joe Cafe,  2517 Sacramento St, between Dwight & Blake,  Berkeley, CA. Come on out and bring your mom! Buy her one of our new CD's: Cordon Bleu!

Wednesday 4/6/11  | 7-9PM |  Le Bateau Ivre  |  2629 Telegraph, Berkeley. Scrumptious meals, yummy wines, delightful folks, and a very cozy dining room. No cover.   Sunday May 8, 2011 1-3PM  Mo Joe Cafe  2517 Sacramento Street  Berkeley, CA 94703  (510) 704-8500 .  Celebrate Mothers' Day with us! June 25-26, 2011  San Francisco Free Folk Festival!  Stay tuned for more information! July 23, 2011 : Genoa, NV. Old Time Music Festival. This is a really, really fun festival in the happeningest little town in Nevada!  And it's FREE.

Wednesday 4/6/11  | 7-9PM |  Le Bateau Ivre  |  2629 Telegraph, Berkeley. Scrumptious meals, yummy wines, delightful folks, and a very cozy dining room. No cover.   Sunday May 8, 2011 1-3PM  Mo Joe Cafe  2517 Sacramento Street  Berkeley, CA 94703  (510) 704-8500 .  Celebrate Mothers' Day with us! June 25-26, 2011  San Francisco Free Folk Festival!  Stay tuned for more information! July 23, 2011 : Genoa, NV. Old Time Music Festival. This is a really, really fun festival in the happeningest little town in Nevada!  And it's FREE.

Our next performances: Wednesday 4/6/11 | 7-9PM | Le Bateau Ivre |  2629 Telegraph, Berkeley. Scrumptious meals, yummy wines, delightful folks, and a very cozy dining room. No cover.   Sunday May 8, 2011: Mo Joe Cafe  2517 Sacramento Street  Berkeley, CA 94703  (510) 704-8500 . Celebrate Mothers' Day with us! June 25-26, 2011 San Francisco Free Folk Festival!  Stay tuned for more information! July 23, 2011 : Genoa, NV. Old Time Music Festival. This is a really, really fun festival in the happeningest little town in Nevada!  And it's FREE.

Happy Valentines Day from the Quake City Jug Band! Didn't make that reservation for the fancy dinner in time? It was because all along, you were planning to celebrate by taking your sweetheart to the Velo Rouge on Saturday. RIGHT?  "Mink, schmink,... pearls, schmearls,..." "...If our doggies love each other, why can't we?" "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should..." "...At night while you're asleep, into your little tent I'm gonna creep..." "...My man's an undertaker-- he's got a coffin just your size." We've got songs for pretty much any slant you want to take on your belated St. Valentine's celebration. And Steve's found a new song. Kind of a Valentines' ode to bug love. And pachyderms. (Rhymes with "worms and germs.")  Come and hear this new little ditty and more! The  Quake City Jug Band  with  The fabulous  Kerry Parker  ("Countin' Sheep" o...