The Festival is held at the Sacramento Marriott Rancho Cordova, Sacramento, CA. The Festival has become one of the premiere ragtime festivals in the world. It began in the mid 1980's in Fresno, California and enjoyed 10 successful years there before moving to Sacramento in 1997 where it has been a great success. The festival is held the weekend before Thanksgiving
The 2015 Festival will feature six comfortable venues, all on the ground level under one roof, for listening and dancing to ragtime music on all three days, as well as seminars on all facets of ragtime. The music begins at noon on Friday and continues until 11 PM, followed by after-hours. Saturday is a full day from 9 AM to 11 PM, then after-hours, and Sunday is 9 AM to 5 PM. After-hours jam sessions Friday and Saturday are always the norm at the Festival.
