Gold Country Jazz Festival

04/17/2026

Two more sleeps until the 11th annual Gold Country Jazz Festival! Don’t miss your chance to see performances by 28 ensembles. Doors open at 7:45 am.

04/22/2023

Look forward to a beautiful day of jazz! Don't forget to hit up our Ponderosa FFA friends at the FFA Craft & Craftsmen Fair in the parking lot.

For more jazz festival information, go to our digital program at: https://sites.google.com/eduhsd.k12.ca.us/gcjf2022program/home

Thank you Belynda at Pack & Print for the beautiful balloon garland! 🎈🎶

Caffé Santoro
Jeff Galinovsky Photography
Print Slingers
Ponderosa High School Bands
Ponderosa FFA Booster Association
Ponderosa FFA Floral; Ponderosa High School

Dear Gold Country Jazz Festival Participants and Attendees, Thank you for joining us this weekend for the 8th Annual Gold Country Jazz Festival. The vision of this festival has always been to provide an educational environment in which developing jazz ensembles can come to perform and receive high

04/20/2023

Take a sneak peek at our awesome snack bar menu. Smoked pulled pork provided by our award-winning parent volunteer! Mouth watering yet? 😋

04/20/2023

A wonderful day of beautiful weather, jazz, and crafts! Join us for the 8th Annual Gold Country Jazz Festival hosted by the Ponderosa Band Boosters and the Ponderosa FFA Craft & Craftsmen Fair at Ponderosa High School this Saturday, April 22nd.

No festival entry is required to enjoy a delicious bite from our snack bar in the gym. Donuts, coffee by Caffé Santoro, pulled pork sandwiches, nachos, hot dogs, drinks, and lots of snacks! Festival t-shirts will be made to order by Print Slingers, and ensemble photos taken by Jeff Galinovsky Photography. A special thank you to Pack & Print for the balloon garland to highlight our event!

Ponderosa FFA will be showcasing a variety of local vendors and crafters in the front parking lot. Come out and grab something special for Mother's Day!

Ponderosa FFA Floral; Ponderosa High School
Ponderosa High School Bands
Ponderosa FFA Booster Association

03/15/2018

Our New Gold Country Jazz Fetsival webpage is live! Check it out!

08/07/2017

06/16/2017

We are so excited to announce one of feature groups for the 5th Annual Gold Country Jazz Festival!

Our featured group will be...
The Commanders Jazz Ensemble
from USAF Band of the Golden West!
They'll perform a concert that is free and open to the public at the conclusion of the festival on April 14th at Ponderosa High School.

For more info on them, Check out their website!
http://www.bandofthegoldenwest.af.mil

05/06/2017

The 2018 5th Annual Gold Country Jazz Festival Dates have been released! The festival will expand to 2 days next year. Friday April 13th and Saturday April 14th at Ponderosa HS. Applications are available on our website. Just Click the Link Below! We hope you join us in 2018! http://pondoband.org/index.php/gcjf/

The GCJF will be hosted by the Ponderosa High School Band Program. The purpose of the GCJF is to encourage the growth of jazz education in area music programs. The festival is non-competitive with participating groups receiving written and recorded feedback from top jazz educators, as well as an ons...

04/14/2017

Order your 5 CD Set from this years festival today! Just $20 to have the recordings of ALL the performing groups from the day including the Fred Morgan Big Band and Stanislaus State Jazz Ensemble! Click the Link Below to order :)

https://squareup.com/store/gap-cd/item/gold-country-jazz-festival

Three CD set containing all performances including junior high jazz combos and jazz bands, high school combos and jazz bands, The Fred Morgan Big Band noon concert and The Stanislaus State University Jazz Ensemble evening concert.

04/13/2017

04/13/2017