(Scroll down for full list of performers for 2022, with videos)
When: Friday nights 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, June 2 to September 15, 2023.
Where: Gabrielson Park, adjacent to the Sausalito Ferry landing area. (See map and more details below the videos.) Lawn Area Seating Rules: If you plan to watch for free from the lawn, only blankets and low-back beach chairs are allowed so that everyone can see the Sausalito music in the park.
This year’s Sausalito Jazz and Blues by the Bay features Juan Escovedo, son of legendary percussionist Pete Escovedo (and part of a September 3-concert trifecta of superb performances sponsored by Performing Stars of Marin), as well as Pamela Rose’s Blues is a Woman. We also get to welcome back Eugene Huggins, a local treasure who plays Sausalito Jazz and Blues by the Bay each year. After compiling these videos and listening to them all I can tell you that there are many more highlights this year!
Cost: Free if you just stand and listen or sit on the grass! Tables may also be reserved for a fee. Click here for the city’s detailed page on costs for single and full-season tables and how to sign up online. Thank you to the many community sponsors (listed below and on the poster above) who support this important program year after year.
Food: Community groups will be selling food and beverages. You can bring your own meal to Sausalito Jazz and Blues by the Bay, but please clean up and recycle.
2023 Sausalito Jazz and Blues by the Bay Schedule
We have links to musicians’ websites and videos of their performances below. Check out each artist and you’ll know which weeks you’ll absolutely HAVE to go to Jazz and Blues by the Bay!
June 2 — Bobby Young Project
Sponsored by Cronkite Development, Inc.
June 9 — Craig Caffall
Sponsored by Southern Marin Fire
June 16 — IDEATEAM
Sponsored by Sausalito Sister Cities
June 23 — Darryl Rowe & Fuzzy Slippers
Sponsored by Sausalito Lions Club
June 30 — Banda Sin Nombre
Kicking off Sausalito PRIDE Weekend, Sponsored by The Spahr Center
July 7 — San Francisco Medicine Ball Band
Sponsored by Sausalito on the Waterfront
July 14 — Ron Rosson & Music for the Soul Band
Sponsored by Cronkite Development, Inc.
I was unable to find a YouTube video for this band, but Ron Rosson plays regularly in Southern Marin and is a popular local artist.
July 21 — Tom Rigney
Sponsored by Bay City Refuse & The Reccers
July 28 — Howell Devine
Sponsored by Sausalito Parks and Recreation
August 4 — Vernon Ice Black
Sponsored by Sausalito Parks and Recreation
August 11 — Blues is a Woman, all-woman band with a story-based production, featuring longtime Bay Area star Pamela Rose and an array of veteran local pros.
Sponsored by Sausalito Nursery School
August 18 — Mangobus
Sponsored by Sausalito Youth Sailing Foundation
August 25 — Sausalito’s beloved Eugene Huggins
Sponsored by Sausalito VIPS
Note: The video below is from a prior Jazz and Blues by the Bay in Gabrielson Park.
September 1 — Alvon Johnson Blues Band
Sponsored by Performing Stars of Marin
September 8 — Juan Escovedo
Sponsored by Performing Stars of Marin
September 15 — Naté the Soulsanger
Sponsored by Performing Stars of Marin
What to Wear: Dress in layers. On some Friday afternoons the breeze off the Bay is cold and you’ll want to bundle up. Other times it’ll be hot and sunny. (I know, I know… this is the 247th time I’ve added “Dress in layers” to a post or article on OurSausalito.com.)
Replays: Sausalito Jazz and Blues by the Bay concerts are recorded and rebroadcast each week on Radio Sausalito on AM1610, which can also be accessed online and via podcast.
Questions about this year’s Sausalito Jazz and Blues by the Bay: Sausalito Parks & Recreation, 415-289-4198.
