19th annual FOJ Mardi Gras was a ball!

About 120 guests attended the nineteenth annual Mardi Gras Ball at the Embassy Suites in Brea on Sunday, March 8, 2020. An annual fundraiser, the ball is held to raise money for scholarships and jazz education programs. Guests dined and danced to the music of the...

RagFest 2020 Cancelled

RagFest 2020 is cancelled, like so many of the live events this year. The Curtis Theatre in Brea originally scheduled this event for November 7, however, the theatre is closed and most likely won’t reopen until next year. RagFest has been a small-scale...
High School Jazz Showcase 2021

High School Jazz Showcase 2021

Mark your calendars now for three months of music from our local talented youth jazz bands. Ten high school jazz bands will be performing in downtown Fullerton (Location to be determined) on selected Saturdays, beginning in 2021. All performances run from 1 –...

Fall Issue of Jive Talkin’ Just Released

The latest issue of Jive Talkin’ – Fall 2017 – will be hitting mailboxes soon, but here read the digital version here. It is packed with information on events passed and what’s to come.   Friends of Jazz Fall 2017 newsletter