Schillerwitzer Elbe Dixie Festival

It has become a beautiful day! It was so nice to meet all these people that came especially to see the Oakcity Jazzband. Ingrid and Lutz surprised us with a bag full of special beers, Andreas Wellhausen was ready again to film all the stuff, we celebrated the 7-years marriage anniversary with Carmen and Joachim and seeing Antje and Steffen again became a real afterparty! Photo's are from Pitty, Jens and Antje and Andreas' video's are already shining on YouTube. Click here to watch the album.

Coincidence?

Antoine & Micheline from the Lazy River Jazzclub Gent (B) sent us an e-mail that, during their stay in New Orleans, they were invited at a party at Tim & Juliet Laughlin's apartment. With amazement they saw that the Oakcity Christmas card was pinned against the wall. "A really great moment, so far away from home", they write, and that every-one was so excited about the Oakcity Jazzband.

Queens Day in Sittard (NL)

Next monday we will parade in Sittard in the afternoon, because of Queens Day. It's almost a tradition for us, and in fine weather it will be pleasantly crowded. Click here to some photos of last year.

Düsseldorfer Jazzrally (D)

more info at www.duesseldorfer-jazzrally.de

Fanmail from Hamburg (D)

Getting real letters by post is fun! The thought that the person on the other side takes time to send you something, is very pleasant! We've got fanmail from Arnold Meyer, Hamburg Germany, who wrote that we were sparkling again with 2 photo's in the program magazine of the IDF Dresden 2012. He sent us a copy of that page. We hope to see Arnold at the schlemmermarket in Wassenberg (D), or next year at the 43th IDF in Dresden!

Lieven plays sousaphone

Lieven played his first tunes in front of Ikea at woonboulevard Heerlen! Keep on practising!!!

Schillerwitzer Elbe Dixie

This is how they present us in Dresden!

Oakcity Jazzband (Maaseik, Belgium)


This Belgian band, formed in 1995, gave herself - according to her hometown of Maaseik - the name "Oakcity jazz band." Through its broad repertoire one is surprised, and they play with great devotion and unusual arrangements from swing to blues to Dixieland.

Special trademark of the band, best performing in street parades, are trilingual texts in French, German and English and their direct dealings with the public. At her performance to the Elbe-Dixie in 2009, they became very quickly darling of the public.

more at http://www.elbe-dixie.de

Festivalitis 2012

Yes, yes, 2012 will be great for the Oakcity Jazzband.
You can see our show at these festivals!

Schillerwitzer Elbe Dixie in Dresden (D), Sunday May 6.
Düsseldorfer Jazzrally (D), Sunday May 27.
Festival de Jazz Abel Braham in Visé (B), Saturday June 16.
Schlemmermarkt Wassenberg (D), Thursday August 9 till Sunday August 12.
Jazzfestival Verviers (B), Sunday August 25.
Jazzweekend Denmark, Friday October 26 till Sunday October 28.
gigs in Copenhagen, Roskilde, Ishøj.
Jazz im Rathaus Gladbeck (D), Sunday December 9.

French Quarter Festival 2012 Newsletter

Newsletter FQFI (the Oakcity Jazzband was there in 2011!)

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA (February 9, 2012) - Tourism officials call French Quarter Festival 'the kickoff to festival season in New Orleans,' and what started as a neighborhood festival and a 'locals event' has grown into one of the largest music festivals in the United States. The 2011 French Quarter Festival hosted over 500,000 local and out-of-town visitors and had an economic impact of over $245 million. 'Locals' Lagniappe Day' was launched in 2011 and French Quarter Festival officially became a four-day event. In 2012, there is even more festival to enjoy, with extended hours on opening day, Thursday, April 12. And, next year brings the 30th anniversary of this exciting and beloved festival
more at www.fqfi.org

Jazz Calender Gladbeck 2012

We are in the magazines again!
And we are proud to read that we are the audience favorites there in Gladbeck.