SLO JAZZ FESTIVAL INC

We're focused on 3 primary objectives to enable us to accomplish our mission:
1. Keeping jazz alive and helping it thrive through concerts and events.
2. Educating the youth and public at large about jazz and jazz-related topics.
3. Producing the SLO Jazz Festival and other concerts to the highest quality of our capabilities.

We raise money through the following methods:
1) An investment committee for Jazz success. This committee is recently formed for the express purpose of fundraising for our general fund, the jazz festival, the summer Jazz workshop, and to build a heritage of jazz on the Central Coast.
2) Fundraising concerts, silent auctions, and online fundraising.
3) Sponsorships - we solicit corporations and organizations to sponsor the Jazz Festival, Summer Jazz Workshop, and additional training workshops and concert shows which benefit the jazz festival.
4) Memberships - we invite email subscribers and social media followers to become a member, which includes ticket(s), discounts to events, merchandise, and more.
5) We also sell tickets, food, vending, and alchohol at our events to pay for the artists and infrastructure.

We've built a board, an executive team, and production team that has successfully delivered five jazz festivals, seven Fall Fest shows, five other fundraising concerts, a monthly jazz jam (in 2014), and produced 5 different jazz series concerts at restaurant and mall locations, including Court Street Summer Jazz, Jazz After Dark, and Jazz Brunch. We have over 70 volunteers for the SLO Jazz Festival, and a team of 15 independent contractors who make the shows happen.

The Summer Jazz Workshop is produced through a collaborative relationship between SLO Jazz Festival, Cuesta Jazz, and Cuesta Community Programs. Ron McCarley, Director of Jazz Studies at Cuesta College, is the Director of the Summer Jazz Workshop.

We have successfully delivered five jazz festivals, seven Fall Fest shows, six other fundraising concerts, a monthly jazz jam (in 2014), and produced 5 different jazz series concerts at restaurant and mall locations, including Court Street Summer Jazz, Jazz After Dark, and Jazz Brunch. We have over 70 volunteers for the SLO Jazz Festival, and a team of 15 independent contractors who make the shows happen.

Our current 6th Annual SLO Jazz Festival is September 27-28, 2019 and will feature Grammy Award winning Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Jeff Lorber, and 3X winner Sergio Mendes, Big Sam's Funky Nation, Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca, Anton Schwartz Quintet, TrioKAIT, Pub Crawlers, Joe Duran Group, G2 Project, Ragbone Saints, Cuesta College Jazz Bands, Cal Poly Jazz Group, Cuesta Vocal Jazz, and several high school bands.

We are currently aiming to retire our debt and get this current festival in the black to further grow our Summer Jazz Workshop.

We are seeking grants, endowment support, sponsors, and member support for the jazz festival's 2019 season. Please consider contributing to our programs. Thank you.