59th Annual Clark College Jazz Festival

59th Annual Clark College Jazz Festival is at Gaiser Student Center, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver, WA 98663

Sixty middle and high school jazz ensembles from throughout Washington and Oregon are scheduled to perform in this year’s competition with trophies presented to the top three jazz ensembles for middle schools and A through AAAA division high schools.  Individual outstanding musician awards will also be presented at the end of each division’s preliminary competitions.  At the end of Saturday evening, the Dale Beacock Memorial Sweepstakes Award will be presented to one outstanding band selected from the entire festival. 

the AAA and AAAA jazz bands take the stage on Saturday (Jan 28) beginning at 8:00 a.m. The 2020 Sweepstakes Band, Battle Ground Advanced Band, under the direction of Greg McKelvey, will hold the spotlight on Saturday evening at 8:30 p.m.