The Jubilee Banjo Band (JBB) is a high-energy show band whose aim in every performance is to "put a smile on your face, a tap in your toe, and a song in your heart."

     The 25-member group includes 20 tenor banjos (4-string), piano, bass, guitar, drums, accordion, as well as vocalist and dancers. The JBB programs always feature a wide variety of musical styles and just plain family fun. Audiences everywhere are entertained and delighted by many medleys and enjoyable arrangements.

     The Jubilee Banjo Band performs frequently for all types of functions and organizations. Each year the JBB plays 4 shows at the Grand 1894 Opera House in Galveston, Texas during the third weekend in June. This annual concert consists of two acts. The first act features a wide variety of music while Act II is based on a theme from which the show takes its name. The JBB performs every Memorial Day weekend at the "Guthrie Jazz Banjo Festival" in Guthrie, Oklahoma. In 1996 the JBB played to an audience of 8000 in Rapid City, South Dakota for the International Air Stream Rally, and in 1997 played 3 shows in Branson, Missouri at the Lawrence Welk Theater. All shows are complete with costumes, choreography, singing, dancing, comedy, and many crowd-pleasing surprises. The JBB seeks to promote and preserve the music of America's only native stringed instrument, the banjo, and has a lot of fun in the process-both for themselves and their audiences.

National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame Honors