About Miners' Jubilee
History of Miners' Jubilee
Miners' Jubilee is a 3-day celebration of the county's gold mining heritage that has been held annually in one form or another since the late 1800s. Miners’ Jubilee is held on the third weekend of July in Baker City, Oregon. Miners’ Jubilee makes the heritage and history of Baker County come to life with a parade, vendors in the park, a huge food court, music, sidewalk fair, mining demonstrations and kids’ activities. Bronc Riding Friday night and Bull Riding Saturday night, creates a full weekend of events that draws family and class reunions to Baker City every year.
Schedule
Sturtz
FRIDAY, JULY 19TH 2:30 - 3:45pm
NPRʼs All Songs Considered described the band as “a reassuring breath of fresh air that pulls me back to simpler times." The acoustic quartet – Andrew Sturtz [vocals, guitar], Courtlyn Carpenter [cello, harmonies], Will Kuepper [bass, harmonies], and Jim Herlihy [banjo, harmonies] - is serene and folksy, with melodic vocals soaring over the lower string instrumentals. Sturtz released their debut album You've Done this Before in August 2021, and now they are hard at work recording a second album that is set to release in September 2024. When theyʼre not playing music, youʼll probably find them milling flour, farming, laying in a creek, or eating native foliage.
Vendors In The Park 9am - 6pm
Food, music, and great merchandise around every corner. Your favorite vendors have returned along with wonderful new ones.
Sequoia Rose
FRIDAY, JULY 19TH 4:00 - 6:00pm
Sequoia Rose is a young bluegrass artist living in Humboldt County, CA. Primarily known as a mandolinist, they have multiple first place finishes back east in instrumental competitions.
Growing up in Pennsylvania as David Watson, Sequoia performed regularly with 64 to Grayson, but adopted a new identity in California. A debut single is just released, a psychedelic bluegrass cover of the Peter Rowan classic, Midnight Moonlight. Since the song appeared on the epic Old & In The Way album in 1973, it has served as an anthem for the more progressive edge of bluegrass music, and a standard in the repertoire of contemporary jamgrass artists.
Rose provides mandolin, guitar, and bass on this new arrangement, with Scott Vestal on banjo and Drew McGowan on fiddle. They deliver a jamtastic version, with the expected extended flat three diversion, and Sequoiaʼs deft vocals.
Rose explains that the plan was to honor the original recording, while adding a little something of their own.
Elwood
SATURDAY, JULY 20TH 11:45am-1pm
All Natural Folk 'n' Soul music, from the Blue Mountains of Cascadia.
Vendors In The Park 9am - 6pm
Bag of Hammers
SATURDAY, JULY 20TH 3 - 5pm
Bag of Hammers was formed in 2012 by Luke McKern and Holly Sorensen. Having both been members of various projects together since 2008, this dynamic duo performs live music with looping technology pulling from a variety of genres to create layers of improvised instrumental and vocal grooves. Holly's powerful voice combined with Luke's instrumental prowess blends seamlessly into a groove
driven dance party.
Vendors In The Park 9am - 6pm