A Case of the Blues and All That Jazz is a blues and jazz festival benefiting the community through the Yakima Greenway Foundation and Junior League of Yakima. Held each August since 1993 in Sarg Hubbard Park, the festival features blues and jazz music, award-winning local wines and microbrews, a delicious array of foods and desserts, and a silent auction.

Tickets are now on sale for $40 or can be purchased the day of the event (if there are tickets still available) for $45. The event is reserved for those 21 and over only. Please remember to bring your ID as they will be checked at the entrance.

All food and drink inside the event is purchased with scrip rather than cash. Vendors are not able to accept cash. Five scrip tickets come with each admission and it is sold at several locations inside the event for $1 per ticket. Food prices vary from three to seven scrip per item, microbrews are five scrip each and a glass of wine is three scrip and up. Outside food and drink are not allowed, nor are coolers.

You are welcome to bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on the grass, but no canopies or large umbrellas that might interfere with others’ view. There is some non-reserved seating in the Bistro area. We also have tables for eight in our VIP tent available for purchase. A $600 Blues table includes entry to the event for eight people, VIP parking passes, an hors d'oeuvres tray, certificates for two bottles of wine of your choice, a beer or wine glass and five scrip (used to purchase food or drink) for each person, table centerpiece, and a commemorative group photo. A $1,200 Jazz table includes entry to the event for eight people, front row seating in the VIP tent, VIP parking passes, an hors d'oeuvres tray and a dessert tray, certificates for three bottles of wine of your choice, two glasses per person (beer and wine or two of one kind) and five scrip (used to purchase food or drink) for each person, table centerpiece, and a commemorative group photo. A new feature for the VIP tent this year is an exclusive food vendor just for VIP ticket holders. Gasperetti’s will be selling some of their famous dishes in the VIP tent only. For more details contact the Greenway office (509-453-8280).

About the Partners

Junior League of Yakima is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and children, and improving our community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

The Yakima Greenway Foundation is committed to conserving, enhancing, and maintaining the Yakima Greenway as a continuing living resource for future generations. It maintains ten miles of paved pathway, three parks, fishing lakes, and river access landings plus protected and natural areas along the Yakima and Naches Rivers. All facilities are free and open to the public year round.