Musikfest 2026 Craig Thatcher Jazz Experience-Jazz Cabaret-Frank Banko Alehouse Cinema

I’ve been wanting to be part of a jazz experience at Musikfest for quite some time as it’s quite different from our normal MF routine. We’ve performed similar shows for, “Jazz Upstairs,” at Miller Symphony Hall and finally, we have the opportunity to bring this show to Musikfest. This is part of the Jazz Cabaret series which is held at the Frank Banko Alehouse Cinema, located in the ArtsQuest Center, Southside, SteelStacks campus. This show features Chico Huff/bass; Billy Wear/drums; Cliff Starkey/keyboards; Nelson Hill/Sax and Craig on guitar. We won’t be playing straight ahead jazz tunes but we will be doing some original tunes along with some jazz standards and a lot of funky/bluesy/jazz tunes (think Crusaders) which is really fun to play. Hope you can join us for this intimate show.