2012 Alexandria Bay International Ragtime Jasstime Festival

25th - 27th May 2012- Friday, Saturday, Sunday
The Alexandria Bay International Ragtime Jasstime Festival
at The Bonnie Castle Resort. Book now directly with the hotel. Passes for the weekend can be purchased through Wayne and Nancy Pauli.

This is a great event and we are really looking forward to seeing everyone.  This year's line up :

Gabriel Bourque
Ivory & Gold
Jeff Barnhart
Jon Seiger
Professor Don Burns
Ragtime Rick
The Chefs of Dixieland
The Magnolia Rhythm Kings
The Morgan Street Stompers

Elmira Jazz Festival, New York

August 20th - Saturday
The Elmira New York Jazz Festival.
Dinny & The Allstars featuring Brian Dinsdale, John Seiger, Lynn Eberhart, Peter Turner and 2 more guest stars.

Plus 2 more great bands, one being Joe Cavalaro. You have all heard him many times at A Bay and he is the organizer for the entertainment again this year.

We played this gig last year and it was great. It is a great overnight event. Last year there were quite a few people from Kitchener and Buffalo Jazz Society

Mark Twain Jazz Festival, Elmira

Dinny & The All Stars were invited to play for the Mark Twain Jazz Festival in August in Elmira New York. It was a wonderful experience. There were 3 bands and the festival was hosted by Joe Cavelaro and his band.

They closed off the street by a park, had barbaques going, french fries and what ever to eat and lots of great beer. People brought their lawn chairs and sat and danced to the super bands. It was a nice warm sunny day and many people from the Kitchener area and Toronto came. Dinny's band had Canadians and Americans in it. That is why it is called The All Stars. 


 We had a wonderful host who housed Dinny & I and Wayne and Nancy. They were very generous with their hospitality. It was Lynn & Pam Eberhardt. It was a lot of fun and would love to do it again.

Florida Suncoast Jazz Festival, Clearwater

☀ Suncoast Jazz Festival in Clearwater.

Well this was a blast. It was the first time for Brian & I and it was fantastic. We had been told time and again of how good this festival is. The bands were exceptional and the venue marvelous. We have heard great music in our span of traveling around, but this took the cake. There was so many excellent bands, it was hard to pin them down as to who was the best. The arrangement of the hotel, food and staff made it very enjoyable. It is great just to go for a week and have some time to yourself and them off to the festival for 3 days. It was very surprising as to how many of our jazz fans from The Lanc and Toronto go to this festival. It was like old home week.

So keep this in mind for next November, we sure are. Our plans are in the works for 2 weeks this time. It would be hard to hold us back.

Big Thanks

Brian had a very busy summer playing at The Lakefield Jazz Festival, Collingwood Jazz Festival and a special gig in Orillia. It was a great June, July and August. He also played with Bob Misener in Ottawa in the summer and that is always a great gig.

So thank you to the bands that hired Brian, he is truly greatful for the fun experiences.