Bob Claire Orchestra Headlines Neptune Beach Celebration

From an Alameda Chamber of Commere press release:

The Bob Claire Orchestra will headline on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 4:30 p.m. at the Oct. 6-7 Neptune Beach Community Celebration along Webster Street in Alameda. This lively 10-piece rock, R&B and jazz band won the Alameda Battle of the Bands at Concert at the Cove last month.

“The Bob Claire Orchestra beat out the competition, but it was a very close contest,” said Michael McDonough, chairman of the Ambassador Committee for the Alameda Chamber of Commerce, which is sponsoring the event in association with the West Alameda Business Association. “All three of our finalist bands got the crowd up and moving.”

The other finalists, Rene Escovedo and the Fuse and the Jim Parodi Band, will also perform late Sunday afternoon, joining a broad cross-section of local bands entertaining fairgoers with music from blues and rock to Latin, jazz, hip-hop, and funk on the Central Avenue stage throughout the two-day event. Music buffs can check the schedule at www.neptunebeachcc.com.

The Neptune Beach Community Celebration, formerly known as the Webster Street Jam, will take place on Webster Street between Pacific and Central Avenues on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sunday, Oct. 7, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The event commemorates Neptune Beach, an amusement park which attracted huge crowds to the nearby Crab Cove area from 1917 to 1939 with its with Olympic-sized swimming pools, hand-carved carousel, and roller coasters with stellar bay views.

Other fair activities include a children’s play areas with a 40-foot slide, bounce houses, a climbing wall and a train ride. Arts and crafts booths will line the street, along with food and local wines and beer. Webster Street merchants will offer specials during the fair, and free secure bike parking will be provided.

After the fair on Saturday, fairgoers are encouraged to head to Rhythmix Cultural Works at 2513 Blanding Avenue in Alameda for an 8 p.m. performance by political satirist Will Durst, an event also sponsored by the Alameda Chamber. Learn more about Durst’s show, “Elect to Laugh,” at www.rhythmix.org.

To volunteer or sign up for fair activities and to view the event schedule, please visit www.neptunebeachcc.com. Special discounts apply for Chamber and WABA members. For questions, contact mark@alamedachamber.com. 

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