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2026 Festival Photos & Videos

T-Shirts from past festivals adorn the Auditorium

The group of performers celebrates a successful festival in 2026

The 1922 Dodge makes its annual appearance at the festival headquarters

Chris Palmese & Michael Flores duet at La Mesa

Patrons mingle at Choc-O-Latte while Jared Szabo provides entertainment

The Pianophiends perform a set with two pianos and six hands!

Charlie Judkins & Miss Maybell engage with the audience at their set in the Brinnwood Inn

Frederick Hodges provides musical accompaniment for the Silent Movie

Tadao Tomokiyo & John-Patrick Hutchinson duet at the Youth Concert

The Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra brings down the house at City Hall

Carl "Sonny" Leyland and Richard Dowling relax at the festival afterparty

A set of SoCal ragtimers featuring Vincent Johnson, Eve Elliot, and John Reed-Torres

Paul Orsi is accompanied by Max Libertor on washboard in Hotel Sutter

Festival musicians and patrons celebrate together at the afterparty

Richard Dowling performs in City Hall Auditorium

Lily Tao talks with the audience in between songs during her set

Frederick Hodges & Richard Dowling demonstrate their keyboard mastery on two pianos at City Hall

Sonny Leyland and Regina Whitcomb enjoy the atmosphere at the festival afterparty

Ragtime friends Michael Chisholm, John Reed-Torres, Jared Szabo, and Judy Libertor enjoy the final evening of the 28th annual festival

The Key System Rhythm Ramblers entertain the crowd at Hotel Sutter

Matt Tolentino, Jared DiBartolomeo, and Don Neely jam together

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2025 Festival Photos & Videos

Feather banners greet festival visitors outside the auditorium

City Hall Auditorium is ready to syncopate!

Youth musicians try out the pianos inside City Hall Auditorium

Max Libertor receives the 2025 Youth Scholarship

Isaiah Burton receives the 2025 Tom Brier Scholarship

Jared Szabo, Paul Orsi, and Max Libertor hang out at the Festival Afterglow

Musicians relax and jam together at the Afterglow

Stevens Price and Jared Szabo enjoy the music at the Afterglow

Don Neely listens to Jared Szabo play at Sina's Backroads Cafe

Paul Orsi and Dave Flores deliver a rousing rendition of Tiger Rag

Jared Szabo plays Elite Syncopations at the Saturday Evening Concert

All hands on deck for the festival finale, Peacherine Rag!

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2024 Festival Photos & Videos

Youth performers receive hearty applause after the 2024 Youth Concert

Festival musicians pose for a group photo after the final concert

Martin Spitznagel and Max Libertor play a duet on Martin's “Seagull Shuffle” at the Afterglow

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2023 Festival Photos & Videos

This was the 25th Anniversary of the Historic Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival

Stevens & Jan Price pose for a photo with Paul Orsi

The Amador Clarinet Quartet performs at Choc-O-Latte

Frederick Hodges entertains the Afterglow crowd at Hotel Sutter

The Key System Rhythm Ramblers are joined by Matt Tolentino for a performance

The canopies in City Hall Plaza provide a respite from the afternoon sun

Matt Tolentino entertains with his accordion at Hotel Sutter

Squeek Steele finishes her set at City Hall

The welcome station is nicely decorated with bouquets of flowers

Stevens Price introduces festival co-founder Keith Taylor and shows one of Keith's autographed LPs

Max Libertor, Michael Chisholm, and Matt Tolentino form a trio at Hotel Sutter

Anthony Sarginson, Max Libertor, and Carter Enos relax in Choc-O-Latte

Carl Sonny Leyland and Max Libertor duet on Black & White Rag at the Afterglow

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2021 Festival Photos

Carl Sonny Leyland & Danny Coots perform at City Hall Auditorium

Frederick Hodges & Stevens Price entertain the auditorium attendees

An All-Star ragtime band play in City Hall

Kylan deGhetaldi performs a set with his daughter, Lyra

Youth Scholarship recipient William Leonard performs at City Hall

Festivalgoers enjoy the music in Sutter Creek

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