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SACRAMENTO, CALIF.– In five days  jazz lovers converge on the State Capitol for the annual tradition– nearly a week of hot licks and cool steps all over town–from Old Sac to Midtown & Uptown. The annual Sacramento Jazz Festival May 24 – 27, 2013 features smokin’ entertainment with Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks, Los Lobos, 60 bands, 24 venues and the world’s best West Coast Swing dancers.

It’s fitting that Sacramento has the hottest jazz festival in the state (according to those who attend,) because it goes so well with West Coast Swing Dancing, the official state dance since 1988.  If dancing’s your thing, Sacramento recently greeted Midtown Stomp (midtownstomp.com), Northern California’s premier swing dancing and Lindy Hop venue, hosting one of the largest swing dances on the West Coast. Each Friday night hundreds of people of all ages and walks of life come for an evening of music and dancing that you have to see to believe. Upcoming acts include:  Mark Tortorici & the Hollywood Combo May 24, 2013; The Grand Street Stompers June 7, 2013; and Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums June 28, 2013 at 9 p.m.