The Modesto Dixieland Jazz Society was founded in Modesto more than twenty years ago. The club’s purpose is to preserve and promote our unique American National music treasure for future generations. The Society provides opportunities for jazz musicians to share their talents with appreciative listeners and dancers, and encourages youth to learn and continue the American art form, especially Traditional Dixieland Jazz. The Society meets the third Sunday of each month at Club Max in the Modesto Moose Lodge, with “jam” sets beginning at noon. Monthly meetings feature local jazz bands. The May meeting hosts a foreign band in the US for the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee. In recent years, members have been entertained by bands from Yugoslavia, Wales, Scotland, and Poland. Members and performers come from all walks of life and musical backgrounds, but all have the common bond of a love for live entertainment and Dixieland Jazz.