Editing Jug band (section)

===Festivals and competitions===
The annual Battle of the Jug Bands in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]], has been held since 1980. Over 30 jugbands compete for the "Coveted Hollywood Waffle Iron" trophy, including the Jook Savages, a jugband that predates Kweskin's band and is still together. The competition is held the Sunday after the Super Bowl. The popularity of the event is such that even though it runs all day, there isn't time for all the bands to compete. In recent years a second competition, the Pancake League, has been added, taking place the day before.

The National Jug Band Jubilee was launched in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], the probable birthplace of jug band music, in October 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20070913/OPINION02/709130358/Jug-Band-Jubilee |title=Jug Band Jubilee &#124; the Courier-Journal &#124; courier-journal.com |website=Courier-journal.com |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130805030543/http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20070913/OPINION02/709130358/Jug-Band-Jubilee |archive-date=5 August 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In California, an annual San Francisco Jug Band Festival has been held in [[San Francisco, California]] almost every August since 2006 and there is a JugFest gathering of jug bands each August in [[Sutter Creek, California]] since around 1998. Both of these free, outdoor, festivals feature a wide variety of jug bands in an all-day format that gives each band plenty of time to stretch out and play a full set. The 1st Annual West Coast Jug Band Jubilee took place in August 2010 in [[Berkeley, California]].

The Chicago Battle of the Jug Bands has taken place each fall since 2007. Contestants compete for "Stuffy," a gilded sausage-stuffer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.banjohangout.org/myhangout/blog.asp?id=24888&blogid=14024 |title=Mark your calendar: Chicago's Second Annual Battle of the Jug Bands - jrjenks' Blog |publisher=Banjo Hangout |access-date=2017-03-09}}</ref> The Chicago battle was initiated by Arlo Leach, then a teacher at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. Two years later, when he moved to Portland, Oregon, organizing the battle fell to Skip Landt, another Old Town School teacher. The Chicago competition, which takes place on a single evening, is judged by the audience, who "vote" for the winner on a replica of an official Chicago election ballot.