A holiday smorgasbord of American music

(CNN) -- What better side dish for barbecue, chips and pie this holiday weekend than a heaping serving of quintessentially American music? At festivals nationwide, folk, bluegrass and jazz are keeping toes tapping through Memorial Day.

Here's a taste of what's going on:

• In White Springs, Florida, folk music and dancing are stirring things up this weekend at the Florida Folk Festival at the Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center.

• In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, they're swinging their partners 'round and 'round, at the rollicking Gettysburg Square Dance Round-up at Gettysburg College.

• In Guthrie, Oklahoma, the gay 90s and roaring 20s are as vibrant as ever, at the annual Guthrie Jazz Banjo Festival. Antique automobiles will also be on display.

• In Sacramento, California, more than 100 bands are performing traditional American jazz at venues throughout the city for the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee. Organizers call it the world's largest traditional jazz festival.

• And in Decatur, Illinois, they're pounding the ivories at the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest. The Holiday Inn hosts the event, which celebrates ragtime, honky-tonk and old-time music.

• Tallahassee, Florida
• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Edmond, Oklahoma
• Sacramento, California
• Decatur, Illinois

• Florida
• Pennsylvania
• Oklahoma
• California
• Illinois

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Related sites:

• Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center
• Guthrie, Oklahoma Events/Visitors Information
• The Sacramento Jazz Jubilee

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