Backbeat Jazzfest

Schedule:

11pm: Kermit Ruffins And The Bbq Swingers

17th Annual Backbeat Jazzfest Series Presents Kermit Ruffins And The Bbq Swingers

Doors 10pm/Show 11pm

Advance Tickets $30

"We Partyin'!"

Kermit Ruffins needs only two words to hype a New Orleans barroom for one of his weekly shows, and this, his personal slogan, sums up what this Big Easy ambassador is all about. From playing himself in the HBO Series Treme, to barbecuing outside his bar, Kermit's Treme Mother-inLaw Lounge, to sitting in with Jon Batiste and Stay Human on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the trumpeter/vocalist keeps himself busy when he isn't on stage doing what he does best—entertaining and sharing his love of life with the world. He personifies the laid-back vibe of New Orleans.

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2am: Marco Benevento (Late Show)

17th Annual Backbeat Jazzfest Series Presents Marco Benevento

This Is A Late Show Friday May 3

(Technically This Show Starts Early Morning May 4)

Doors 1am / Show 2am

Advance Tickets $30

This summer, hallucinatory keyboard wizard Marco Benevento pulls back the curtain on his hazy home studio with Benevento — 40-minutes of small-batch psychedelia bubbled up from the base of the Catskill Mountains.

Titled as a nod to Paul McCartney’s first solo album, the record is a similarly loose, low-key affair. Like Macca’s eponymous release, Benevento is a solo work, where song sketches and sunrise jams share space with more constructed tracks.

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