An Evening with The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Join us for a SFF Presents Summer Concert featuring The Dirty Dozen Brass Band!

Celebrating over 45 years since their founding in 1977, the GRAMMY Award-winning New Orleans-based Dirty Dozen Brass Band has taken the traditional foundation of brass band music and incorporated it into a blend of genres, including bebop jazz, funk and R&B/soul. This unique sound, described by the band as a “musical gumbo,” has allowed the Dirty Dozen to tour across five continents and more than thirty countries, record twelve studio albums and collaborate with a range of artists from Modest Mouse to Widespread Panic to Norah Jones. Forty-five plus years later, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a world-famous music machine whose name is synonymous with genre-bending romps and high-octane performances.

Roger Lewis - Baritone Sax/Vocals
Gregory Davis - Trumpet/Vocals
Kirk Joseph - Sousaphone
Trevarri Huff-Boone - Tenor Sax/Vocals
Stephen Walker - Trombone/Vocals
Julian Addison - Drums
Takeshi Shimmura - Guitar

THE HISTORY OF THE DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND
In 1977, The Dirty Dozen Social Aid and Pleasure Club in New Orleans began showcasing a traditional Crescent City brass band. It was a joining of two proud, but antiquated, traditions at the time: social aid and pleasure clubs dated back over a century to a time when black southerners could rarely afford life insurance, and the clubs would provide proper funeral arrangements. Brass bands, early predecessors of jazz as we know it, would often follow the funeral procession playing somber dirges, then once the family of the deceased was out of earshot, burst into jubilant dance tunes as casual onlookers danced in the streets. By the late '70s, few of either existed. The Dirty Dozen Social Aid and Pleasure Club decided to assemble this group as a house band, and over the course of these early gigs, the seven-member ensemble adopted the venue's name: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

https://dirtydozenbrassband.com/

SFF will be selling a variety of beer, cider, and wine along with non-alcoholic drink offerings at the concert. There will be three food vendors at the concert: Southern Accent (serving Cajun bowls and sandwiches), Barrio (serving Latin inspired favorites), and Rawmona's Kitchen (serving paletas, sweet treats and empanadas). All vendors have options available for dietary restrictions.

You MAY bring in:
• Low "festival-style" chairs (those who are unable to use low chairs may bring standard folding chairs and set them up along the sides and at the back of the venue to preserve sightlines).
• Empty water bottles which can be filled at the free filtered water filling station.
• Steely or Silipint pint cup to use at the bar (MUST be 16 oz. and not made of glass or ceramic).

You MAY NOT bring in:
• Outside food and beverages
• Pets (service animals are permitted)
• Weapons
• Cigarettes, pipes or vaping devices; this is a non-smoking venue

Patrons may come and go from the venue