Satchmo Summer Fest 2015 Schedule

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Published on: July 14th, 2015

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Kermit Ruffins: closing out the festival on Sunday, August 2
Kermit Ruffins: closing out the festival on Sunday, August 2 [Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee]

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Allen Toussaint performing at SatchmoFest 2013 [Photo by Bill Sasser]
Allen Toussaint performing at SatchmoFest 2013 [Photo by Bill Sasser]

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New Birth Brass Band
New Birth Brass Band [Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee]

Satchmo Summer Fest, the annual summer festival honoring the late, great Louis Armstrong, is happening from Friday, July 31 to Sunday, August 2. Satchmo SummerFest features local music with a focus on contemporary and traditional jazz and brass bands. The community festival also features ‘Red Bean Alley' with food booths operated by some of New Orleans finest restaurants, open throughout the festival weekend. Remember that there will be a small admission fee for the first time this year-- $5 each day.

Friday, July 31:
 

Cornet Chop Suey Stage (at the Old US Mint):

Start End Performer
11:45 12:15 Dance Lesson: Traditional Jazz w/ NOLA Jitterbugs
12:15 01:30 Palmetto Bug Stompers
01:45 03:00 Sharon Martin
03:00 03:30 Dance Lesson: Traditional Jazz w/ NOLA Jitterbugs
03:30 04:45 Doreen's Jazz
05:00 06:15 Leah Chase
06:30 07:30 James Andrews
07:45 09:00

Donald Harrison's All Star Louis Armstrong Tribute

 

Red Beans and Ricely Yours Stage (at the corner of Decatur & Barracks):

Start End Performer
12:00 01:15 PresHall Brass Band
01:30 12:45 Palm Court Jazz All Stars
03:00 04:15 The New Orleans Jazz Vipers
04:30 05:45 Ellis Marsalis
06:00 07:15 Deacon John
07:30 09:00

Rebirth Brass Band

 

Saturday, August 1


Cornet Chop Suey Stage (at the Old US Mint):

Start End Performer
11:45 12:15 Dance Lesson: Traditional Jazz w/ NOLA Jitterbugs
12:15 01:30 Seva Venet and his Storyville Stringband
01:45 03:00 Jane Harvey Brown Trad Jazz Stars
03:00 03:30 Dance Lesson: Traditional Jazz w/ NOLA Jitterbugs
03:30 04:45 Paulin Brothers Jazz Band
05:00 06:15 The Ella and Louie Tribute Band
06:30 07:30 Ecirb Müller's Twisted Dixie
07:45 09:00 Bill Summers & Jazalsa


Red Beans and Ricely Yours Stage (at the corner of Decatur & Barracks):

Start End Performer
12:00 01:15 Steve Pistorius & the Southern Syncopators
01:30 02:45 Butch Thompson's Goodtime Boys
03:00 04:15 Treme Brass Band
04:30 05:45 Yoshio Toyama and the Dixie Saints
06:00 07:15 Charmaine Neville
07:30 09:00 Tribute to Trumpet Black featuring Corey Henry's Treme Funktet

 

Sunday, August 2


Cornet Chop Suey Stage (at the Old US Mint):

Start End Performer
11:45 12:15 Dance Lesson: Traditional Jazz w/ NOLA Jitterbugs
12:15 01:15 Orleans Brass Band
01:30 02:30 Kid Merv and All That Jazz
02:30 03:00 Dance Lesson: Traditional Jazz w/ NOLA Jitterbugs
03:00 04:00 Don Vappie & The Creole Jazz Serenaders
04:15 05:15 Shannon Powell & his Traditional All-Stars
05:30 06:30 Jeremy Davenport
06:45 07:45 Free Agents Brass Band

 

Red Beans and Ricely Yours Stage (at the corner of Decatur & Barracks):

Start End Performer
12:00 01:00 Connie Jones and Tim Laughlin
01:15 02:15 Jamil Sharif
02:30 03:30 New Birth Brass Band
03:45 04:45 Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns
05:00 06:15 Robin Barnes
06:30 07:30 Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers
07:30 08:00 Trumpet Tribute to Louis Armstrong (with Kermit Ruffins)

 

Satchmo Symposium
 

Friday, July 31

Start Performer
11:30 Keynote Conversation: Musical First Responders
01:00 Spirit of Satch Awards
01:30 Satchmo: His Life in New Orleans
02:30 The Morality and Righteous Heart of Louis Armstrong
03:30 Risky Louis
04:30 Distinct and Original Voices: Louis & Bix
05:30

Cinematic Satch: Louis Armstrong on the David Frost Show

 

Saturday, August 1

Start Performer
11:30 Louis Lets 'Em Have It
12:30 Satchmo the Singer, Pt. 2
01:30 Suburban Gardens: The Checkered Past of Louis Armstrong’s 1931 ‘Home Away from Home’
02:30 A Jewel in the 60s All-Stars
03:30 ‘King Zulu’: Collages by Louis Armstrong, Romare Bearden, & Jean-Michel Basquiat
04:30 Cinematic Satch: Louis Armstrong in East Berlin – The First Set

 

Sunday, August 2

Start Performer
11:30 Armstrong’s New Orleans: Then and Now
12:30 The Baritone Sax and Grammy-Winning Wax
01:30 Got A Bran’ New Suit: The Making and Music of THE COMPLETE LOUIS ARMSTRONG DECCA SESSIONS (1935-46) on Mosaic Records
02:30 Satchmo vs Sidney: The Inside Story of Their Musical “Battles”
03:30 Louis Armstrong and Kids
04:30 Cinematic Satch: Louis Armstrong in East Berlin - The Second Set
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Comments

Maybe y'all could also put down the schedule for the inside lectures and symposium too.

Thank you/merci beaucoup/gracias/danke schoen etc.

Good call; thanks for mentioning. So many interesting topics and guests going on in there.

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