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 |
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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 |
Red Beans and Ricely Yours Stage (at the corner of Decatur & Barracks):
Start | End | Performer |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Comments
Symposiums
Maybe y'all could also put down the schedule for the inside lectures and symposium too.
Symposiums
Thank you/merci beaucoup/gracias/danke schoen etc.
Good call; thanks for
Good call; thanks for mentioning. So many interesting topics and guests going on in there.