Watch live on our YouTube channel or Facebook page as the King of Treme, Shannon Powell, returns to the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center for the 2025 Jazz & Heritage Concert Series!

Shannon Powell Traditional Allstars will perform a mix of traditional jazz, ragtime, gospel, and more live in concert. Doors open at 7pm and the concert begins promptly at 8pm. Tickets to attend in person are $10, available on Eventbrite.

About Shannon Powell

New Orleans Native and the King of Tremé, Shannon Powell, has been a talented drummer and percussionist since his early years, when he learned to play the drums in his childhood church in the Faubourg Tremé at the age of 6. The King of Tremé is known for his commanding technique and style. He has performed all over the world and recorded with many notable jazz musicians, such as Harry Connick Jr., with whom he recorded two platinum albums. Today, Shannon Powell is now a bandleader and has recorded his own studio album, “Powell’s Place,” in which he showcases a mix of both traditional and jazz songs and features his vocals. As a leading force on the traditional jazz circuit, an educator, and clinician, Shannon Powell has been featured at many university-presented workshops and jazz festivals all over the world.

About the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation:

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s Concert Series is a program of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the nonprofit that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell. The foundation uses the proceeds from Jazz Fest, and other raised funds, for year-round programs in education, economic development and cultural enrichment.