Published on:
September 13th, 2024
The WWOZ Groove Gala returned to Tableau and Le Petit Theatre on Thursday, September 12! This year's Groove Gala performers included Irma Thomas, Kermit Ruffins, Little Freddie King, Wendell Brunious & Tom Hook, Doreen Ketchens, Gerald French, and DJ Neil Pellegrin. It was an amazing event and a smashing success for WWOZ! Thank you so much to everyone who came out to support! Below, a few photo highlights from our photographers Sarah Kehoe, Devin Lewis, Jeff Strout, Harold Spinner III, and Beth Arroyo Utterback. Click through the carousel or see them all at once at this link.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
Carol King, Carrie Booher, Melissa Milton, Steve at the WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
Tableau sign - WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
Harold Spinner with his partner at the WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
Irma Thomas at the WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
Little Freddie King with Beth Arroyo Utterback at the WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
Auctioneer at work at the WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
Jen Sachs at the WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
Audience for Doreen Ketchens in the courtyard at the WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
Doreen Ketchens in the courtyard at the WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Devin Lewis.
Melissa Milton and Steve at the WWOZ Groove Gala 2024.
AJ Rodrigue, Tommy Boehm, Leslie Cooper, and Tom Roche at the WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Carrie Booher.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Carrie Booher.
WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Outside Tableau at the WWOZ Groove Gala 2024. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Little Freddie King at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Little Freddie King at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Little Freddie King at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Beth Arroyo Utterback and Bruce Wainer at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Irma Thomas auctions a song to benefit WWOZ at the Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Irma Thomas at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Irma Thomas at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Irma Thomas at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Irma Thomas at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Irma Thomas at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Auction time at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Audience at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Auction time at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Kermit Ruffins at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Kermit Ruffins at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Little Freddie King at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Little Freddie King at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Little Freddie King at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Little Freddie King at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Little Freddie King at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Irma Thomas at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Irma Thomas at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Irma Thomas at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Irma Thomas at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Irma Thomas at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Irma Thomas at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Irma Thomas at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Irma Thomas and the song bid winner Doug Schwab at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Irma Thomas and the song bid winner Doug Schwab at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Beth Arroyo Utterback mid-auction at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Norman Robinson and Kermit Ruffins at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Z2 at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Kermit Ruffins at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Kermit Ruffins at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Kermit Ruffins at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Kermit Ruffins at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Kermit Ruffins at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Kermit Ruffins at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Second line at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Kermit Ruffins and Wendell Brunious lead the second line at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Kermit Ruffins and Wendell Brunious lead the second line at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Kermit Ruffins and Wendell Brunious lead the second line at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Second line at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Second line at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Second line at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Second line at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Second line at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Second line at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
Second line at the WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Jeff Strout.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
WWOZ Groove Gala - Sep. 12, 2024. Photo by Sarah Kehoe.
