J#TET & FOLKFACES – The Big Easy in Buffalo Mardi Gras Jam

THE J#TET and FOLKFACES – playing separately and together! – The Big Easy in Buffalo Local Series
NEW DATE – Friday, February 24
DHU Strand Theatre
$10 (+fee) advance, $15 day-of
Doors 7pm, Show 8pm
ONLY 70 TICKETS AVAILABLE, get yours now!
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Jazz, Americana, and even some New Orleans favorites – It’s a Mardi Gras Jam! Each band will take the stage for their own set, then join together for a grand finale jam. Get your tickets, bring your favorite libations, and get ready to experience something completely different!

Based in Buffalo, New York, and founded by Jacob Jay and Dalton Sharp, the J#tet performs music with a focus on original compositions and arrangements. Inspired by the ensembles lead by the great Miles Davis, the group strives to make every performance a unique musical statement. Past performances include the Northwest Jazz Festival, the Queen City Jazz Festival, the Colored Musicians Club Jazz Festival, and Pausa Art House.

Folkfaces is New York state based roots music quartet. Folkfaces play a mix of original and traditional music. The group takes its influence from weird old American music. An energetic variety show and traveling music review. Exploring a wide range of genres including country blues, traditional jazz, rock and roll, honky tonk, western swing, bluegrass and oldtime, jugband music and more. The music is driven by songwriter and frontman, Tyler Westcott (Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica, Kazoo) who founded the band in 2011. The rest of the band has taken many forms over the years, but the current lineup includes multi-instrumentalist and fiddler Brendan Gosson, upright bass player, Patrick Jackson, and percussionist Dan Schwach on drumkit and washboard. Each of the band’s members come from different musical backgrounds, but find common ground in the rare and captivating sound of Folkfaces.

Since 2007 The Big Easy in Buffalo has brought New Orleans and Louisiana music and culture to the Western New York region several times a year for free and low cost live performance, as well as music education and mentoring for local musicians, students, and the community. Through The Big Easy in Buffalo thousands of students, dozens of local bands, and countless audience members in Western New York have been exposed to this unique American culture.

The Big Easy in Buffalo is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Hochul and the NYS Legislature, Erie County, Dick & Jenny’s, Sportsmens Tavern, and National Fuel Gas Co.