Trombone Shorty has announced plans to host his first ‘Hometown Threauxdown’ to take place at Bold Sphere Music at Champions Square in New Orleans on Saturday, October 20, 2018. On the heels of four successful installments of his springtime ‘Treme Threauxdown’ and his 29-city ‘Voodoo Threauxdown’ tour this coming August and September, Shorty, in conjunction with Q93 and Live Nation, has now created an autumn festival event intended for his friends and neighbors in New Orleans during the City’s Tricentennial.
“I really wanted to give back to the city, and do whatever I can to try to bring it together” said Shorty. “I thought it would be great to get musicians from New Orleans on the same bill as some other friends from the road and try to keep ticket prices low so that everyone in the city can come out—almost like a reunion or a homecoming.” Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will be joined by Michael Franti & Spearhead, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Mannie Fresh, New Breed Brass Band, and many more special guests to be announced.
“My whole purpose with the Hometown Threauxdown is to celebrate the culture, the music and the spirit of New Orleans with some friends who love it all as much as I do,” continues Shorty, “and my hope is everyone can rise above our differences to try and keep the City moving forward.”
Tickets are available here and start at just $29.50.
Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews once again teams up with award winning illustrator Bryan Collier to craft another unforgettable love letter to his home city of New Orleans. In this companion to the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award–winning Trombone Shorty, join a scrappy young musician named Shorty on a tour of his beloved New Orleans. After letting his band down by missing rehearsal, Shorty has some serious questions about what it means to be a leader. He hits the streets of New Orleans to find some answers and soak up inspiration. Along the way he’ll meet street musicians, a favorite restaurant owner, and the famous Mardi Gras Indians. Each has some NOLA-bred wisdom to share with Shorty about being an artist, a leader, and a friend.
The 5 O’Clock Band hits the shelves June 19th, 2018 through ABRAMS Books and can be found wherever books are sold.
On May 30th, 2018 the Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organization behind Sesame Street, held its 16th annual gala in New York City. Trombone Shorty was extended a special invitation to preform and was joined on stage by the residents of Sesame Street at the event. The workshop also honored Shorty with his own muppet doppelägnger. Check it out on his Twitter.
The annual event is a “celebration of laughter and learning,” and this years gala spotlighted the incredible resilience of children with the announcement of the new Joan Ganz Cooney Fund for Vulnerable Children which will expand the Sesame Street in Communities initiative which supplies caregivers and community service providers the tools to give families across the country the necessary resources to ensure a healthy start to the lives of their children.
Katie Couric co-hosted the event with Sesame Street stars Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch with special guest appearances by a full cast of muppets.
For more information about this years event, follow the link to the Sesame Workshop website here
You can find more photos from the event on Sesame Workshop’s Facebook page
Nominated alongside Al Basile, Jimmy Carpenter, Nancy Wright, and Vanessa Collier Trombone Shorty took home the best Instrumentalist for Horn award. The Blues Music Awards supports The Blues Foundations mission to preserve blues heritage and ensure the future of the American Art form. Additional winners include Mavis Staples, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Samantha Fish and Curtis Salgado.
Just thirty short days from today, the Fourth Annual Treme Threauxdown will take place at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans, LA.
The New Orleans Advocate said “The Treme Threauxdown has become a Jazz Fest season tradition. In years past, Jazz Fest performers ranging from Usher to Nick Jonas to Amos Lee have made surprise appearances with Shorty at the Saenger.” Other guests through the years have included Ledisi, Cee Lo Green, Warren Haynes, Juvenile, Wyclef Jean, Andra Day, Marc Broussard, Mystikal, and Chad Smith, as well as Shorty’s friends and mentors from New Orleans including Allen Toussaint, Jon Batiste, Kermit Ruffins, Terence Blanchard, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, PJ Morton and Ivan Neville.
Though the show dazzles with guests, the music is really where it’s at. “My favorite thing about the Threauxdown is figuring out what special guests we are going to have and the genre of music they come from. It’s the most important thing,” says Shorty. “We’ve got country musicians, we’ve got R&B and the music and their songs are what the band and I are thinking about. Because every guest is so strong in whatever genre of music they come from, we have to play that as authentically as we can.”
This year, Soul Rebels will play before Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue hit the stage to play their songs and then be joined by an array of guests that will have everyone talking about the show and wondering who will be guests next year–2019 will mark the show’s 5th anniversary.
Tickets are available now by clicking here.
Trombone Shorty has announced plans to host his first ‘Hometown Threauxdown’ to take place at Bold Sphere Music at Champions Square in New Orleans on Saturday, October 20, 2018. On the heels of four successful installments of his springtime ‘Treme Threauxdown’ and his 29-city ‘Voodoo Threauxdown’ tour this coming August and September, Shorty, in conjunction with Q93 and Live Nation, has now created an autumn festival event intended for his friends and neighbors in New Orleans during the City’s Tricentennial.
“I really wanted to give back to the city, and do whatever I can to try to bring it together” said Shorty. “I thought it would be great to get musicians from New Orleans on the same bill as some other friends from the road and try to keep ticket prices low so that everyone in the city can come out—almost like a reunion or a homecoming.” Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will be joined by Michael Franti & Spearhead, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Mannie Fresh, New Breed Brass Band, and many more special guests to be announced.
“My whole purpose with the Hometown Threauxdown is to celebrate the culture, the music and the spirit of New Orleans with some friends who love it all as much as I do,” continues Shorty, “and my hope is everyone can rise above our differences to try and keep the City moving forward.”
Tickets are available here and start at just $29.50.
Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews once again teams up with award winning illustrator Bryan Collier to craft another unforgettable love letter to his home city of New Orleans. In this companion to the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award–winning Trombone Shorty, join a scrappy young musician named Shorty on a tour of his beloved New Orleans. After letting his band down by missing rehearsal, Shorty has some serious questions about what it means to be a leader. He hits the streets of New Orleans to find some answers and soak up inspiration. Along the way he’ll meet street musicians, a favorite restaurant owner, and the famous Mardi Gras Indians. Each has some NOLA-bred wisdom to share with Shorty about being an artist, a leader, and a friend.
The 5 O’Clock Band hits the shelves June 19th, 2018 through ABRAMS Books and can be found wherever books are sold.
On May 30th, 2018 the Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organization behind Sesame Street, held its 16th annual gala in New York City. Trombone Shorty was extended a special invitation to preform and was joined on stage by the residents of Sesame Street at the event. The workshop also honored Shorty with his own muppet doppelägnger. Check it out on his Twitter.
The annual event is a “celebration of laughter and learning,” and this years gala spotlighted the incredible resilience of children with the announcement of the new Joan Ganz Cooney Fund for Vulnerable Children which will expand the Sesame Street in Communities initiative which supplies caregivers and community service providers the tools to give families across the country the necessary resources to ensure a healthy start to the lives of their children.
Katie Couric co-hosted the event with Sesame Street stars Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch with special guest appearances by a full cast of muppets.
For more information about this years event, follow the link to the Sesame Workshop website here
You can find more photos from the event on Sesame Workshop’s Facebook page
Nominated alongside Al Basile, Jimmy Carpenter, Nancy Wright, and Vanessa Collier Trombone Shorty took home the best Instrumentalist for Horn award. The Blues Music Awards supports The Blues Foundations mission to preserve blues heritage and ensure the future of the American Art form. Additional winners include Mavis Staples, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Samantha Fish and Curtis Salgado.
Just thirty short days from today, the Fourth Annual Treme Threauxdown will take place at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans, LA.
The New Orleans Advocate said “The Treme Threauxdown has become a Jazz Fest season tradition. In years past, Jazz Fest performers ranging from Usher to Nick Jonas to Amos Lee have made surprise appearances with Shorty at the Saenger.” Other guests through the years have included Ledisi, Cee Lo Green, Warren Haynes, Juvenile, Wyclef Jean, Andra Day, Marc Broussard, Mystikal, and Chad Smith, as well as Shorty’s friends and mentors from New Orleans including Allen Toussaint, Jon Batiste, Kermit Ruffins, Terence Blanchard, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, PJ Morton and Ivan Neville.
Though the show dazzles with guests, the music is really where it’s at. “My favorite thing about the Threauxdown is figuring out what special guests we are going to have and the genre of music they come from. It’s the most important thing,” says Shorty. “We’ve got country musicians, we’ve got R&B and the music and their songs are what the band and I are thinking about. Because every guest is so strong in whatever genre of music they come from, we have to play that as authentically as we can.”
This year, Soul Rebels will play before Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue hit the stage to play their songs and then be joined by an array of guests that will have everyone talking about the show and wondering who will be guests next year–2019 will mark the show’s 5th anniversary.
Tickets are available now by clicking here.
