PRJC Presents: Trad Jazz Mardi Gras Bash featuring Orleans Express

The PRJC will again celebrate the Mardi Gras season featuring the Orleans Express of Maryland. You don't have to fly or drive down to New Orleans to experience an afternoon of entertainment, we'll have it right here for you in person in Silver Spring.

Orleans Express of Maryland will feature something new this year - although not strictly on a trad jazz instrument, Mark Cox will be join the band for several tunes on the musical saw with vocals.

Of course, we will have all the regular trad jazz instruments with Les Elkins on cornet and vocals, Haley Schoenberg on reeds, Greg Williams on drums, John O’Brien on banjo, Willie Clark on tuba and John Stewart on trombone. We invite you to listen, dance and march to a variety of music fitting for the Mardi Gras season right here in Silver Spring. Wear your favorite Mardi Gras accessories such as masks, hats, boas and beads – and don’t forget those parasols!

If you bring your axe (or saw), you are welcome to join the band when we play the Saints at the end of the concert!Listen, dance, and march to a variety of music fitting to the season. Don your Mardi Gras masks, hats, beads, accessories, and grab your parasol. Musicians, bring your axe as we will have an open jam session at the end of the performance to give local talent a chance to sit in and play some trad jazz music!

The Potomac River Jazz Club (PRJC) has been bringing live New Orleans/Trad style jazz to the DC area for over 52 years. We host our concerts at Rosensteel Hall as it has ample parking, is a few blocks from the metro (red line, Forest Glen), has plenty of seating and dance floor space, and a nicely priced cash bar. Come on out and hear some great live music while supporting local musicians!

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