

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: A Perfectly Peculiar Jazz Cabaret
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Sun, 22 Mar, 2026 at 03:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: “A Perfectly Peculiar Jazz Cabaret”
Featuring James Benn and Brent E. Marty
 
Saturday, March 21, 2026, 7:30pm
Sunday, March 22, 2026, 3:30pm
 
The District Theatre
627 Mass Ave
Downtown Indy 46204
 
Tickets and info:
$25 adult 
$18 students and seniors 
IndyDistrictTheatre.org 
(317) 522-8099 

In their upbeat jazz music set, vocalist James Benn with his trio, pianist Brent E. Marty, bassist Jerome Cheatham, and percussionist Glen Dalrymple, will be performing songs of jazz and pop legends like Nat King Cole’s “Straighten Up and Fly Right,” Cab Calloway’s “Minnie the Moocher,” Paul Simon’s “American Tune,” along with show tunes from “Dreamgirls,” “A New Brain,” and songs by Benn’s favorite Broadway composer, Stephen Sondheim. 

Along with the music, James will be telling stories about his musical influences and career told from the perspective of a gay Black man in the modern world. 

This is a cabaret for mature audiences who loves great music, a good story, and the kind of performance that reminds us why gathering together still matters—especially in uncertain times.
 
Come spend an evening with master musicians putting their own special spin on songs that feed the soul. 

Tickets and info:
$25 adult 
$18 students and seniors 
IndyDistrictTheatre.org 
(317) 522-8099 

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Many thanks. Peace and blessings.
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Biographies 

JAMES BENN is a cabaret singer, actor, stage director and activist. He produced his one-person show, Little Butchie Sings, at the IndyFringe Festival. He toured the U.S. with Five Guys Named Moe and has an association with the musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ as a performer and a director. At IRT he’s been in several plays including To K*ll a Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He appeared in August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at the Phoenix Theatre directed by Bryan Fonseca. He lived and worked in New York City for twelve years, where he performed Off-Off Broadway and with the performance art ensemble Rev Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping. 

BRENT E. MARTY, the man on the keys. Brent has been actively involved in the Indianapolis arts community for many years working with several local organizations as a director, musical director, performer, instructor and accompanist. He currently serves as Director of Music and Education for Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre where he administrates all education programming and oversees all “musical” aspects of production. Local audiences may recognize Brent from onstage appearances in many productions including How I Learned to Drive, Die! Mommy! Die!, Miss Gulch Returns, and that old chestnut, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Brent is a graduate of Ball State University and was the first graduate of its nationally-recognized Musical Theatre program. Brent was named a 2015 Creative Arts Renewal Fellow by the Arts Council of Indianapolis and attended the Music Directing Intensive at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut. Brent has played on Hoagy Carmichael’s piano, restored and now housed at the Columbia Club downtown. He launched a series of open-mic cabaret events in Indianapolis entitled That is Brentertainment!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/indianapolis/a-perfectly-peculiar-jazz-cabaret/200029621345412
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, art, theatre, live-music, performances, festivals, open-mic, rocky-horror-picture-show, it, shopping, jazz, pop, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 89

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029621345412?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=indianapolis-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Indianapolis
- **state**: IN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The District Theatre
- **lat**: 39.77566
- **long**: -86.14771
- **full address**: The District Theatre, 627 E Massachusetts Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46204-1606, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: James Solomon Benn (https://allevents.in/org/james-solomon-benn/2764240)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The District Theatre, 627 E Massachusetts Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46204-1606, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** James Solomon Benn
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, art, theatre, live-music, performances, festivals, open-mic, rocky-horror-picture-show, it, shopping, jazz, pop, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about A Perfectly Peculiar Jazz Cabaret ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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