# Event Details - **Event Name**: Dan Pugach Big Band w/Special Guest Nicole Zuraitis - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm – Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 10:30 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for a special night of jazz the Dan Pugach Big Band and Nicole Zuraitis!About this EventDan Pugach is a GRAMMY® Award-winning drummer and composer, a 5X GRAMMY® nominee, 2X  ASCAP Foundation Jazz Composer Award winner, a recipient of the BMI Charlie Parker Composition Prize/Manny Albam Commission for Big Band and a participant at the  Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Residency Program at the Kennedy Center. He is a 2025 Chamber Music America “New Jazz Works” Grantee.His latest album, Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence (2024), featuring Nicole Zuraitis, won the 2025 GRAMMY® Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. Additionally, he was the featured drummer on the 2024 GRAMMY® Award-winning album How Love Begins, co-produced by Nicole Zuraitis and Christian McBride. His debut album, Dan Pugach Nonet - Plus One (2018), reached the top 20 in Jazz radio and earned a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocal for “Jolene” alongside Zuraitis. The Dan Pugach nonet and big band perform regularly and have headlined at Dizzy’s, Deer Head Inn, Birdland, Blue Note, Smalls, the 55bar, and the Red Sea Jazz Festival.   Born in Israel, he served as the drummer for The Air Force Band in the IDF while attending the Rimon School of Jazz. After studying percussion in Rio de Janeiro, he moved to the U.S. in 2006 to pursue a career in Jazz performance. Pugach holds a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music (2008), where he studied with Terri Lynn Carrington and Joe Lovano, and a Master of Arts from the City College of New York (2011), where he studied with Mike Holober, Scott Reeves and John Patitucci. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/old-lyme/dan-pugach-big-band-w-special-guest-nicole-zuraitis/100001979417575252 - **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, festivals, art, jazz - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdan-pugach-big-band-wspecial-guest-nicole-zuraitis-tickets-1979417575252 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 38.57, max: 75.63, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Old Lyme - **state**: CT - **country**: United States - **location**: The Side Door - **lat**: 41.32454070000001 - **long**: -72.32636630000002 - **full address**: The Side Door , 85 Lyme St, Old Lyme, United States - **location**: The Side Door ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: The Side Door Jazz Club (https://allevents.in/org/the-side-door-jazz-club/25382678) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/71ffe6332085547daa41aad8a1a0cc2a239f6f8076a4209a6df28ffc71596887-rimg-w1200-h800-dca5a4a9-gmir.jpg?v=1767274450 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=Dan+Pugach+Big+Band+w%2FSpecial+Guest+Nicole+Zuraitis&date=28+Feb ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** The Side Door , 85 Lyme St, Old Lyme, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 38.57 up to 75.63 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** The Side Door Jazz Club - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** music, entertainment, festivals, art, jazz - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Dan Pugach Big Band w/Special Guest Nicole Zuraitis ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Dan Pugach Big Band w/Special Guest Nicole Zuraitis", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/71ffe6332085547daa41aad8a1a0cc2a239f6f8076a4209a6df28ffc71596887-rimg-w1200-h800-dca5a4a9-gmir.jpg?v=1767274450", "startDate": "2026-02-28", "endDate": "2026-02-28", "url": "https://allevents.in/old-lyme/dan-pugach-big-band-w-special-guest-nicole-zuraitis/100001979417575252", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "The Side Door ", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "85 Lyme St", "postalCode": "06371", "addressLocality": "Old Lyme", "addressRegion": "CT", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "41.32454070000001", "longitude": "-72.32636630000002" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join us for a special night of jazz the Dan Pugach Big Band and Nicole Zuraitis!", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-06", "availabilityEnds": "2026-02-28", "validFrom": "2026-04-06", "lowPrice": "38.57", "highPrice": "75.63", "price": "38.57", "url": "https://allevents.in/old-lyme/dan-pugach-big-band-w-special-guest-nicole-zuraitis/100001979417575252" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-06", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-06", "url": "https://allevents.in/old-lyme/dan-pugach-big-band-w-special-guest-nicole-zuraitis/100001979417575252", "price": "75.63", "name": "General Admission" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-06", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-06", "url": "https://allevents.in/old-lyme/dan-pugach-big-band-w-special-guest-nicole-zuraitis/100001979417575252", "price": "38.57", "name": "Student Ticket" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "The Side Door Jazz Club", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/the-side-door-jazz-club/25382678", "description": "World class jazz in an intimate venue located at the Old Lyme Inn in Connecticut mid-way between Boston and New York" } ] } ] ```