Lake Effect Jazz Big Band Concert

Now in its 25th year, the Lake Effect Jazz Big Band continues to be one of the premier big bands in the Midwest. Featuring classic standards as well as new big band compositions the Lake Effect Jazz Big Band performs the music of Stan Kenton, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Pat Metheny and others. The Lake Effect Jazz Big Band is committed to preserving the uniquely American art form of big band jazz in concert and jazz festival settings across Southwest Michigan. Don’t miss this always popular event!

The band is led by Steven L. Reed, retired instrumental music teacher for the St. Joseph Public Schools, where he taught jazz ensemble, orchestra, and band for 35 years. Several members of the Lake Effect Jazz Big Band are current or retired music educators, and jazz education is a priority for the LEJBB. For more information about the Lake Effect Jazz Big Band, look us up on Facebook.

Audience members can sit back, perhaps enjoy a cocktail, beer or wine from the cash bar, and even cut a rug with your sweetheart at the Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St.

Tickets are $12 general admission purchased in advance at ticketstripe.com/lakeeffect Walk-in tickets are $15. Free admission for children 12 and under.

You may also like the following events from Box Factory for the Arts:

• This Saturday, 16th August, 10:00 am, Free Gallery Exhibition: Series 4 in Saint Joseph
• Next Monday, 18th August, 01:00 pm, Portrait Drawing and Painting Workshop (on-going) in Saint Joseph
• Next Saturday, 23rd August, 07:00 pm, “There’s No Place Like Home: A Year in Foreclosure” Storytelling and Song by Johnny Ford in Saint Joseph

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