Trombone Shorty’s home, y’all. After touring across the country on his “Voodoo Threauxdown” tour for the past two months, Troy Andrews, a.k.a. Trombone Shorty, is breaking it down for his hometown and bringing a star-studded local lineup with him to do it.
Saturday’s show at Champions Square includes names like Juvenile, Mannie Fresh, Partners-N-Crime and the New Breed Brass Band. Even more local musicians are expected to show up during the performance.
The line stretched down the block to see Breaking Bad actors Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul reunite to pour samples of their artesanal Mezcal, Dos Hombres, at the Napoleon House in the French Quarter during Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans, La. Friday, July 19, 2019. Ralph Brennan the owner of the Napoleon House also joined in helping serve the drinks. Photo by Matthew Hinton
The line stretched down the block to see Breaking Bad actors Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul reunite to pour samples of their artesanal Mezcal, Dos Hombres, at the Napoleon House in the French Quarter during Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans, La. Friday, July 19, 2019. Ralph Brennan the owner of the Napoleon House also joined in helping serve the drinks. Photo by Matthew Hinton
The 540-plus members of Le Krewe D’Etat roll down the Uptown parade route with a satirical 24-float parade with the theme “The DIC Goes to Mardi Gras” as they celebrate their 24th year on Friday, February 21, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
The line stretched down the block to see Breaking Bad actors Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul reunite to pour samples of their artesanal Mezcal, Dos Hombres, at the Napoleon House in the French Quarter during Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans, La. Friday, July 19, 2019. Ralph Brennan the owner of the Napoleon House also joined in helping serve the drinks. Photo by Matthew Hinton
A memorial float to New Orleans musicians passes as the 540-plus members of Le Krewe D’Etat roll down the Uptown parade route with a satirical 24-float parade with the theme “The DIC Goes to Mardi Gras” as they celebrate their 24th year on Friday, February 21, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
“I really wanted to give back to the city, and do whatever I can to try to bring it together,” said Shorty on the event website. “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.”
The concert starts at 6 p.m., and tickets range from $25-$95.
Mary Staes is Digital Content Lead for Very Local. She works with our freelancers and crafts content for our social media platforms and website. Before Very Local, she worked with CBS affiliate WWL-TV as a web producer and weekend assignment editor for about 4 years. She has also handled broadcast coverage for 160 Marine Reserve training facilities while she served as an active duty Marine. As a native New Orleanian, she takes being "very local" to heart. She loves being intertwined with the culture and figuring out how there are less than two degrees of separation between us all, whether we're natives or not.
