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MEDIA CONTACT: MARGARET KURTZ | 702.229.6993 | 702.249.1828 | mkurtz@lasvegasnevada.gov
Tickets On Sale Now For DjangoVegas! Jazz Guitar Concert June 28
Annual Celebration Featuring Award-Winning Django-Style Jazz Guitarists Starts At 6 P.M.
DjangoVegas! returns to the Las Vegas Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St., in downtown Las Vegas Saturday, June 28, from 6 to 10 p.m. The annual indoor musical celebration pays tribute to the roots, origins and established figures of hot club-style jazz and the music of legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt.
This year, the lineup includes award-winning solo guitarists Joscho Stephan of Germany and Paulus Schäfer of The Netherlands, as well as The Hot Club of Las Vegas. Big Dog's Brewing Company will offer beers, fine wines and top-shelf spirits for sale at the event. Local food trailer, "Good, Bad, Delicious," will sell from a unique seasonal menu outside the air-conditioned venue. Convenient parking is available across the street in the city garage at 455 S. Third St. (garage entrance is on Third Street). Parking at the Fifth Street School also is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
General admission tickets for all ages are $25 and can be purchased online in advance. If available, event day tickets will be sold at the box office. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.
Stephan, 45, is renowned for his interpretation of classical, jazz and pop standards in the jazz manouche style. Son of a band member, Stephan has been a guitarist since age 6. He has shaped modern swing guitar playing and developed his own unmistakable style.
Schäfer, 47, is a composer as well as guitarist in the swinging jazz manouche style. He is well known around the world, from Carnegie Hall to the Royal Opera House in Mumbai, and at jazz festivals throughout Europe.
Local DjangoVegas alumni, Mundo Juillerat's The Hot Club of Las Vegas, will perform separately as well as back the solo guitarists. The band, which started as a passion project, performs Django jazz music past and present, as well as boleros, flamenco, rhumbas and more.
Click here for tickets; for more information for this and other events, visit https://www.ArtsLasVegas.org or call 702.229.ARTS (2787).
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Editor's Note: Photos of the entertainers may be downloaded at https://sftp.lasvegasnevada.gov/f/ddecd342b8ca8f20; no password is required.
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