Tickets to The Hot Sardines at NJPAC Now on Sale

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening with "one of the best jazz bands in NYC today" (Forbes) The Hot Sardines! The Hot Sardines have sold out 17 straight shows during their residency at New York's famed Joe's Pub, and showcased their versatility by performing to eager, hungry audiences at venues as diverse as the ultra-swank Top of the Standard (Boom Boom Room), the internationally-known Montreal Jazz Festival, the playfully-naughty underground speakeasy experience Shanghai Mermaid, and Symphony Hall in Boston, where they recently performed to sold out audiences in collaboration with the Boston Pops. Witness The Hot Sardines live Sunday, October 9, 2016 at Victoria Theater. Get your tickets now at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722)

Take a blustery brass lineup, layer it over a rhythm section led by a stride-piano virtuoso in the Fats Waller vein, and tie the whole thing together with a one-of-the-boys front-woman with a voice from another era, and you have the Hot Sardines. (We haven't even told you about the tap dancer yet.)

It's a great American success story worthy of the cinema. A born-and-bred NYC actor meets a Parisian-born writer at an open jazz jam over a noodle shop in Manhattan, and from there the Hot Sardines were born. Bandleader Evan "Bibs" Palazzo and lead singer Miz Elizabeth Bougerol combine with the Sardine ensemble of powerhouse musicians - and their very own tap dancer - to play "hot jazz" as it was in the era when live music was king...with a little glamour, a little grit, and a lot of passion. Even while giving voice to the history-defining jazz of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, the Hot Sardines' vibrant performances bridge generations and captivate 21st century audiences. The irony of the Hot Sardines' success is rooted in its origins: it was started by two non-musicians who never set out to form a band.

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