LJO Concerts and Events
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Sunday, July 14 2024, 7:00 pmJazz In The ParkLocation: Riverside Park BandshellRain Site: Cavalier TheaterNew Charts and the Music of Bobby Darin
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Sunday, July 21 2024, 7:00 pmJazz In The ParkLocation: Riverside Park BandshellRain Site: Cavalier Theater - 114 5th Ave. NSwinging with the Music of Tony Bennet and Lady Gaga. Featuring Tim Henke and Cathy Reitz
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Sunday, July 28 2024, 7:00 pmJazz In The ParkLocation: Riverside Park BandshellRain Site: Cavalier Theater - 114 5th Ave. NFeaturing the music of Ella Fitzgerald and Band Favorites
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Sunday, August 4 2024, 7:00 pmJazz In The ParkLocation: Riverside Park BandshellRain Site: Cavalier Theater - 114 5th Ave. NRenowned Jazz Vocalist Deborah Brown and the Best Of European Big Bands!
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Thursday, October 17 2024, 7:30 pmJazz at Cappella Performing ArtsLocation: Cappella Performing Arts Center - 721 King St., La Crosse, WIFeaturing The La Crosse Jazz Orchestra and Special Guests
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Friday, October 18 2024, 7:30 pmJazz at Cappella Performing ArtsLocation: Cappella Performing Arts Center - 721 King St., La Crosse, WIThe LJO and Special Guests TBA
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Friday, December 6 2024, 7:30 pmLJO at Cappella Performing ArtsLocation: Cappella Performing Arts Center - 721 King St., La Crosse, WIHolly Jazzy Christmas III
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Saturday, December 7 2024, 7:30 pmLJO at Capella Performing ArtsLocation: Cappella Performing Arts Center - 721 King St., La Crosse, WIHolly Jazzy Christmas III
Featuring Vocal Sensation, Debbie Okeefe and Big Band Holiday Classics.
Upcoming Events
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Saturday, March 23 2024, 7:30 pm"Duking It Out" Tom Wopat with LJOLocation: Cappella Performing Arts Center - 721 King St., La Crosse, WITom Wopat came to fame in the ’70s as Luke Duke in the Dukes of Hazzard and has since been a mainstay on stage and screen ever since. While appreciative of that experience, Wopat wisely moved forward with a career in which his first two loves - music and theater - ultimately yielded immensely rewarding results.
This will be Tom’s first live- appearance with big band. The musical arrangements have been specially prepared for this engagement by Tedd Firth and will include
Tom’s original “County Line” theme song, “The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress,” “Someday Baby,” Sinatra favorite “Let’s Face the Music and Dance,” and several more.
The LJO will perform the music of Duke Ellington as reinterpreted by Clark Terry, John Fedchock and Alan Baylock. Terry’s version of Perdido will give the whole ensemble brief solo space creating joyous energy for all.
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Friday, March 22 2024, 7:30 pm"Duking It Out"! Tom Wopat with the LJOLocation: Cappella Performing Arts Center - 721 King St., La Crosse, WITom Wopat came to fame in the ’70s as Luke Duke in the Dukes of Hazzard and has since been a mainstay on stage and screen ever since. While appreciative of that experience, Wopat wisely moved forward with a career in which his first two loves - music and theater - ultimately yielded immensely rewarding results.
Wopat has had several appearances in New York jazz clubs, notably with his music director Tedd Firth (also music director/ pianist for Michael Feinstein and Marilyn May). Tedd will be joining Tom for this performance taking the piano chair with the LJO.
This will be Tom’s first live- appearance with big band. The musical arrangements have been specially prepared for this engagement by Tedd Firth and will include
Tom’s original “County Line” theme song, “The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress,” “Someday Baby,” Sinatra favorite “Let’s Face the Music and Dance,” and several more.
The LJO will perform the music of Duke Ellington as reinterpreted by Clark Terry, John Fedchock and Alan Baylock. Terry’s version of Perdido will give the whole ensemble brief solo space creating joyous energy for all.
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Saturday, December 9 2023, 7:30 pmLJO presents A HOLLY JAZZY CHRISTMASLocation: Cappella Performing Arts Center - 721 King St., La Crosse, WIJoin us for Holiday Classics in a Jazz style. Featuring Vocalist Debbie O'Keefe.
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Friday, December 8 2023, 7:30 pmLJO presents A HOLLY JAZZY CHRISTMASLocation: Cappella Performing Arts Center - 721 King St., La Crosse, WIJoin us for Holiday Classics in a Jazz style. The concert will feature great Yule time arrangements like “The Nutcracker Suite” as envisioned by the great Les Brown Jazz Orchestra, plus several new offerings and a wonderful slate of guest musicians. St. Paul jazz singer Debbie O’Keefe, Twin Cities pianist Laura Caviani and Madison lead trumpeter Jon Schipper.
Debbie O'Keefe has been a talented and popular mainstay of the Twin Cities area big band scene for over twenty years. She regularly performs with the Minnesota Jazz Orchestra, Century College Jazz Ensemble, The Blue Eyes Band, and St. Croix Jazz Orchestra as well as corporate and social events. She also performs with the Girl Singers franchise which tours and performs nationwide. Her first love is big band jazz and she is thrilled to be performing with the La Crosse Jazz Orchestra, especially during the holidays! -
Friday, October 20 2023, 7:30 pmLa Crosse Jazz Orchestra with Janet PlanetLocation: Cappella Performing Arts Center - 721 King St., La Crosse, WIThe LaCrosse Jazz Orchestra moves indoors for the first of three concerts at Capella Performing Arts Center. We are excited to have Janet Planet return as our guest artist in her fourth appearance with the LJO!
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Sunday, July 30 2023, 7:00 pmJazz In The ParkLocation: Riverside Park BandshellRain Site: Cappella Performing Arts Center - 721 King StreetThe final concert of the 2023 Season "Road Trip: Coast To Coast" features the music of Wisconsin Family and Friends. Feature guest artist will be Vocalist, Steve March-Torme.
Singer/songwriter Steve March-Tormé is the son of the multi-talented Mel Tormé and stepson of the actor/comedian Hal March, host of NBC-TV’s The $64,000 Question Show.
www.stevemarchtorme.com
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Sunday, July 23 2023, 7:00 pmJazz In The ParkLocation: Riverside Park BandshellRain Site: Cappella Performing Arts Center - 721 King StreetThe third concert of the 2023 Season "Road Trip: Coast To Coast with The LJO" focuses on bands and composers Top to Bottom along I-95.
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Sunday, July 16 2023, 7:00 pmJazz In The ParkLocation: Riverside Park BandshellRain Site: Cappella Performing Arts Center - 721 King StreetThe second concert of the 2023 Season "Road Trip: Coast To Coast with The LJO" focuses on the Big Band music from The Heartland.
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Sunday, July 9 2023, 7:00 pmJAZZ IN THE PARKLocation: Riverside Park BandshellRain Site: Cappella Performing Arts Center 721 King StreetThe first concert of the 2023 Season "Road Trip: Coast To Coast with The LJO" starts on the West Coast Pacific Highway. This concert will feature the music of Big Bands and Composers from Vancouver to San Diego.
Past Events
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