The 400 block of South Rampart Street, once referred to as “The Ramp,” was considered the epicenter of New Orleans Jazz.Our ticketed shows held at the Little Gem Saloon present the best line-up of today’s jazz, blues, funk and more. Treat yourself to renowned Chef Robert Bruce’s delicious small plates while listening to the music of the city’s finest musicians.
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Lucas Davenport & Alexandra Scott
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Micah McKee
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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7:00 pmThe Ramp Room at the Little Gem SaloonSalon at the Little Gem Saloon
Concert at 8 p.m., Mentoring Program pre-Concert at 7:00 pm
Admission: $25 General, $10 Students (ID required)
Click Here for More Information and to Purchase Tickets
From the most compressed musical eloquence to the most expansive timelessness of musical expression, this concert juxtaposes a wonderful assortment of musical works that push the boundaries of our experience of time. Gyorgy Kurtag’s Microludes and Olivier Messiaen’s Quatuor pour le Fin du Temps (Quartet for the End of Time), complemented by Gabriel Fauré’s luxurious piano trio, fill out a mostly French evening.
Note: This concert will be preceded by a 7:00 p.m. performance given by participants in Birdfoot’s Chamber Music Mentoring Program.
Concert-goers may enjoy dining downstairs before the concert. Valet Parking is available until 11 pm.
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9:00 pmThe Ramp Room at the Little Gem SaloonSeva Venet & The Storyville String Band
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 Tickets - Click Here to Purchase
 Venet first came to New Orleans in 1999 hungry to learn more about the music he loves to play and teach: American roots music, especially traditional jazz. He was introduced to the New Orleans traditional jazz style while playing several years in a band in L.A. with Mike McClelland, a George Lewis style Albert system clarinetist. In New Orleans Seva found his teachers of New Orleans jazz in Tuba Fats and his band. It was during his time with Tuba that he was introduced to many of the local greats including Greg Stafford, Leroy Jones and Shannon Powell, who after first playing with Seva exclaimed "I came up with Danny Barker! You sound like Danny Barker! Get a gitjo [a 6- string banjo] and come by my house...were going to record." Today Seva leads his own band, The Storyville Stringband, and works as a side man with Lionel Ferbos, the Treme Brass Band, Dr. Michael White, Greg Stafford, Tommy Sancton, Lars Edegran, Clive Wilson and other New Orleans greats. Venet has taught music to hundreds of school children in the New Orleans area since Hurricane Katrina and many of them have performed at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. He also conducts educational workshops on traditional New Orleans jazz for groups visiting from around the globe at venues such as Preservation Hall, the Jazz Historical Park, and at symposiums including the 2012 Satchmo Fest where he led an "informance" with the Storyville Stringband on "String bands, Hawaii, and Louis Armstrong."
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4:30 pmLittle Gem Saloon Little Gem Family Hour with David & Roselyn
4:30 - 6:30pm
Special Kids Menu, No Cover Charge
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9:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Benny Turner and the Real Blues
No Cover Charge
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10:30 amLittle Gem Saloon Jazz Brunch with Richard Knox and the Little Gem Jazz Men
feat. Charlie Miller
10:00am - 2:00pm
No Cover - A La Carte Menu
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Happy Hour with Charlie Miller and Richard Moten
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes and Marc Stone play blues in the Little Gem Saloon
5:00 - 8:30 pm
No Cover Charge
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Lucas Davenport & Alexandra Scott
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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9:00 pmThe Ramp Room at the Little Gem SaloonThe Living Rumours
feat. Camile Baudoin of The Radiators and David Doucet of Beausoleil
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
No Cover Charge
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Micah McKee
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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4:30 pmLittle Gem Saloon Little Gem Family Hour with David & Roselyn
4:30 - 6:30pm
Special Kids Menu, No Cover Charge
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7:00 pmThe Ramp Room at the Little Gem SaloonShamarr Allen & The Underdawgs
7:00pm - 10:00pm
$10 Tickets - Click Here to Purchase
  Music has been a part of Shamarr Allen’s life for as long as he can recall. A musical prodigy, people have forever recognized his extraordinary talents as a musician. Shamarr’s countless career accomplishments are highlighted by performances with artists Patti LaBelle, Lenny Kravitz, Harry Connick Jr., Branford Marsalis, and a multi-city tour and studio recordings with country legend Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Leon Russell, and R.E.M.. His personal compositions include music for the New Orleans Saints, “Bring Em To The Dome,” the ecologically conscious oil spill record, “Sorry Ain’t Enough No More.”
In 2011, he with his band the Underdawgs, were invited to tour Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan as cultural ambassadors for the United States State Department. With all of those amazing achievements, Shamarr claims one of his favorite moments as being the first trumpet player to play the National Anthem for President Barack Obama. Ultimately, he played for the President twice, the second time with multi-platinum artist, Harry Connick Jr. at the White House.
Shamarr has always done “his own thing,” which is only one of the many reasons his album contains no cover songs and only original material. “I’m just going to keep doing my own music, I believe that creating new music is just as important is live improvisation.” As Shamarr Allen’s star keeps rising, it is evident that everything he sets to do will be just like his music: unique and unforgettable.
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10:30 amLittle Gem Saloon Jazz Brunch with Richard Knox and the Little Gem Jazz Men
feat. Charlie Miller
10:00am - 2:00pm
No Cover - A La Carte Menu
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Happy Hour with Charlie Miller
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Marc Stone plays blues in the Little Gem Saloon
5:00 - 8:30 pm
No Cover Charge
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Andre Bohren on the Piano
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Micah McKee
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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9:00 pmThe Ramp Room at the Little Gem Saloon
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4:30 pmLittle Gem Saloon Little Gem Family Hour with David & Roselyn
4:30 - 6:30pm
Special Kids Menu, No Cover Charge
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7:00 pmThe Ramp Room at the Little Gem SaloonLeroy Jones Quintet
7:00pm - 10:00pm
$10 Tickets - Click Here to Purchase
 Born in New Orleans in 1958, Leroy began studying the trumpet at age 10, in school band. By the time he was 13 years old, he was already playing gigs and leading Danny Barker's young Fairview Baptist Church Brass Band. The Fairview band later evolved into the Hurricane Brass Band, which became the seed of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
Leroy Jones was a significant figure amongst the new breed of aspiring young musicians participating in Barker's renaissance of New Orleans brass bands. After a stint in the Jazz Studies Program at Loyola University's Conservatory of Music, Jones joined the musicians union and went on to pursue his career as a professional musician. He has played with nearly all the famous jazz bands in town, and has performed at festivals and clubs throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, South America, Southeast Asia, Japan and Australia. The past decade Jones has been a member of the Harry Connick, Jr. Big Band, performed on numerous recordings with various artists, leads one of the Preservation Hall Jazz Bands and has released several acclaimed solo albums. Jones continues to travel and record the world over.
The Leroy Jones Quintet was formed during the 1980s. But the band's first real international exposure came when it was the opening act for Harry Connick, Jr.'s "She" tour. The Quintet has toured the United States, Canada, South America and Australia. After releasing two critically acclaimed recordings on the Columbia label, the band toured on it's own, performing at festivals and club dates throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and has appeared on NBC's "Tonight Show". The quintet has also made numerous appearances at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The Leroy Jones Quintet performs an energetic swing style that encompasses both old and new jazz idioms.
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8:30 pmLittle Gem Saloon Benny Turner and the Real Blues
8:30pm- 11:30pm
No Cover Charge
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10:30 amLittle Gem Saloon Jazz Brunch with Richard Knox and the Little Gem Jazz Men
feat. Charlie Miller
10:00am - 2:00pm
No Cover - A La Carte Menu
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Happy Hour with Charlie Miller
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Marc Stone plays blues in the Little Gem Saloon
5:00 - 8:30 pm
No Cover Charge
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9:00 pmThe Ramp Room at the Little Gem SaloonThe Bayou Brothers feat. Dave Malone and Camile Baudoin of The Radiators with Marc Stone
9:00pm - 12:00am
$10 Tickets - Click Here to Purchase
 As the twin guitar front line for the Radiators for 33 years, Dave Malone and Camile Baudoin reign supreme as New Orleans premier rock guitar one-two punch. Since the Radiators disbanded in 2011, Dave and Camile have played together in various incarnations, none more stripped down and intimate than their semi-acousitc duo the Bayou Brothers. Their superior six string skills shine in the absence of a rhythm section, and they draw from an even broader songbook than the Rads storied song list. For this special show they will be joined by slide guitarist Marc Stone.
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Lucas Davenport
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Micah McKee
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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9:00 pmThe Ramp Room at the Little Gem SaloonBilly Iuso & The Restless Natives
9:00pm - 12:00pm
$10 Tickets - Click Here to Purchase
After leading the critically claimed Brides of Jesus for over a decade, front man and songwriter Billy Iuso (guitar, vocals) came to a decision to make a change shortly after releasing the third Brides album "Saints and Sinners” in the fall of 2002 due to the unavailability of other members of BOJ due to their other musical commitments.
With the Brides, Iuso had toured and played with some of the biggest names in the forefront of the Jam-Band movement in the 90's. His high energy mix of funk, roots rock with an occasional eclectic cover left deep impressions on those who saw them. On one occasion Iuso was told bluntly by Dave Matthews that, "You guys are one of the few opening acts I've ever remembered."
The Restless Natives became a solid project when drummer Bryan Besse was brought in full time Unlike the Brides' rotating Drum throne , "Mean" Willie Green (Neville Brothers) and Russell Batiste (Funky Meters, Vida Blue). Bryan brought his recent found love of Elvin Jones polyrhythms to the table yet didn't ignore his old Rock love of a John Bonham backbeat and of course the New Orleans Street beat.
Using Musicians from both the funk and jazz scene, the Natives' sound continues to evolve into a new hybrid of improvisation based music. A typical show brings together Keith Jarrett inspired keyboard runs surrounded by a sonic environment that remains accessible while pushing the line towards the abstract. Original songs subtly change to one of many eclectic covers, the seamless flow pushed by dynamic funky drum beats.
Recent highlights of the Natives include a stellar show at Tipitina's that featured Papa Grows Funk's Marc Pero on bass with Russell Batiste or Mean Willie Green on a drum set, late night jams in the French Quarter with the likes of the Grateful Deads own Bobby Weir in the audience and bringing the patio bar at House of Blues to a second-line sing-a-long on Mardi Gras Day.
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4:30 pmLittle Gem Saloon Little Gem Family Hour with David & Roselyn
4:30 - 6:30pm
Special Kids Menu, No Cover Charge
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7:00 pmThe Ramp Room at the Little Gem SaloonKermit Ruffins & The BBQ Swingers
7:00pm - 10:00pm
$15 Tickets - Click Here to Purchase
 Whether listening to a track on his newest CD, engaging him in conversation or hearing his voice on an answering machine message, one word springs immediately to mind to describe Kermit Ruffins, passion.
The 44-year-old New Orleans native lives it, plays it and sings about it, and nowhere is it more evident than when he discusses his craft the swinging, good-time jazz that lured him in as a teenager and continues to whet his appetite even three decades and 10 solo recordings later.
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8:30 pmLittle Gem Saloon Benny Turner and the Real Blues
8:30pm- 11:30pm
No Cover Charge
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10:30 amLittle Gem Saloon Jazz Brunch with Richard Knox and the Little Gem Jazz Men
feat. Charlie Miller
10:00am - 2:00pm
No Cover - A La Carte Menu
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Happy Hour with Charlie Miller
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Marc Stone plays blues in the Little Gem Saloon
5:00 - 8:30 pm
No Cover Charge
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Andre Bohren on the Piano
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Micah McKee
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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9:00 pmThe Ramp Room at the Little Gem SaloonShamarr Allen & The Underdawgs
9:00pm - 11:00pm
$10 Tickets - Click Here to Purchase
Music has been a part of Shamarr Allen’s life for as long as he can recall. A musical prodigy, people have forever recognized his extraordinary talents as a musician. Shamarr’s countless career accomplishments are highlighted by performances with artists Patti LaBelle, Lenny Kravitz, Harry Connick Jr., Branford Marsalis, and a multi-city tour and studio recordings with country legend Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Leon Russell, and R.E.M.. His personal compositions include music for the New Orleans Saints, “Bring Em To The Dome,” the ecologically conscious oil spill record, “Sorry Ain’t Enough No More.”
In 2011, he with his band the Underdawgs, were invited to tour Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan as cultural ambassadors for the United States State Department. With all of those amazing achievements, Shamarr claims one of his favorite moments as being the first trumpet player to play the National Anthem for President Barack Obama. Ultimately, he played for the President twice, the second time with multi-platinum artist, Harry Connick Jr. at the White House.
Shamarr has always done “his own thing,” which is only one of the many reasons his album contains no cover songs and only original material. “I’m just going to keep doing my own music, I believe that creating new music is just as important is live improvisation.” As Shamarr Allen’s star keeps rising, it is evident that everything he sets to do will be just like his music: unique and unforgettable.
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4:30 pmLittle Gem Saloon Little Gem Family Hour with David & Roselyn
4:30 - 6:30pm
Special Kids Menu, No Cover Charge
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7:00 pmThe Ramp Room at the Little Gem SaloonKermit Ruffins & The BBQ Swingers
7:00pm - 10:00pm
$15 Tickets - Click Here to Purchase
Whether listening to a track on his newest CD, engaging him in conversation or hearing his voice on an answering machine message, one word springs immediately to mind to describe Kermit Ruffins, passion.
The 44-year-old New Orleans native lives it, plays it and sings about it, and nowhere is it more evident than when he discusses his craft the swinging, good-time jazz that lured him in as a teenager and continues to whet his appetite even three decades and 10 solo recordings later.
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8:30 pmLittle Gem Saloon Benny Turner and the Real Blues
8:30pm- 11:30pm
No Cover Charge
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10:30 amLittle Gem Saloon Jazz Brunch with Richard Knox and the Little Gem Jazz Men
feat. Charlie Miller
10:00am - 2:00pm
No Cover - A La Carte Menu
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Happy Hour with Charlie Miller
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Marc Stone plays blues in the Little Gem Saloon
5:00 - 8:30 pm
No Cover Charge
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Lucas Davenport
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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5:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Micah McKee
5:00 - 8:30pm
No Cover Charge
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9:00 pmThe Ramp Room at the Little Gem SaloonThe Iguanas
9:00pm - 12:00am
$10 Tickets - Click Here to Purchase
 New Orleans' Iguanas reflected the diversity of musical styles found in their home state by fusing blues, classic R&B, zydeco, Cajun, Tex-Mex, and roots rock & roll. The group formed in 1989 around vocalist and guitarist Rod Hodges, who began playing guitar in San Francisco Bay Area blues and rock bands at age 14. While playing with a blues band in Colorado, he rediscovered the conjunto music that was a part of his mother's Mexican heritage, and inspired by master accordionist Flaco Jiménez, he took up the accordion as well. Vocalist and saxophonist Joe Cabral was raised in Nebraska, and his first musical experience came as part of his father's Mexican band. In college in Montana, he discovered Chicago blues, New Orleans R&B, and the honking saxophone style. Bassist Rene Coman was a native of New Orleans whose recording credits include Alex Chilton, Guitar Slim Jr., and Willy DeVille, while saxophonist Derek Huston and drummer Willie Panker rounded out their original lineup.
The Iguanas recorded their self-titled 1993 debut -- a pastiche of New Orleans funk ("Late at Night"), Latin music ("Para Donde Vas"), and Mexican polka ("Take Your Pictures, Your Letters and Your Ring") -- for Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville label. By the band's second release, Nuevo Bugaloo in 1994, Panker was replaced on drums by Doug Garrison. According to Garrison, he first worked with Rene Coman in the Alex Chilton band in the mid-'80s, where they developed strong musical bonds. They have also recorded together with Tay Falco's Panther Burns, and Garrison appears on Charlie Rich's last recording, the jazz-influenced Pictures and Paintings. In 1996 the band recorded its final disc for the Margaritaville label, Super Ball, which included a guest spot from guitarist and Iguanas fan Dave Alvin. Following the release of 1999's Sugar Town for the Koch label, The Iguanas signed with Yep Roc, reunited with producer Justin Niebank, and released Plastic Silver 9-Volt Heart in 2003.
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4:30 pmLittle Gem Saloon Little Gem Family Hour with David & Roselyn
4:30 - 6:30pm
Special Kids Menu, No Cover Charge
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7:00 pmThe Ramp Room at the Little Gem SaloonMeschiya Lake and the Little Big Quartet
7:00pm - 10:00pm
$10 Tickets - Click Here to Purchase
 Meschiya began her singing career at the age of nine, earning a regular gig and winning $500 upon winning an adults only singing contest in a South Dakota Steakhouse. In 2000 as a young woman, she met and began traveling with the Know Nothing Family Zirkus Zideshow and End of the World Circus - a troupe blending traditional circus arts with modern sideshow varieties where Meschiya honed her performance skills with such thrilling acts as glass and insect eating and fire dancing. It was while touring with this troupe that she fell in love with and felt immediately embraced by the culturally rich and one of a kind city of New Orleans, her home base for the last decade and counting.
Dan Baum of the New Yorker writes"Meschiya Lake rocks back on her heels, lifts her chest, and opens her throat like an air raid siren to croon in a thrilling pre-microphone style that...can make you feel by turns as though you were shivering around a campfire in a railroad (yard) or drinking in a budapest nightclub in 1938."
Meschiya took up the guitar and banjo and, with singer Erika Lewis, formed The Magnolia Beacon, creating original, dark, melodic, minor keyed compositions focusing on vocal harmony. Taking their hit duo on the road, the two songstresses grew and solidified fan bases in New York and Berlin, on the streets and clubs of France and Latvia, and every spot along the way and in between.
Once back home in New Orleans, she delighted in participating in and watching the jazz revival unfold around her, with jazz and jazz dance fever bringing more and more musicians and dancers to town. Meschiya formed The Little Big Horns Jazz Band in the Spring of 2009 and, saving pennies from the street, she produced the first Little Big
Horns album Lucky Devil to National Acclaim.
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10:30 amLittle Gem Saloon Jazz Brunch with Richard Knox and the Little Gem Jazz Men
feat. Charlie Miller
10:00am - 2:00pm
No Cover - A La Carte Menu
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8:00 pmLittle Gem Saloon Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Dinner
Montanya Rum Goes Moulin Rouge
An extensive menu by Chef Robert Bruce paired with Montanya Oro Rum Cocktails
The event will be held in the Ramp Room at the Little Gem Saloon.
Call 504-267-4863 or Click Here to reserve seats!
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