SOLD OUT | REDWOOD GROVE CONCERT: Jerron Paxton & Dennis Lichtman

REDWOOD GROVE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

Enjoy a magical music experience under towering redwoods in the Berkeley Hills.

TONIGHT’S SHOW: Jerron Paxton & Dennis Lichtman – IS SOLD OUT!

World-renowned multi-instrumentalists and vocalists. The duo were Artists-In-Residence at NYC’s Symphony Space for the 2024-25 season and have toured the US and internationally together since 2019. Smithsonian Folkways artist Paxton presents Black folk music from nearly all the idioms including stride piano jazz from New Orleans to New York; deep blues on guitar and harmonica; rural music from the beginnings of Black arrival in America played on fiddle and banjo; ragtime; and other turn-of-the-century-music that gives the full breadth of pre-WWII Black music without lecturing, but rather inviting audiences to enjoy that music as it was given to him. Paxton transports his audiences not to a time, but to a state of mind that allows them to enjoy and internalize Black folk music, as has been the American experience for centuries. Lichtman is a world-traveling bandleader who is best known for running the famed trad-jazz jam sessions at Mona’s Bar in New York City. He is a masterful multi-instrumentalist (clarinet, mandolin, violin, and more). Paxton and Lichtman’s mutual love of the history, stories, and significance behind the music they play is apparent as they romp through energetic and engaging sets of acoustic blues, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley pop songs, 1920s jazz, twin fiddle hoe-downs, and original songs and compositions.

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CONCERT INFORMATION AND TICKET POLICIES

All concert ticket sales are final and non-refundable. The value is not transferable to another concert or program.
Tickets are by registration; no physical tickets available. Your name and number of tickets will be on the check-in list available at the Ticket Booth Kiosk and Grove Gate.

Ticket includes Botanical Garden admission ($18 adult value) before the collections close at 5:00pm.

Redwood Grove Gate opens at 5pm. Show starts promptly at 5:30pm.

Parking at the Botanical Garden is NOT guaranteed. The adjacent UC parking lot has 73 spaces – rideshare and carpooling is highly encouraged. A UC Berkeley campus shuttle is available from overflow parking at LHS but departs every 30 minutes. Last ride back up is at 7:07pm. Please plan accordingly!

Seating is general admission wood bench amphitheater. (Stadium chairs work great, and are available to rent.) Please contact us in advance if you will need a wheelchair accessible spot or other accommodation.

Picnics welcome. No concessions provided. Smoking/vaping/pets/alcohol prohibited per UC Berkeley policy. Warm clothes recommended.

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