New Orleans Jazz Fest Night-Time Concert Series

Contact: Jared Zeller -(504) 488-FUNK or [email protected]

For Immediate Release

Family Fish and MotherShip Partner for Jazz Fest Music Series

Preliminary Schedule Features Sonny Landreth, Campbell Brothers, Ivan Neville, Johnny Sketch

New Orleans- March 3, 2005- Family Fish and MotherShip Entertainment, two of the Crescent City’s most innovative and creative music promotion businesses, announced a historic partnership and Music Series. The concerts are scheduled during the 2005 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and will be held at Rosy’s Jazz Hall. All of the shows begin at 9:30 PM.

The first concert, scheduled for Sunday, April 24, 2005, has been dubbed “Sacred Funk.” The Campbell Brothers, leaders of the burgeoning Sacred Steel tradition, will perform followed by the scion of New Orleans’ first family of funk- Ivan Neville and his band, Dumpstaphunk.

The second concert, dubbed “Louisiana HayWired”, is scheduled for Wednesday, April 27, 2005, and stars the incomparable guitar genius of Lafayette, Louisiana’s own Sonny Landreth. Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes plus the Sketchy Strings, the rock band’s eclectic chamber music ensemble, are scheduled to open.

The third concert is the second volume in the Slidemania series. Scheduled for Thursday, April 28, 2005, the concert is a return engagement for Sonny Landreth, the master of the slide guitar. The second night’s opening act is to be determined.

Tickets go on sale Friday, March 4, 2005 through www.TicketMistress.Org

Family Fish is made up of a dedicated group of music veterans whose mission is to “bring quality shows to good people.” After taking the 2004 Festival season off for the wedding of two of the principals, they are back with a whole new slate of great performances. Their series of sold out shows during the 2003 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival included the critically acclaimed Slidemania, Vol. 1.

MotherShip Entertainment is a New Orleans-based multi-service entertainment company. Their focus is exposing homegrown artists to diverse audiences in non-traditional settings as well as convention venues. The company produces concerts, festivals, fundraisers and a variety of other events for corporate clients. They are also a full service management and record company with clients in rock, jazz and New Orleans music.

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