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Weymouth Center: “Come Sunday” Jazz Series with Al Strong

May 18 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

$10 – $38.50

Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities popular “Come Sunday” Jazz Series is back this spring! Join outdoors on Weymouth Center’s beautiful grounds for live jazz on a lazy Sunday afternoon! Coined for Duke Ellington’s classic “Come Sunday,” each jazz event features internationally renowned jazz artists who will perform their own rendition of Ellington’s masterpiece. Please bring your own blanket, chairs and a picnic. Enjoy a cash bar with mimosas, beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages available. This is a family-friendly event! All Come Sunday’s will now begin at 2:00pm.

Weymouth Center welcomes Al Strong on May 18th! An award-winning trumpet player, composer, recording artist, and educator. A cultural innovator, he is the co-founder of the non-profit the Art of Cool Project, which spawned the internationally recognized Art of Cool Music Festival. Strong is lauded for his distinctively unique sound. Whether melting hearts at a whisper volume or delivering piercing musical intensity while being gracefully dynamic, his natural ability to strike listeners at their core is unmatched. A native of Washington, D.C., Strong is a graduate of the renowned Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts and a passionate advocate for young people in music education. His experiences studying music at renowned Jazz Studies programs North Carolina Central University and Northern Illinois University, afforded him invaluable opportunities to perform at premiere jazz festivals; Montreal Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, and The Peru Jazz Festival, to name a few.

The cost is $27.50 for Weymouth Members and $38.50 for non-members. Student tickets are $10. Children 12 and under are admitted for free. Cash bar | VIP tables available ($300 Weymouth Members • $400 Non-members) VIP tables are seated tables with an umbrella for up to six people and are the best seats in the house, situated in the shade and near the stage for the perfect view. The VIP table package includes your tickets for music, light hors d’oeuvres, a charcuterie board served at your table, a mimosa carafe for six, and vouchers for six beverages of your choice from the bar.

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Details

Date:
May 18
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost:
$10 – $38.50
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Website:
https://weymouthcenter.org/event-calendar/

Venue

Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities
555 East Connecticut Ave
Southern Pines, NC 28387
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