The always popular Hob Nob Jazz Series at Cary’s Booth Amphitheatre is returning for a sixth year. Shows will take place every Wednesday evening in May and feature local and regional talent from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. All seating and music will take place on the spacious Crescent Deck creating a casual environment to relax and mingle with friends. Also this year Booth Amphitheatre is proud to be Celebrating African American arts and artists in the Triangle. Art&Soul is a collaboration among the Triangle Friends of African American Arts, Wake County’s Cultural Presenters Forum and Convention and Visitors Bureaus in the region. Yolanda Rabun on May 10 and Marcus Anderson on May 31 will be showcased as part of this ongoing series. Find out more info about Art&Soul events and regular happenings at www.artsinthetriangle.com/soul

General Admission tickets are just $5. Buy all five concerts for $20. Children 12 and under are free. Picnics allowed (no alcohol please); Pets on leashes are allowed. Venue owned parking lots offer free parking and are filled on a first come first serve basis.

Tickets can be purchased at Booth Amphitheatre (Tuesday – Friday, noon – 6 p.m.), through etix.com, or by phone at (800) 514-3849. Etix phone hours: Monday-Friday/ 9 a.m.- 8 p.m. EST Saturday/10 a.m. – 8 p.m. EST & Sunday/noon – 8 p.m. EST. For complete concert information go to www.boothamphitheatre.com or call (919) 462-2025.

MAY 3    |  TEA CUP GIN

MAY 10  | yolanda rabun

MAY 17  |  MINT JULIP

MAY 24  | PETER LAMB & THE WOLVES 

MAY 31  | MARCUS ANDERSON

MINT JULEP JAZZ BAND – The Durham-based Mint Julep Jazz Band makes their New York debut on June 24, 2016 at Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing, an annual summer concert series that highlights an array of performers from dance music genres like salsa, disco, tango — and, of course, swing. With their little big band lineup of 4 horns, rhythm section, and vocalist, the Mint Julep Jazz Band recreates the jazz sounds of the 1920′s, 1930′s, and early 1940’s through arrangements based on original recordings from the jazz age and swing era.  The Mint Julep Jazz Band is based out of Durham, NC and is led by trombonist Lucian Cobb and vocalist Laura Windley, who have put their collective knowledge and love of swing music together to create an ideal dance band for swing dancers.  With their little big band lineup of 4 horns, rhythm section, and vocalist, the Mint Julep Jazz Band recreates the jazz sounds of the 1920′s, 1930′s, and early 1940’s through arrangements based on original recordings from the jazz age and swing era.  The Mint Julep Jazz Band is based out of Durham, NC and is led by trombonist Lucian Cobb and vocalist Laura Windley, who have put their collective knowledge and love of swing music together to create an ideal dance band for swing dancers.

mintjulepjazzband.com