Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Photo Credit: Eugenia Bu Photography Credit: B | U Photography

After more than three decades of bringing jazz and swing music to the world, the celebrated band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will make their way to Newport, R.I. on May 11, 2024, at the Jane Pickens Theater and Event Center (The JPT).

The band, famously named after an autograph by blues legend Albert Collins, has sold millions of records worldwide, won numerous awards, and appeared in hundreds of movies and television shows. The concert sold out at some of the most iconic venues in the world, including the Hollywood Bowl and Lincoln Center, and featured performances with many of the country’s finest symphony orchestras.

The Big Bad Voodoo Daddy show at The JPT is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the band live in Newport.

Tickets for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at The JPT on Saturday, May 11, are $69 – $89 and go on sale Friday at 10 am at JanePickens.com or by calling 1-800-657-8774.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) assisted a What’sUpNewp journalist with the reporting included in this story.

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...

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