JULY 26: ONION RIVER JAZZ BAND AT THE SALISBURY CHURCH

On Friday, July 26, at 7:30 p.m., the fortieth annual Salisbury Summer Performance Series (at the Salisbury Congregational Meetinghouse) will host a performance of the Onion River Jazz Band. In its 35th year of music making, Onion River has been called Vermont's premier traditional Dixieland jazz band. Formed in 1984 as part of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, the seven-piece ensemble, which includes Brandon's "Music Man" Gene Childers, has dedicated itself to the roots of American jazz in New Orleans, preserving the sound of the likes of King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Biederbecke, Lu Watters, and Clarence Williams. The band, which has performed across New England, features jazz genres from the 1890s through the 1940s, including ragtime, Dixieland, Boogie-woogie, and swing. Come and enjoy.

This is the fourth event in the Summer Performance Series, which will continue on Friday evenings until August 9 at the historic, but handicapped-accessible, 1838 meetinghouse in Salisbury Village. Admission is free; donations in support of the series will be welcomed. Any receipts in excess of expenses for the series will be used for the ongoing restoration of the Salisbury landmark.