Porretta Soul Festival
We are delighted to announce that we will back back in Porretta, this year to celebrate musicologist Alan Lomax’s 1954 visit to the area. We will perform several songs associated with Lomax.
We are delighted to announce that we will back back in Porretta, this year to celebrate musicologist Alan Lomax’s 1954 visit to the area. We will perform several songs associated with Lomax.
We’ll finally have a Jazz Fest again! The time is approximate— we will post the actual time when it is announced.
Time TBA. Johnette and Scott share a boogie on the bayou of Louisiana roots songs for families in the Kids Tent!
Johnette and Scott bring some Wild and Woolly Wiggle Animals Songs to children and families at the Nantucket Atheneum Garden!
Johnette and Scott bring a little New Orleans soul to families in Porretta, Italy.
We will be performing virtually at Boston GreenFest 2020 at approximately 1 PM Eastern time on Sunday, August 23. We are thrilled to be able to support this wonderful organization, which seeks to raise awareness of climate change, and the ways we can move forward in an environmentally responsible manner.
https://www.bostongreenfest.org/performers-2020/johnette-and-scott
Free beginner ukulele workshop for teens and adults. Bring your own ukuleles and tuners. Register at the library.
A free harmonica workshop for teens and adults by three-time Grammy winner Scott Billington. Register at the Atheneum.
Free boogie on the bayou concert for families and school groups in the Nantucket Atheneum garden.
Cultural presentation on the décimas and Johnette’s Isleña heritage.
Johnette and Scott bring the exuberance of New Orleans Mardi Gras to Newburyport, Massachusetts in this Carnival concert for families.
We’ll be joining pianist and vocalist Matt Lemmler’s highly engaging multimedia show, New Orleans in Stride, at the Zeitgeist in Arabi on November 9. On several songs, we’ll be performing with Matt and his wonderful trio, so this will be a one-time event that you won’t want to miss.
Los Sueños de los Isleños (The Dream of the Canary Islanders) - Follow the journey of the Isleños, immigrants who came to North America in 1778 from the Spanish Canary Islands off the coast of Africa. In full traditional Canary Islands dress, author and musician Johnette Downing presents a talk about the Isleños' settlement of four colonies when Spain ruled Louisiana, their role in the American Revolutionary War, and her voyage to the Canary Islands to learn about her ancestors; she also shares the music of the timple, the traditional five-stringed Canarian instrument. Free. 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 12. Scott will join Johnette, in costume.
Got Uke? Join Johnette for this free beginner ukulele workshop for teens and adults. Learn the parts of the ukulele, how to strum, how to form chords, and walk away knowing how to play two or more songs. Must bring your own ukulele (and tuner if possible).
Three-time Grammy winner Scott Billington, teaches teens and adults how to “harp the blues” in this one-hour beginner harmonica workshop. Sign up early as spaces are limited. Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Free Family Concert in the Atheneum Garden, 1 India St, Nantucket, Massachusetts. We look forward to this show every year, on the lawn of the beautiful Nantucket Atheneum. If you’re on the island, please join us!
Tune in to WJOP 96.3 FM Newburyport, MA for our radio interview about our Swamp Romp album for families.
Johnette and Scott bring their Swamp Romp, Louisiana dance party for families, to MaCabe’s Guitar Shop! Come boogie on the bayou with us!
Free Family Friendly First Friday in the French Market Concert Series, 916 N Peters St, New Orleans in Dutch Alley in the French Market.
Join Johnette and Scott in the Kids Tent for this Swamp Romp concert with special guest Irma Thomas, the Soul Queen of New Orleans as she sings a duet with Johnette on the song “Poor Worry Anna.” Not to be missed. New Orleans Fairgrounds.
For tickets and information visit the link below. Details on lineup and set times coming soon.
Free Family Friendly First Friday in the French Market Concert Series, 916 N Peters St, New Orleans in Dutch Alley in the French Market.
We’ll be celebrating the release of our award-winning Swamp Romp album with this special concert, followed by a book signing by Johnette with her catalog of singable books, board books, trickster tales and newly imagined Louisiana folk tales.
Tune into Steppin’ Out with the lovely host Peggy Scott Laborde as Johnette and Scott play songs from their new NAPPA Award winning album Swamp Romp, A Louisiana Dance Party for Children.
Free Family Friendly First Friday in the French Market Concert Series, 916 N Peters St, New Orleans in Dutch Alley in the French Market.
We’re having our Swamp Romp CD release party at one of the best listening rooms in New Orleans, on the third floor of the New Orleans Jazz Museum. The event will also feature the theatrical premiere of our new Bamboula Rhythm video, directed by Lily Keber. After the concert, we’ll be offering a special child-centered tour of the Jazz Museum with us as guides. Don’t miss this one!