Delgado Community College will honor the Irma Thomas with a 75th birthday bash at its City Park Campus in New Orleans on Saturday, February 13. The gathering will take place just five days before Thomas turns 75 on February 18.

Delgado’s party will be a celebration of the beloved singer’s upcoming birthday, as well as a fundraiser for the Irma Thomas Center for W.I.S.E. Women, an organization that she helped establish at the college more than a decade ago. The center exists to empower women to fulfill their academic, personal and professional potential.

The location of the event is no accident either. Thomas, a Grammy-winning performer and member of the Blues Hall of Fame, is graduate of Delgado, where she earned her business degree as an adult.

Irma Thomas’ 75th Birthday Bash is slated to begin at 8pm, and tickets are now on sale. There will also be a more expensive Patron Party at 7pm.