Republic will transform from a concert hall to a bounce party within 24 hours.

Tonight, the venue will host a benefit for the Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp, a music education program for students ages 10-21, from 7-10 p.m. Called “An Evening of Jazz”, the event features dancer Norma Gordon, trombonist Wycliffe Gordo and the students. The campers have been honing their skills on their instruments and composition for the past few weeks with local jazz artists such as Steve Masakowski, Kidd Jordan, and Darrell Lavigne. In 2009, the camp was forced to cut important programs in music business, recording engineering and music notation technology. Obviously, the camp would like to reinstate those programs and needs a little outside help to do so. In the meantime, students have been learning traditional jazz and fine-tuning their craft.

When doors open at 10:00 p.m. the following night, jazz is out and bounce is in. DJ Jubilee, Big Freedia, Katey Red, Vockah Redu, Jean Eric and Rusty Lazer will take over with another New Orleans music tradition: bounce. While you certainly can’t find jazz and bounce on the same radio stations, they are both rooted in New Orleans’ street culture, with young people that had a desire to play with music and make it their own through improvisation. Bounce producers and DJs often draw from the city’s musical past, like Mardi Gras Indian beats or brass band songs. A phenomenal jazz solo and a bumping dance call-out are part of New Orleans’ music culture, even if they look strange when paired on a calendar.

For more information on the shows, visit republicnola.com.