Preservation Hall will host a benefit concert, ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT PRESERVES, inspired by the celebrated concert series “Midnight Preserves” held annually during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The livestream concert will take place on Saturday, June 20 and will be hosted by Preservation Hall’s own Ben Jaffe and directed by Pres Hall collaborator Danny Clinch.
The benefit will highlight unseen archived performances with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band along with live performances by all-star special guests including Dave Grohl, Elvis Costello, Irma Thomas, Dave Matthews, Beck, Jon Batiste, Jim James, PJ Morton, Nathaniel Rateliff, and more.
‘ROUND MIDNIGHT PRESERVES is a free livestream concert, though donations are encouraged to benefit Preservation Hall Foundation’s relief efforts. Pres Hall Foundation’s relief fund is one of the music relief organizations chosen by Spotify to receive matched donations dollar-for-dollar up to a collective total of $10 million through its COVID-19 Music Relief. A live auction will also occur that offers that chance to win four “Big Shot” seats to a show at Preservation Hall, along with 4 tickets to one of the participating special guest’s shows.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s Ben Jaffe created the Midnight Preserves event in 2012 to raise funds for Preservation Hall’s charity work throughout the two Jazz Fest weekends. Since its first year, Midnight Preserves has become Preservation Hall Foundation’s most valuable fundraiser, providing visiting artists and audience members alike with a good-spirited, joyful night of music. “Every year we look forward to Midnight Preserves as a way to connect with our fans and old friends. Just about everyone I’m friends with today I’ve met through music or a musical collaboration that came out of Midnight Preserves. It’s a blessing to have met so many incredible humans and to have shared our stage and their stage,” says Jaffe.
‘ROUND MIDNIGHT PRESERVES will be streamed on Preservation Hall Foundations’s website, Preservation Hall’s YouTube, Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s Facebook, and the Foundation’s Twitch on Saturday, June 20 from 8 to 11 p.m. CDT.
