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Season Opening Performance with The Hot Sardines in Concert
Venue: Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: The Hot Sardines
Date: Friday, September 19, 2025
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Arts & Theatre
Cost:
Ticket Prices (depending on location): • Category A $55.00 • Category B: $40.00 • Category C: $20.00

Students with ID and youth 18 and under: $10.00

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The Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech presents their Season Opening Performance with The Hot Sardines in concert on Friday, September 19, 2025.

New York-based jazz ensemble the Hot Sardines brings brassy horns, rollicking piano, rich vocals, and a tap dancer.

Fueled by the belief that classic jazz feeds the heart and soul, the Hot Sardines are on a mission to prove that joyful music brings people together in a disconnected world.

Founded in 2011 by Elizabeth Bougerol and Evan Palazzo over a mutual love of Fats Waller, the Hot Sardines skyrocketed from the wild underground parties of Brooklyn. Described by the New York Times as "potent and assured" and the Times of London as “simply phenomenal,” the Sardines have been touring their brand of reinvigorated classic jazz worldwide behind a string of celebrated albums and over 60 million digital streams across platforms.

This sophisticated New York-based ensemble brings timeless classics to life with brassy horn arrangements, rollicking piano melodies, rich vocals, and the enchanting final touch — an elegant, spellbinding tap dancer.

The Hot Sardines’ self-titled debut album, named by iTunes as one of the best jazz albums of 2014, spent more than a year on the Billboard Jazz Chart, debuting in the top 10 alongside Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. For its 2016 album, French Fries & Champagne, the jazz collective broadened its already impressive palette, combining covers and originals.

In the last two years, the Sardines have been featured at the Newport and Montreal jazz festivals, sold out New York City venues from Joe’s Pub to Bowery Ballroom, and performed more than 150 tour dates from Chicago to London. From Parisian chansons to sly Cole Porter lyrics, the band effortlessly channels New York speakeasies, Parisian cabarets, and New Orleans jazz halls.

Links:

• https://hotsardines.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/hotsardines
• https://www.youtube.com/@hotsardines/videos
• https://www.instagram.com/hotsardines

Tickets range from $20.00-$55.00 depending on seat location. Tickets for students with ID and youth 18 & under are $10.00.

Tickets can be purchase online, at: https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/mapSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=5153F986-B471-45C6-A109-8864F9B1F68C or in person at the box office or by calling the box office at 540-231-5300.

The Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech is located at 330 Turner Street NW in Blacksburg, VA.

For more information, visit: https://artscenter.vt.edu/performances/hot-sardines.html or https://www.facebook.com/artscenteratvt or https://www.instagram.com/artscenteratvt/ or call 540-231-5300.