No BS! Brass Band Confirms Summer Tour, Including Bills With Sharon Jones, Trombone Shorty, Galactic, And More

No BS! Brass Band, co-founded by Bon Iver trombonist Reggie Pace and featuring first-call horn players who perform with everyone from Megafaun and Sharon Van Etten to the Wailers and Gladys Knight, have confirmed a summer tour kicking off June 7 in Birmingham, AL, on a bill with Galactic. They'll bring their "sternum-rattling...hot, irrepressible blast of brass and canyon-like grooves" (SPIN) to festivals around North America throughout the rest of the summer, sharing bills with Trombone Shorty, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Rebirth Brass Band, and more. Check out their NPR Tiny Desk Concert for a taste of the live show, a joyous blend of influences from Mingus to Michael Jackson, and see below for full dates: http://n.pr/SoxOHb

Last year, the 11-piece brass and drums band released two critically acclaimed albums, 'RVA All Day' and 'Fight Song: A Tribute to Charles Mingus.' NPR said, "The point isn't to redefine what a brass band can do, but that's what No BS! achieves," while the Wall Street Journal raved that they made "the year's best all-brass album" and named them one of 2013's best live shows. They made their Lincoln Center debut, and Paste hailed their "bone-rattling, booty-shaking, fist-pounding brand of brass ferocity."

Stay tuned for additional dates to be announced.

NO BS! BRASS BAND SUMMER TOUR DATES:
6/7 – Birmingham, AL @ Slice Brew & Pizza ^
6/13 – Hanover, VA @ Hanover Tavern
6/14 – Richmond, VA @ Build A Better Block
6/21 - New York, NY @ Carnegie Hall Presents: Neighborhood Concert at the Weeksville Heritage Center
7/6 – Quebec City, QC @ Festival D'ete
7/7 – Quebec City, QC @ Festival D'ete
7/9 – Ottawa, Ontario @ Ottawa Blues Fest *
7/10 – Boston, MA @ Church of Boston
7/11 – Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall
7/12 – Washington, DC @ The Hamilton
7/16 – New York, NY @ Low Down Hudson Festival $
7/20 – Baltimore, MD @ Arstcape Baltimore Festival of the Arts
9/4 – Arrington, VA @ Lockn' Festival %

^ w/ Galactic, Fort Atlantic, and more
* w/ Trombone Shorty and more
$ w/ Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and more
% w/ Bob Weir & Ratdog, The Wood Brothers, and more