Beloved New Orleans funk outfit Galactic and featured vocalist Jelly Joseph traveled north this weekend for a pair of sold-out performances at Brooklyn, NY’s Brooklyn Bowl.
Ahead of the swaggering, brass-fueled two-night affair, band members Jelly Joseph and Stanton Moore squeezed some extra excitement into their Big Easy-to-Big Apple itinerary with a Friday pre-show trip to a New York Rangers game at Madison Square Garden with Brooklyn Bowl owner Peter Shapiro. As Saturday’s sold-out Galactic show at Brooklyn Bowl wound down, Shapiro took the stage to congratulate the band and acknowledge the meaningful occasion with a story from the venue’s early days. As he explained, while attempting to convince fellow decorated concert promoter Ron Delsener of the new venue/bowling alley’s viability during an early visit, he had told Delsener to picture Galactic performing on that stage. Now, he said, that imagined scenario had come to fruition with a successful weekend in Williamsburg.
Below, check out a gallery of photos from Saturday’s sold-out Galactic show at Brooklyn Bowl courtesy of Ken Spielman. For a complete list of the band’s upcoming tour dates, head here.
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In other Galactic news, the band was recently announced as one of the performers at the 2024 edition of Daze Between New Orleans, set to return to the Big Easy’s Faubourg Brewery between Jazz Fest weekends on Tuesday, April 30th and Wednesday, May 1st. Galactic drummer Stanton Moore will also link up with guitarist Eric Krasno at the festival for a set by their Krasno/Moore Project. In addition, the two-day event will feature performances by Gov’t Mule featuring special guests John Scofield, Chuck Leavell, Ivan Neville, Karl Denson, Daniel Donato, and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Lettuce featuring John Scofield, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Dogs In A Pile, Cool Cool Cool, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, Karina Rykman, The Iceman Special, and The Rumble ft. Chief Joseph Boudreaux. Tickets for Daze Between New Orleans are now on sale here.
