Hot 8 Brass Band, which plays Orpheum in Tampa, Florida on March 1, 2025. Credit: hot8brassband.com
A gig from Hot 8 Brass Band is both concert and communion, complete with plenty of high-stepping, hand-clapping, and yes, horns.

The Grammy-nominated outfit is an alum of Gasparilla Music Festival and on the road supporting a new album, Big Tuba, which is a tribute to band founder Bennie Pete who, in 2021, died at the age of 45 due to complications related to sarcoidosis and COVID-19. Pete was a gentle giant whose influence was larger than life, and it’s safe to say that this gig will feel less like a funeral and more like a celebration of his contributions to New Orleans and music in general.

Tickets to see Hot 8 Brass Band play Tampa Orpheum on Saturday, March 1 are still available and start at $25.

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This article appears in Feb 20-26, 2025.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...