Levitt AMP Ocala: The Rumble featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. w/ Central Florida Community Arts’ Big Band (Genre: Funk)

The 2024 Levitt AMP Ocala Music Series presents The Rumble featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. with opening by Central Florida Community Arts’ Big Band on Friday, May 17 from 7 – 9 p.m. outside at Webb Field at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Complex.
The performance is FREE. Please bring your chairs and blankets. Food is available from local food trucks and dessert brought to you by our sponsor Kona Ice Ocala. There will be fun field games and activities with the Ocala Recreation and Parks Department along with local non-profit organizations.

Each concert in the series also features live painting by local visual artists and a local non-profit organization intermission. This week’s featured non-profit is Ocala Juneteenth Celebration Commission.

More information is available at www.ocalafl.gov/levittamp or contact Ocala Cultural Arts at 352-629-8379 or [email protected].

HEADLINING ARTIST: The Rumble featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.

Featuring seven Grammy-nominated musicians, The Rumble is more than just a band – it’s an opportunity to be immersed in a wholly unique facet of New Orleans culture. Composed of Second Chief Boudreaux Jr. of the Golden Eagles, trumpeter Aurélien Barnes, trombonist José Maize Jr., bassist TJ Norris, guitarist Ari Teitel, keyboardist Andriu Yanovski, and drummer Trenton O’Neal, the group fuses iconic New Orleans funk with electrifying brass and the singular visual splendor of the Black Masking carnival tradition.

The Rumble’s debut album, “Live at the Maple Leaf,” received a Grammy for Best Regional Roots Album of 2024. Their live show is a symphony of rich color and propulsive sound, with each member sharing vocal duties and engaging the audience in the classic Mardi Gras Indian-style call-and-response chanting. The Rumble continues to fight to preserve the legacies and traditions of the community for the next generation while bring new layers of depth to their live performances.

For more about the band, visit https://therumbleband.com/.

OPENING ARTIST: Central Florida Community Arts’ Big Band
Central Florida Community Arts is a non-profit organization that focuses on building community through the arts throughout Central Florida. Their Big Band is a non-auditioned ensemble of more than 30 musicians with diverse backgrounds. They perform a variety of music spanning traditional swing to funk to rock to Latin to jazz. For more about the organization and band, visit https://cfcarts.com/perform/big-band/.

The Levitt AMP Ocala Music Series is supported in part by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, which partners with towns and cities across America to activate underused public spaces through the power of free live music, creating welcoming, inclusive destinations. Presenting a broad array of music genres and cultural programming, Levitt venues and concert sites are community anchors where families, friends and neighbors of all ages and backgrounds come together. Learn more at levitt.org.