Legendary Jazz coming to The Smith Center!

 Experience Legendary Jazz in Las Vegas! Cabaret Jazz to Debut at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts                                                                          

Jazz greats and cabaret stars from around the globe will now have a home in Las Vegas when Cabaret Jazz at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts opens in March 2012. Inside the Boman Pavilion, the new venue will feature a regular schedule of the top performers in an intimate club setting designed for live music.

Jazz artists already scheduled to perform include the San Francisco Jazz Collective and Branford Marsalis, cabaret stars include Barbara Cook, Andrea Marcovicci and Las Vegas’ own Clint Holmes, who will begin a monthly residency. Tickets will go on sale later this fall.

“The Smith Center’s Cabaret Jazz was designed for music and will allow us to bring the greatest jazz and cabaret performers in the world to Las Vegas,” said Myron Martin, president and CEO of The Smith Center. “Think of it as Dizzy’s meets Feinstein’s.”

With a warm and engaging design, the focus is on the artists and their music inside the two-level, 258-seat venue. Overlooking Symphony Park, it provides a music experience unlike any other.

Holmes will be featured the first weekend of every month. The Las Vegas headliner recently played the esteemed Feinstein’s in New York City, where his performance garnered high acclaim. The New York Times raved “his high-energy singing is a friendly frontal assault whose sheer enthusiasm softens your resistance.”  Holmes is slated to appear at the legendary Carlyle Café in Manhattan later this year in a tribute to jazz great Bobby Short.  In addition to his performance commitments at The Smith Center, Holmes will also play a key role in The Smith Center’s community and education outreach programs.

“The idea of creating new shows every month in an intimate club setting couldn’t be a better fit for what I want to do as an artist,” said Holmes. “This allows me to perform in New York and elsewhere, while keeping a consistent schedule in my hometown.”

The Cabaret Jazz will open in March 2012 as part of The Smith Center’s opening celebration.  With the announcement of Cabaret Jazz, The Smith Center takes another important step to becoming the cultural centerpiece of Southern Nevada.

About The Smith Center for the Performing Arts

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts is a public/private partnership that will become the centerpiece of cultural life in Las Vegas, offering a blend of performances by resident companies, as well as first-run touring attractions. The 5-acre cultural campus will feature three performance spaces, the 2,050-seat main performance area in Reynolds Hall and Boman Pavilion’s 258-seat Cabaret Jazz and 250-seat Studio Theater and will also be home to a 1.7 acre park, which can be used for outdoor concerts. Additionally, the new Discovery Children’s Museum will be located on the campus. The Smith Center will be a place that will educate, entertain and excite the citizens of our great community.  Located in downtown’s 61-acre urban development, Symphony Park, The Smith Center broke ground in May of 2009 with a ceremonial Carillon bell casting and ringing.  In February 2010, it celebrated its “Topping Out” with the raising of 50 tons of steel. The Smith Center will open March 10, 2012. For more information about The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, visit www.thesmithcenter.com.  Keep up with news and events on Facebook.