Big Bad Voodoo Daddy To Play Dixie, Jazz, Swing And More At Hso Talcott Mountain Music Festival July 8

Simsbury Meadows will sound like the “Big Easy” when New Orleans style jazz/big band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy teams up with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra at the Talcott Mountain Music Festival on Friday, July 8, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center at Simsbury Meadows. 

Conducted by Leonid Sigal, this program will have audiences dancing on the lawn to Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s biggest hits, including Go Daddy-O, Mr. Pinstripe Suite, The Jumpin’ Jive, Jungle Book (I Wanna Be Like You), Calloway Boogie, and more.

Ticket Information: Subscriptions to the 2011 Talcott Mountain Music Festival range in price from $150-$1420. Single tickets range in price from $20-$45. Lawn tickets for kids 12 and under are $5.   Discounts are available for tickets purchased in advance.  For more ticketing information, please contact HSO ticket services at 860-244-2999 or visit www.hartfordsymphony.org.

Additional Information: Gates open at 6 p.m. for all Talcott Mountain Music Festival concerts. Open to all ticket holders, the HSO Family Activity Tent is open from 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.; families can enjoy free activities such as music-themed games and crafts, the “Instrument Zoo,” and youth performances. This concert will be performed rain or shine; program is subject to change.

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s 2011-2012 season is sponsored by Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center. The 2011 Talcott Mountain Music Festival is presented by Hartford Hospital. The Hartford Symphony Orchestra receives major support from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism. The Hartford Symphony Orchestra 2011 Talcott Mountain Music Festival is made possible with generous support from the Richard P. Garmany Fund at Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; Classic Hotels of Connecticut; Ensign Bickford Industries, Inc.; The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.; Bloomfield Public Schools; Town of Simsbury; Falcetti Music; Paine’s; Seabury/Seabury at Home; Chubb; Connecticut Light & Power; HB Group, Inc.; Show Lighting Corporation; Simscroft Echo/Girard Brothers Corporation; Travelers; United Healthcare; Viking Fuel Oil Company; Walker Systems Support; Apple Rehab Sport & Spa; Bank of America; Big Y; CIGNA; Federman, Lally & Remis, LLC; Metro Bis; Motley Rice, LLC; Robert Hensley & Associates, LLC; Simsbury Bank; The Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center at UCHC; Tom and Suzy Reich; TRUMPF; and UBS.