Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers Concert History

Kermit Ruffins (born December 19, 1964) is a jazz trumpeter, singer and composer from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He has been heavily influenced by Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan and Eddy Jefferson. Ruffins accompanies a large portion of his songs with his own vocals, and he says that the highest note he can hit on trumpet is a high C note. Most of his bands perform New Orleans jazz standards, though he also composes many of his own pieces.

Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2024)

Date Concert Venue Location
May 03, 2024
Upcoming
Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers

Backbeat Jazzfest Series

Blue Nile New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 26, 2024
Upcoming
Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers

Backbeat Jazzfest Series

Blue Nile New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 11, 2024
French Quarter Festival
Big Freedia / Ivan Neville / Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band / Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Orchestra / Bonerama / Chris Thomas King / Rebirth Brass Band / DJ Raj Smoove / Corey Ledet / Judith Owen / IFÉ / Zita / Lil Jodeci / Tyron Benoit Band / Benny Grunch & The Bunch / Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers / Alex McMurray / Margie Perez / Fùnké / Lena Prima / The Lilli Lewis Project / Paul Sanchez / Johnny Sansone / T'Canaille Cajun Band / Rory Danger & The Danger Dangers / Mem Shannon & The Membership Show all bands
French Quarter New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Oct 08, 2023
Gretna Fest
Kool & The Gang / Iceman Special / Ashley McBryde / The Temptations / Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers / Chapel Hart / Treme Brass Band / Mike Dillon & Punkadelic / Blues Traveler / Amanda Shaw & The Cute Guys / New Orleans Nightcrawlers / Thomas Dybdahl / Chase Tyler Band / Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers / Aaron Foret / Zion Harmonizers Show all bands
Downtown Gretna Gretna, Louisiana, United States
May 03, 2019
Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers / Big Sam's Funky Nation Blue Nile New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 26, 2019
Marco Benevento / Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers Blue Nile New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 19, 2019
Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers Blue Nile New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 12, 2019
Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers Blue Nile New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 05, 2019
Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers Blue Nile New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Mar 14, 2019
Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers Kermit’s Treme Mother In Law Lounge New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
May 12, 2018
Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers Tipitina's New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
May 03, 2018
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
"New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" / Lionel Richie / Toots & The Maytals / Lyle lovett / Old Crow Medicine Show / Blind Boys of Alabama / Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers / Big Sam's Funky Nation / Telmary / Archie Shepp / Cyril Neville's Swamp Funk / Susan Cowsill / Hot Rize / Honey Island Swamp Band / Jeremy Davenport / John Mooney & Bluesiana / Stooges Brass Band / The Avalon Jazz Band / Joe Krown Trio / Walter "Wolfman" Washington / Banu Gibson & The New Orleans Hot Jazz / Sunpie & The Louisiana Sunspots / Real Untouchables Brass Band / Keith Frank / Gal Holiday & Her Honky Tonk Revue / Jamaican Me Breakfast Club / Patrice Fisher & Arpa / Seguenon Kone / The Caesar Brothers' Funk Box / Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys / Terrace Martin / Pocket Aces Brass Band / Toronzo Cannon / the walls group / Wendell Brunious / Tonya Boyd Cannon / Bantam Foxes / Naughty Professor / The Revelers / Jamil Sharif's Jazz Professors / Alex McMurray / Bonsoir Catin / Rayo Brothers / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Show all bands
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Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 27, 2018 –
May 06, 2018
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2018
Lynn Drury / Mikey B3 / Anders Osborne / The Last Bandoleros / The New Orleans Suspects / The East Pointers / Bonnie Raitt / Sting / Sturgill Simpson / Aretha Franklin / Khalid / Jack Johnson / Big Freedia / Sonny Landreth / Jimmy Buffett / Irma Thomas / Lionel Richie / Lyle Lovett & His Large Band / Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers / Beck / Sheryl Crow / Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit / Tank and the Bangas / Sunpie & The Louisiana Sunspots / Aerosmith / Cage The Elephant / The Revivalists / Better Than Ezra / Jack White / Steve Miller Band / Smokey Robinson / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Buddy Guy / Walter Trout / Brass-A-Holics / Jon Batiste / Rod Stewart / David Byrne / Amanda Shaw / LL Cool J Show all bands
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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
May 03, 2017
Marcia Ball / Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers

Marcia Ball / Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers at Lafayette Square

Lafayette Square New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 28, 2017 –
May 07, 2017
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2017
The Roots / Maroon 5 / Usher / Pitbull / Snoop Dogg / Lorde / Stevie Wonder / Nas / Meghan Trainor / Alabama Shakes / Earth, Wind & Fire / Wilco / Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers / Corinne Bailey Rae / Darius Rucker / Amos Lee / Blues Traveler / Elle King / Dawes / Buddy Guy / Harry Connick, Jr. / Leon Bridges / Dr. John / Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds / Aaron Neville / Gente de Zona / Patti Labelle / Widespread Panic / The Meters / Lake Street Dive / Jonny Lang / Galactic / The Lone Bellow / The Mavericks / Marc Broussard / Dixie Cups / Rebirth Brass Band / Irma Thomas / The Revivalists / Maze featuring Frankie Beverly / Jean Knight / Trey Anastasio / Hot 8 Brass Band / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Royal Teeth / Hugh Masekela / Tab Benoit / Big Freedia / Eric Lindell / Anders Osborne / The Clark Sisters / Cowboy Mouth / Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes / Rhiannon Giddens / The Soul Rebels / Sonny Landreth / PJ Morton / Los Van Van / John Boutte / Marcia Ball / Margo Price / Joe Louis Walker / Chocolate Milk / Tank and the Bangas / Jon Cleary / Bonerama / Big Sam's Funky Nation / Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers / The Wild Magnolias / Trey Anastasio Band / Ellis Marsalis / Dr. Michael White / Wayne Toups / Jon Batiste & Stay Human / Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band / Tucka / Mokoomba / Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys / Stoop Kids / Walter "Wolfman" Washington / Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas / Honey Island Swamp Band / SFJazz Collective / C.J. Chenier / Richard Smallwood & Vision / Davell Crawford / Pine Leaf Boys / Herb Alpert & Lani Hall / Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns / George Porter, Jr. and Runnin' Pardners / The Travelin' McCourys / Rockin' Dopsie Jr. And The Zydeco Twisters / Sweet Crude / Deacon John / The New Orleans Suspects / Mike Dillon / Kenny Barron Trio / Mia Borders / Motel Radio / Evan Christopher / Dale Watson And His Lone Stars / Jason Marsalis / The Magnificent Seven / Nathan Williams / Tim Laughlin / Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers / Banu Gibson / Lakou Mizik / Corey Ledet / The Creole String Beans / Paul Porter / Voice of the Wetlands Allstars / The Jazz Epistles / The Original Pinettes Brass Band / Roddie Romero & the Hub City Allstars / DJ Shub / John Mooney And Bluesiana / Wendell Brunious / Lee Konitz Quartet / Kristin Diable & The City / The Joey Alexander Trio / Ivan Neville's Dumstaphunk / Wanda Rouzan / Bo Dollis JR. / Little Freddie King Blues Band / Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro de Cuba / Boyfriend (New Orleans, LA) / Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton / Daymé Arocena of Cuba / Big Chief Donald Harrison / Chucho Valdes Quintet / Beau Soleil avec Michael Doucet / Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and the Mardi Gras Indians / Lil Buck Sinegal's Blues Band / Dr. Michael White and the Originals Liberty Jazz Band / Nicholas Payton & Afro Carribean Mixtape / The Gospel Soul of Irma Thomas / Cyril Neville & Swamp Funk / Roca B / Grupo Caury of Cuba / Septeto Santiaguero of Cuba / Judith Owen & Krewe de Jude / Pedrito Martinez and the Rumba / Henry Butler's Jambalaya Band / Izzy Harrell / Telmary y Habana Sana of Cuba / New Orleans Classic R&B Revue / Changüí Guantánamo of Cuba / Adonis y Osain del Monte of Cuba / Kathy Taylor and Favor / Conga Los Hoyos of Cuba / Eddie Cotton & the Mississippi Cotton Club / James Andrews & the Crescent City Allstars / Gregg Martinez & the Delta King's Swamp / Erica Cambell of Mary Mary / Sqad up Denisia / NAS w/ The Soul Rebels / Kings Of Leon / Johnnyswim / Tower Of Power / george Benson / boney james / William Bell / Preservation Hall Jazz Band / Dirty Dozen Brass Band / Terence Blanchard Show all bands
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Unknown venue New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Show Duplicates for Apr 28, 2017
Apr 08, 2017
French Quarter Festival
"French Quarter Festival" / Andre Bohren / Barbara Shorts / Big Chief Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias / Chris Ardoin / Christian Serpas & Ghostown / Colin Lake / Dash Rip Rock / Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers / Erica Falls / Gregory Agid / Honey Island Swamp Band / Hot Rod Lincoln / John Rankin / Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers / King James and the Special Men / Lars Edegran & The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra / Lillian Boutte / Lost Bayou Ramblers / Louis Ford & His New Orleans Flairs / New Orleans Moonshiners / New Orleans Night Crawlers / New Orleans Swamp Donkeys / Orange Kellin's New Orleans Blues Serenaders / Robin Barnes / Roland Guerin / Tom McDermott / Shotgun Jazz Band / Some Like It Hot / The Soul Rebels / Sweet Crude / Tank and the Bangas / Thais Clark / Dukes Of Dixieland / the iguanas / New Orleans Suspects / Pfister Sisters / Tim Laughlin / Treme Brass Band / Walter "Wolfman" Washington & The Roadmasters Show all bands
French Quarter New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Mar 04, 2017
Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers Maple Leaf Bar New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Aug 13, 2016
San Jose Jazz Festival
"San Jose Jazz Festival" / Chico Freeman & Guataca / Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers / Tiffany Austin / Aaron Lington Quintet / Bobby Caldwell / Denise Donatelli / Dave Haskell / Jackie Gage / Kahulanui / Karrin Allyson / Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble / Masego / Jose James / Legally Blue / Melissa Aldana / Eddie Henderson / Wil Blades / Urban Renewal / Vaud & the Villains / Tessa Souter / R.J. Mischo & His Red Hot Blues Band / Peter Horvath / Pepe Y Su Orquesta / Octobop / Pamela Rose / Wayne De La Cruz Show all bands
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Downtown San Jose San Jose, California, United States
Jun 24, 2016
Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers SPACE Evanston, Illinois, United States
Apr 22, 2016 –
May 01, 2016
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2016
Better Than Ezra / Mavis Staples / Gary Clark Jr. / Bonnie Raitt / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Flo Rida / Stevie Wonder / Neil Young / Michael McDonald / Preservation Hall Jazz Band / The Lone Bellow / Snoop Dogg / My Morning Jacket / Brandi Carlile / Punch Brothers / Elvis Costello / Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Rebirth Brass Band / Alpha Blondy / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Janelle Monáe / Gov't Mule / J. Cole / Galactic / Elle King / Dirty Dozen Brass Band / Paul Simon / Grace Potter / Big Freedia / The Soul Rebels / Hurray for the Riff Raff / The Revivalists / Tedeschi Trucks Band / The Black Lillies / Jon Batiste & Stay Human / Anders Osborne / Snarky Puppy / Chris Botti / Nick Jonas / Jonny Lang / Gregory Porter / Los Lobos / Van Morrison / Tab Benoit / Steely Dan / Arlo Guthrie / Irma Thomas / Ms. Lauryn Hill / Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen / Rhiannon Giddens / Brothers Osborne / Beck / Herbie Hancock / Boz Scaggs / Nathaniel Rateliff / Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats / Buddy Guy / cece winans / Elvin Bishop / Jazmine Sullivan / John Hammond / Dr. John / Kermit Ruffins / The Isley Brothers / Maxwell / Mystikal / Aaron Neville / Julio Iglesias / Wayne Shorter / Maze featuring Frankie Beverly / Terence Blanchard / Arturo Sandoval / Buffy Sainte-Marie / Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers / Ravi Coltrane / Ellis Marsalis / Alpha Blondy & The Solar System / Davell Crawford / The Garifuna Collective / Donald Harrison Jr. / Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter / Taj Mahal Trio / Dr. John & the Nite Trippers / Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings / Neil Young + The Promise Of Real / Irvin Mayfield & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra / Dede Saint Prix / Ivan Neville's Dumstaphunk / Alice's Restaurant / Pearl Jam Show all bands
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Fairgrounds New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Show Duplicate for Apr 22, 2016

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Sep 21 - 23, 2012
 Pensacola, Florida, United States
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Genres:

Swing
New Orleans
Brass

Latest Setlist (08/13/2016):

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  1. When It's Sleepy Time Down South
  2. On the Sunny Side of the Street
  3. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  4. Mozella / drum solo
  5. St. James Infirmary Blues
  6. New Orleans Lady
  7. California, We Are One
  8. What a Wonderful World
  9. Hard Knock Life
  10. Honeysuckle Rose
  11. All of Me
  12. Purple Rain
  13. I Love You More Today Than Yesterday
  14. Down in the Treme

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2024 3 concerts
2023 1 concert
2019 6 concerts
2018 3 concerts
2017 4 concerts
2016 7 concerts
2015 17 concerts
2014 9 concerts
2013 8 concerts
2012 5 concerts
2011 11 concerts
2010 6 concerts
2009 1 concert
2008 5 concerts
2007 2 concerts
2006 1 concert
2005 2 concerts
2004 1 concert

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers had?

Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers has had 92 concerts.

What genre is Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers?

Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers is most often considered to be Swing, New Orleans, and Brass.

When is the next Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers concert?

The next Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers concert is on April 26, 2024 at Blue Nile in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

When was the last Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers concert?

The last Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers concert was on April 11, 2024 at French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The bands that performed were: Big Freedia / Ivan Neville / Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band / Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Orchestra / Bonerama / Chris Thomas King / Rebirth Brass Band / DJ Raj Smoove / Corey Ledet / Judith Owen / IFÉ / Zita / Lil Jodeci / Tyron Benoit Band / Benny Grunch & The Bunch / Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers / Alex McMurray / Margie Perez / Fùnké / Lena Prima / The Lilli Lewis Project / Paul Sanchez / Johnny Sansone / T'Canaille Cajun Band / Rory Danger & The Danger Dangers / Mem Shannon & The Membership.

What setlist does Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers play live?

The songs that Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the August 13, 2016 concert at Downtown San Jose in San Jose, California, United States:

  1. When It's Sleepy Time Down South
  2. On the Sunny Side of the Street
  3. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  4. Mozella / drum solo
  5. St. James Infirmary Blues
  6. New Orleans Lady
  7. California, We Are One
  8. What a Wonderful World
  9. Hard Knock Life
  10. Honeysuckle Rose
  11. All of Me
  12. Purple Rain
  13. I Love You More Today Than Yesterday
  14. Down in the Treme

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