Le Chat Lunatique & Special Guests

Tonight, Outpost teams up with Django Fest 2008 to present the kickoff night of this popular multi-venue festival organized by Le Chat Lunatique’s John Sandlin. Django Fest was founded in 2006 to honor the timeless memory of the great Django Reinhart, and has featured The Hot Club of San Francisco, the Djangomatics (Seattle), Howard Alden, Mango fan Django (Colorado Springs), Hot Club of Phoenix, Hot Club of Santa Fe, and local act Felix y Los Gatos. Besides Le Chat Lunatique, performers for this year’s four day festival include headliner Stephane Wrembel, as well as Mango fan Django, Hot Club of Phoenix, Hot Club of Santa Fe, Zoltan Orkestar, and more! As an added bonus, the festival will be running in conjunction with The Albuquerque Lindy Exchange, a swing dance festival featuring workshops, lessons, performances and open dances. (for more info go to www.lechatlunatique.com). Le Chat Lunatique plays a combination of Gypsy Swing, Western Swing and as they put it, “anything else we damn well please … Filthy, Mangy Jazz is our forte!” One of Albuquerque’s most popular groups, their 2008 CD, Demonic Lovely, was nominated for SEVEN New Mexico Music Awards while they were voted “Best Band Over-All” and “Best Jazz Act” in the Weekly Alibi’s 2008 Best of Burque issue AND “Best Local Band” and “Best Jazz Act” in the Local iQ’s 2008 Smart List. They have opened for Asleep at the Wheel, The Hot Club of San Francisco, and The Djangomatics. They recently composed and performed the music for a new play called Flamingo/Winnebago which was premiered in Philadelphia. Le Chat is John Sandlin, guitar; Muni Kulasinghe, violin; Jared Putnam, bass; and Fernando Garavito, drums.

$17/$12 Members & Students. Available in advance, by phone or in person, at the Outpost Performance Space (268-0044)