French Quarter - 1812: March Through Musical History

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Special Event
  • Jan 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
  • Free

The New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park 

and the 

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve 

present a live performance of

Silver Swan Ragtime Interpreters

In Commemoration of the Battle of New Orleans

Thursday, January 8 at 3:00 pm

At the National Park Service French Quarter Visitor Center

419 Decatur St, New Orleans

The Silver Swan Ragtime Interpreters present "1812—A March Through Musical History." This program will highlight the musical form of the military march, its relevance to the War of 1812, and its roots in earlier 18th-century French and Spanish marches and their later development in Latin America and the United States. It will also explore how the march became part of ballroom and social dance culture up to the turn of the 20th century, blending new ideas from African American music and culminating in a traditional jazz classic from New Orleans.

The Silver Swan Ragtime Interpreters are Jack Craft, Darryl Durham, Steven Glenn, Rebeckah Gordon-Kirk, Patrick Mackey and Anuraag Pendyal.

This program is free and open to the public.

More information

Fees

Free and open to the public

Location

National Park Service French Quarter visitor center - 419 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70130. (Near the statue of Bienville.)

Latitude and Longitude 29.954800, -90.064754

Schedule

Date:

Jan 8, 2026

Time:

3:00 PM

Duration:

1 hour

3:00 to 4:00 pm Central Time

Event Type

  • Performance
  • Talk
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