Snarky Puppy
Grammy award winning jazz band Snarky Puppy is headed to the Long Beach Terrace Theater for the first time, on Saturday, September 28, 2024.
After over a decade of relentless touring and recording in all but complete obscurity, the Texas-bred quasi-collective suddenly found itself held up by the press and public as one of the major figures in the jazz world. But as the category names for all five of the band’s Grammy® awards would indicate (Best R&B Performance in 2014, Best Contemporary Instrumental Album in 2016, 2017, 2021, and 2023), Snarky Puppy isn’t exactly a jazz band. It’s not a fusion band, and it’s definitely not a jam band. It’s probably best to take Nate Chinen of the New York Times’ advice, as stated in an online discussion about the group, to “take them for what they are, rather than judge them for what they’re not.”
Snarky Puppy is a collective of sorts with as many as 20 members in regular rotation. At its core, the band represents the convergence of both black and white American music culture with various accents from around the world. The defining characteristic of Snarky Puppy’s music is the joy of performing together in the perpetual push to grow creatively.
Always evolving in its musical output, each new record brings a new vision and progressive direction, “Snarky Puppy has always been a band that prioritizes the sound of music, our rule is that it can’t sound like it sounded before” comments League, he continues, “the music has to feel like it’s moving somewhere”
And moving somewhere it most definitely has. The Empire Central World Tour, which started in the USA in April 2022, has taken the band to 30 US States and 33 countries around the world. It’s incredible, although not at all surprising, how far Snarky Puppy have come since ten friends got together at the University of North Texas in 2004. It also raises the question – where will Snarky Puppy go next? For Snarky Puppy fans, the answer to this question is a very exciting prospect.
EVENT GOERS
COME EARLY! Make the most of your time at the Terrace Theater by coming early to the show! Start with a delicious meal from our favorite food trucks, savor specialty cocktails at our multiple bars, explore exclusive artist merchandise, and enjoy picture opportunities around the plaza. It all begins when you arrive early!
Terrace Plaza: 6:30 PM
Doors: 7:00 PM
Show: 8:00 PM
BAG POLICY
No bags exceeding 5” x 8” x 2.” Please visit our Code of Conduct page for a full list of prohibited items.
PARKING
Paid parking is available at structures around the Center. Please visit our Parking & Directions page for directions to the venue and all available parking options for the show.
PROHIBITED ITEMS
• No cameras of any type, no GoPro cameras, iPods, iPads, tripods or monopods, selfie sticks, Google Glasses, Snapchat Glasses, etc.
• No video/audio recording equipment of any type.
• No illegal drugs or substances.
• No coolers/ice chests or outside food of any kind.• No cans or bottles.
• No wallet chains, sharp spiked jewelry.
• No fireworks or pyro of any kind, aerosol cans, silly string.
• No weapons of any kind including guns, knives of any size, handcuffs, utility knives, mace, and personal security pepper spray.
• No inflatable items such as beach balls.
• No pets (service dogs exempt).
• No noise-making devices such as whistles, horns, instruments, bells.
• No laser pens, glow sticks, candles.
The use of a laser-pointing device of any kind or anything that can produce a focused beam of light found onto a person or object, will result in criminal charges and ejection from the venue.
Before you attend the show, make sure to review our Code of Conduct page for a full list of permitted and non-permitted items.