Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue plays Gasparilla Music Festival at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2022. Credit: Chandler Culotta / Gasparilla Music Festival
In April, Trombone Shorty is throwing one hell of a birthday concert alongside Leon Bridges, Eric Church, Joan Jett and more. For now, he’s playing as many shows as possible before turning 40. Set to play Miami’s Montreux festival later this month, the brass prodigy plays a hyper-intimate gig at Tampa’s local casino.

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This article appears in Feb. 19 – 25, 2026.
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