Loaded with powerhouse jazz ringers, Dr Julian’s Yes Yes — a new project of the highly regarded ethnomusicologist / composer / master of drum traditions Julian Gerstin — will play Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge Street in Bellows Falls, VT, on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $20 in advance through stage33live.com or at the door. Only 40 tickets will be sold. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Advance sales will close at midnight the day before the show, or when the tickets are gone. The performance will be recorded and filmed. Read the press release.
• Seating is limited to 40. Advance ticket sales will automatically close once 40 tickets are sold — or at midnight the day before the show if it hasn’t sold out.
• An advance ticket guarantees that you’ll get in if it sells out.
• You can order up to six tickets per transaction. NO RESELLERS.
• A Paypal account is not required.
• The transaction fee is included in the ticket price so that the performers receive the full amount. All ticket money goes to the performers. We work with them to set the ticket price — all workers deserve fair pay, and artists are skilled workers.
• That said, we’re all volunteers, even the people doing pro-level work. There are options to support Stage 33 Live with an additional $2 or $5 per ticket to help us pay the bills and maintain the gear, and from time to time even fund improvements. These options are optional… there’s no shame in not selecting one.
• After completing a ticket purchase, a “success” page should pop up and you should get an email from Paypal. (Why do we use evil Paypal? Because their nonprofit processing fee is the lowest we can find to keep ticket prices as affordable for everybody as possible.) You should also get a confirmation email from us, but that one may take a day or two.
• If you don’t have a credit or debit card or don’t do online transactions, that’s cool. Drop us a line at stage33@stage33live.com and we’ll work it out.
• There are no brick-and-mortar outlets to get tickets.
• The name you give will be on a list at the door. All you have to do is show up. There are no physical tickets.
• We won’t sell your info. We won’t even add you to our email newsletter because man is it ever annoying when places do that without consent. Our newsletter is opt-in or by request.
• All chairs are first-come first-served for everybody. There’s really no bad seats, but up close is cooler. Come a little early to lock in your choice.
• Tickets at the door AS AVAILABLE. We can’t process plastic at the door, cash is best.
• Questions? Drop us a line at stage33@stage33live.com or text/voicemail 802-289-0148. (Email is best, and text is better than voicemail. Protip: We don’t have actual staff to answer the phone.)
Dr Julian’s Yes Yes at Stage 33 Live
BELLOWS FALLS — Back in 2024, the Julian Gerstin Sextet packed Stage 33 Live and served up a terrific set. Gerstin has a new eclectic jazz project called Dr Julian’s Yes Yes — a fun, affirming name for a fun, affirming music experience. A bit more adventuresome than the Sextet in that they take the songs in more unplanned directions but still loaded with audience-friendly melodies and exciting rhythms.
The lineup may vary slightly depending on availability of the artists for the date. but the group is packed with powerhouse ringers, including:
- saxophonist / clarinetist Jeff Lederer, who has been included in the Downbeat Critics’ and Readers’ poll every year since 2014;
- reed player and ethnomusicologist Paul Austerlitz, specializing in bass and contrabass clarinets;
- pianist Andrew Wilcox, still young but already romping with all the big dogs;
- legendary bassist Wes Brown, who has toured the world with greats from three centuries including Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines, Anthony Davis, Anthony Braxton, and so many more;
- versatile trumpeter Haneef Nelson, a respected pillar of the jazz community as a composer / arranger, bandleader, sideman, musical curator, and educator;
- interdisciplinary percussionist, composer, and polyrhythmic force Brian Shankar Adler, whose drumkit often includes tabla, bombo legüero, and an array of found objects;
- and the ringleader, Julian Gerstin, ethnomusicologist / composer / master of the drum traditions of Ghana, Cuba, Martinique, Brazil and other African / Diasporic countries, as well popular styles of Nigeria, South Africa, Martinique, Cuba, Brazil, Trinidad, Jamaica, and Mexico.
Dr Julian’s Yes Yes at Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge Street in Bellows Falls, VT, on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $20 in advance through stage33live.com or at the door. Only 40 tickets will be sold. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Advance sales will close at midnight the day before the show, or when the tickets are gone. The performance will be recorded and filmed.
Stage 33 Live is a casual and intimate industrial-rustic listening room in a former factory hosting local, regional, and national performances and presentations of original material. No bar or kitchen, the stage is the mission; coffee / soda / juice / water and weird snacks available by donation. More information about the nonprofit, all-volunteer project, and this and other upcoming events, online at stage33live.com
Stage 33 Live gratefully acknowledges the help of so many individuals without whom none of this would be able to happen, and institutional support this season from The Island Corporation, WOOL-FM, Guilford Sound, and the Rockingham Arts & Museum Project to help fund improvements and maintenance, and generally smooth out a lot of the rough edges. Stage 33 Live is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, and all donations are deductible to the fullest extent. Volunteers run the thing from stem to stern.
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