The GJB will be back at Aunt Chilada's to celebrate Fathers Day on Sunday, June 15, 2025 from 6 to 8 PM with Fred Vigorito on cornet, Russ Whitman on clarinet & sax, Jim Fryer on trombone, Art Hovey on tuba & bass, vocalist Cynthia Fabian, and other guests to be announced. The GJB has performed monthly at Aunt Chilada's (usually on the third Sunday of the month) since July of 2009 with the exception of the Covid year and the bad-weather closings in January and February of 2025. Known since 1993 as the best Mexican restaurant in the greater New Haven area, Aunt Chilada's is located at 3931 Whitney Avenue, just a couple of miles north of Sleeping Giant in Hamden, beside the golf course. Seating is somewhat limited; please call 203-230-4640 to reserve a table or a seat at the bar. There is no cover charge, and no minimum. We expect to be back again on July 20.

Butch Butterworth's 33rd annual Big Feathers Polo Tournament/Jazz Concert will be Sunday, July 13 (2025) at the Giant Valley Farm, 640 Tuttle Avenue in Hamden. We'll play from 6 to 8:30 pm with special guests Jim Fryer, Dan Levinson,Cynthia Fabian, and other guests to be announced. Giant Valley Polo Club Website:

On August 23 (2025) the GJB will return to Music Mountain in Falls Village, CT for our 31st? concert at the string quartet capital of the universe, Connecticut's answer to Tanglewood. The concert begins at 7 pm with Mark Vigorito on 2nd trumpet and other special guests to be announced. If the weather permits you can picnic on the lawn before or during these concerts while seeing the show on outside TV screens.

On Sunday, September 8 we'll be back at the First Congregational Church in Madison for our 17th annual Jazz service from 9:45 to 11 AM, followed by a free picnic until noon on the lawn. The church is located at 26 Meeting House Lane. This annual event (since 2007) is free and open to the public.

In addition to the events listed above, members of the GJB are still working with various other groups. Please visit the "OTHER GIGS" section of this website for information about those activities.