Events

Zehrin Sims returns to the Good Measure stage.

A Sacramento-born drummer and songwriter who relocated to New Orleans to study Jazz Studies and Performance, and has been an active force in the city's music scene since 2022. A versatile percussionist whose credits include Stephen Walker's Big Easy Brass Walkers, Kid Merv & All That Jazz, and Trumpet Mafia, Sims is the cousin of saxophonist and bandleader Zahria Sims. His debut album Songs for a Better Tomorrow is set for a late summer release.

Justin Garner is a Louisiana-born R&B singer-songwriter who discovered his voice singing in church as a child and has since become one of the state's brightest rising stars. He has performed at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and Essence Festival, opened for Katy Perry, Leon Bridges, and Logic, and sang the national anthem for the New Orleans Saints and other professional sports franchises. In 2025, he headlined a tribute to Frankie Beverly and Maze at Jazz Fest backed by the Grammy-winning New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. His latest EP, Songs You Can Feel, continues a catalog built on soulful, radio-ready R&B.

Kings of Brass (K.O.B.) is an award-winning New Orleans brass band founded in 2018 by musicians drawn from the city's most prominent street and stage bands. Melding second-line tradition with jazz, funk, hip-hop, R&B, and rock and roll, the band took the crown at the 2022 Red Bull Street Kings competition at Music Box Village, cementing their reputation as one of the genre's top ensembles. They regularly perform at iconic New Orleans events and venues, including the French Quarter Fest, Essence Fest, the National Fried Chicken Festival, d.b.a. New Orleans, the Blue Nile, and the historic Dew Drop Inn.