Jazz Nights at the Museum. Part of Museum After Dark.

Jazz Nights at the Museum. Part of Museum After Dark.

Date: Friday nights, April 8, 15, 22 and 29
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Cost: Free for Museum Members or with Museum admission

Local group, the Las Vegas Jazz Trio will perform April 8 and 29.

12-time Grammy-winning Las Vegas Academy of the Arts will perform April 15 and 22.

As part of Jazz Appreciation Month, a speakeasy mood will fill the Museum on Friday nights, April 8, 15, 22 and 29. From sultry blues and mellow harmonies to hard-hitting jazz and high-steppin’ swing, enjoy music and half-off drinks—no need for a password. 

Prohibition created the Jazz Age of the 1920s, when gangsters owned the illegal booze trade and competed with each other to offer their patrons the best party music, from small private speakeasies to elaborate nightclubs with integrated crowds while the police were paid to look the other way.

Jazz bands and the feeling of illicit fun, especially among women recently allowed the right to vote, inspired dance crazes such as the Tango and Charleston. The popularity of jazz grew throughout the decade from 78 rpm phonograph recordings played in jukeboxes and on the radio.

Jazz nights are part of the Museum After Dark experience only at The Mob Museum.

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