Victory Grill

he Historic Victory Grill and Capitol View Arts welcome back celebrated and rising NYC and Austin-based jazz vocalist Joshua Banbury, for a special concert with his trio on Juneteenth 2023 at 8 pm, during their Juneteenth Happay hour.

In a celebration of the legacy of African American music, his set will feature tributes to Texas music luminaries such as Victoria Spivey, Blind Lemon Jeerson, and Eddie Durham, as well as other legendary artists who have graced the stage of The Historic Victory Grill, like Tina Turner Billy Hiloday and BB King.

Joshua is a native Austinite and has recently been a featured soloist with The New York Philharmonic, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and The Baltimore Symphony.
In addition, he has been invited to present recitals at The Phillps Collection, National Sawdust, The Carver Museum, The Historic Victory Grill, Soho House Austin, D.C. Strings, and the Alexandria Symphony. He is currently the artist in residence at The Square House Project in East Austin and at The Historic Victory Grill.

In addition, he was a fellow with the American Lyric Theatre, the nation’s premiere program for opera composers and librettists, from 2020-2021. L.A. Opera, Washington National Opera, The Kennedy Center, and Fort Worth Opera have presented their original operas. Joshua graduated from The New School and The Austin School for Performing and Visual Arts.

He is looking forward to his debut concert at The Apollo Theatre on November 4th, later this year.
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