On February 28th, Fat Tuesday, at The Park West Theatre on Armitage, a fabulous Mardi Gras style event will feature amazing Chicago Jazz & Blues talent, cash bar and great food from a selection of area restaurants (Bluegrass of Highland Park, Carnivale, Catch 35, Chestnut Grill and The Gale Street Inn). Everyone is donating their time and talent in an effort to send $100,000+ down to benefit the homeless and displaced musicians of The Big Easy.

The wonderful New Orleans Musician’s Clinic (NOMC) has a formula for aid: For every $1 raised, they provide $12 worth of services by weaving together existing services and donated services and goods whenever possible. They have recently partnered with Habitat for Humanity to re-build and house musician’s who have lost everything as a result of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

This would mean our goal of $100,000 could translate to $1.2 million!

The New Orleans Musicians' Clinic is a not-for-profit occupational medicine service sponsored by Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans, The LSU Healthcare Network, and the The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation.

The heritage of New Orleans and its music must be preserved and treasured…

As you know, Park West is a premier performance venue and is one of Chicago’s best-equipped multimedia facilities. Most of our Park West room costs and production expenses are being generously underwritten by The Porsche Exchange of Highland Park.

Nan Mason Higgins, Executive Producer