JAG’s Juke Joint Combines Virtual Performance With Real Dinner

A virtual cabaret with a real-life culinary twist . . . This year’s annual fundraiser for JAG Productions (Juke Joint) will, like most events of this kind, take place online. But as in past years, the home-cooked feast remains, and it’s far from virtual. You can order and pick up your dinner to go, and the menu (see below, and take pleasure just in the reading) is tantalizing, including six (!) cheese macaroni and a specialty cocktail from Wolf Tree crafted just for JAG. Below is part of JAG’s press release. For further info about JAG Productions, including a list of performers in the upcoming cabaret, check out JAG’s website.


JAG Productions Continues to Celebrate and Spread Black Joy with Annual Fundraiser Juke Joint at Home

(White River Junction, VT) – Coming out of the month-long Black Joy Project, JAG Productions will share its creative energy and healing power throughout the Upper Valley and beyond virtually this year during its annual fundraiser Juke Joint on November 14.The cabaret has been adapted to keep everyone safe while enjoying songs and soul food, ballads and beverages from the comfort of home. Tickets are $75 and include a single meal, cocktail, and the link to watch the virtual performance, or $20 for a ticket to view the show only.

New York-based West Indian-American chef Latoya Henry will prepare soul food with a Caribbean home-cooking twist. Food pickup is from 5:00-6:00 PM at Newberry Market. The menu will consist of fried chicken with six-cheese macaroni or black-eyed peas, or a vegetarian smoked shepherd’s pie with six-cheese macaroni or potato salad. All dishes include a side of smoked collard greens, bourbon banana bread pudding, and the “Justice Allows Growth” cocktail from JAG Ambassador Wolf Tree craft cocktails.

Cocktails and conversation with surprise guests begin at 6:30 PM and performances begin at 7:00 PM, going until 9:00 PM. The virtual cabaret will feature some of JAG’s favorite artists.

To purchase tickets, to learn more, or to donate if you cannot attend, please visit jagproductionsvt.com.