Wit's End Brass Band

is an expanding and contracting community of musicians gathered and guided by multi-instrumentalist Shaye Cohn in New Orleans, Louisiana. Originally formed in 2012 as a marching band for the underground queer festival Endless Gaycation, Wit’s End has spent more than a decade playing events, protests, and parades both large and small. Their music spans eras and continents, drawing from South American folk traditions, Turkish psych, modern jazz, New Orleans originals, and plenty of cumbia. Wit’s End is a portable party of tradition and experimentation, skill and whimsy, love and collective joy.