The Annual Center Benefit Concert
The Center’s annual outdoor fundraising event returns Sunday, June 28th, featuring The California Honeydrops. The Center Benefit is the perfect chance for our community to celebrate the arts in Jackson Hole. As our primary fundraiser, this event supports all aspects of our mission to connect our creative community. The event will include local food trucks and participation from many of The Center’s 20 Resident Nonprofit Partners.

The California Honeydrops
Formed in the subway systems of Oakland, retro-soul outfit The California Honeydrops are an electrifying group that defy convention at every turn. Led by the enigmatic and energetic frontman, Lech Wierzynski, and percussionist Benjamin Malament, each member of the band is a virtuoso in their own rite — Yanos “Johnny Bones” Lustig on saxophone, Lorenzo Loera on keyboards/guitar, Beaumont Beaullieu on drums, Miles Blackwell on bass, and regularly accompanied by Oliver Tuttle on trombone, Leon Cotter on saxophone/clarinet, and Miles Lyons on trombone/sousaphone — navigating through a vast repertoire of original songs and timeless classics every night. But what truly sets them apart is their unwavering commitment to the art of improvisation – a skill so finely honed that they have completely abandoned the use of set lists and no two shows are ever the same.