The 2026 Music in the Alley series is free and open to everyone thanks to the generosity of our partnership with the Blackback Pub, Waterbury Arts, Mad River Painting, and Landmark Realty.

Free and Open Everyone

Drink for purchase from Blackback Pub

Located in the Jack’s Alley between Stowe Street Emporium and Lasting Image Salon

Rain location in The Phoenix Gallery and Music Hall 5 Stowe Street Waterbury, VT 05676

International ambassador of Latin jazz, Vermont Public radio host, and distinguished music educator, Ray Vega brings his undeniably brilliant mix of Latin and Afro-Caribbean jazz to Music in the Alley! Ray has performed and/or recorded with the likes of Joe Henderson, Lionel Hampton, Mel Torme, Jazz at Lincoln Center Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, and Paul Simon, among others. Vega is currently a senior lecturer at the University of Vermont. Along with coaching 4 Jazz combos, he teaches trumpet and Jazz history. As an educator, he has been invited to conduct master classes in trumpet performance, jazz improvisation, brass performance techniques and Afro-Caribbean jazz throughout the United States and as far away as Australia.