The North Coast Big Band will perform a benefit concert at the Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts in Astoria 3 p.m. April 27. 

Tickets are $15 online at LarsenCenter.org or call (503) 338-9132.

The concert will feature music from the big band era, including the music of Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, Rogers and Hart, Van Morrison, Jimmy Van Heusen, Van Halen, Gershwin and Cole Porter.

Soloists include David Drury, Terry Dahlgren, Tom and Kathleen Strecker, Judy Shatto, Brian Bergman, Scott Cuthbert, Brian Woolsey and Jesse Strauch.

Featured vocalists include Laurie Swanson, Brian Bergman, Steve Kienberger and Jeff Swanson. Host is David Graves.