New Orleans’ Preservation Hall will host its first annual End of Year Benefit on December 31. The show will feature an intimate performance by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, an open bar, a midnight champagne toast and secondline parade. Proceeds from the event will go to the Preservation Hall Foundation, which will be expanding its local education initiatives , extending its 50th anniversary exhibit and continuing its archival efforts in 2014.

Tickets for the event are now available.