What do you suppose a musician does on their birthday? Perform, of course. Orlando bassist, guitarist and bandleader LaVon Rushing spends his at Judson’s Live this week.
Raised in a musical family in Newport News, Virginia, Rushing brings a custom seven-string bass and an impressive CV that includes sharing stages with Charlie Wilson, Hilary Duff and Yandel, plus international performances from Los Angeles to Egypt.
Rushing’s music is poised between gospel, funk, jazz, rock and progressive R&B, and you just might find yourself tempted to rise out of your comfy seat at Judson’s and dance. He gets the birthday, and the rest of us get the show; not bad for a Wednesday.
7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; drphillipscenter.org; $29-$47.
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This article appears in Sept. 2-8, 2026.