A fundraiser for Mount Si jazz band’s trip to New York is 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at Finaghty’s Irish Pub, Snoqualmie. Three bands will play: Mount Si Jazz 1, Tequila Mockingbird from Big Star studios and The Roofdogs, made up of Mount Si students. All donations go to Mounts Si music boosters.

Mount Si was named an Essentially Ellington finalist, one of 15 bands to perform in the final competition of the festival, May 11.

Fundraising efforts to help the Jazz Band 1 attend the festival in New York and now under way.