NW Arkansas

Groove Culture brings 11-piece jazz, funk sound to Rogers

KUAF·Oct 23, 2026 · 2:32 PM CT
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Groove Culture, an 11-piece Northwest Arkansas band playing modern jazz, funk and R&B in the style of Snarky Puppy and Cory Wong, is bringing its show to the Victory Theater in downtown Rogers. Bandleader Austin Farnam, a saxophonist, drummer and head of music at The New School in Fayetteville, told KUAF the group gathers many of the best musicians he knows in Arkansas.

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