A free jazz concert this weekend is set to take place on a new venue that bills itself as the “world’s only floating performance ship.”

Steve Clarke and the Working Stiffs will perform at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 27, aboard the Big River Music Boat, a vessel docked near Upper Landing Park. The show can be viewed from the mainland at the park — no life jackets required.

The show is the latest installment in radio station Jazz88’s JazzClectic series, which aims to stage concerts in nontraditional public locations including parking lots and shopping malls.

The Working Stiffs are a six-piece band that plays classic tunes from the 1920s through ’50s. Bandleader Steve Clarke, a saxophonist, is himself the recipient of 11 Minnesota Music Awards and three Grammy nominations and is an inductee in the Mid-America Music Hall of Fame.

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The concert is sponsored by the Great River Passage Conservancy, Jazz88 and the Twin Cities Jazz Festival.

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