Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Feb. 25

Iron Horse

Northampton

7 p.m.

$14-$17

Care to escape the New England tundra for an evening? How about a night on the bayou? Look no further than Northampton’s Iron Horse Music Hall for a dose of New Orleans heat when The Dirty Dozen Brass Band set up shop tonight at 7 p.m.

The NOLA-based octet has made crowds across the globe stand up and get funky for more than 25 years, and when they bring their potent gumbo of jazz, blues and traditional Crescent City fare to Noho tonight, you can be sure to leave your worries behind. You won’t need them in the swamp.

Touring in support of their recent Ropeadope release, “We Got Robbed! – Live in New Orleans,” the ensemble has been spreading the gospel up and down the East Coast as of late, converting disbelievers along the way.

The Dozen, comprised of six horns, a guitarist, drummer and a bass player have made the road theirs over the past quarter century, blazing a trail devoid of conventional instrumentation.

If you were wondering where the deep bass was coming from, check out Dozen member Julius McKee. McKee’s soulful sousaphone, a variation on the tuba, holds down the low end, wrapping its grooves around drummer Terence Higgins’ second-line magic.

And magic is not a noun limited to the ensemble’s drummer; it’s a good way to describe the Dirty Dozen experience. Amidst the snow and ice of the Pioneer Valley, you are invited to watch them transport an Iron Horse audience to Mardi Gras or the French Quarter. You are invited to watch trumpets; trombone and saxophones lift the spirits of a packed New England house and liven up its inhabitants. The syncopated majesty of the Dozen is not something to be taken lightly; it is to be taken deep, and straight to the soul.

But then again, as one of their trademark tunes might advise, “ain’t nothin’ but a party.” Look out for their new record later this year, and check out their work on Dave Matthews’ solo release, “Some Devil.”