Veveritse was formed in the clouded collective minds of a group of relocated miscreant New Orleanians and misfit Brooklynites who all share a bloodlust for loud brass and drums, the incomparably visceral charge of the Romany music of south Serbia, and for the desire to bring a feeling of musical celebration to the places commonly deemed unsuitable, to rekindle the spirit of street theater and spontaneous celebration.

The eleven-piece band, creates not a wall of sound, but a loud tapestry. Members are: Emily Geller (bubanj), Luke Schneiders (snare drum), Joe Keady (tuba), Erin Bell (baritone truba), Patrick Farrell (alto horn), Don Godwin (baritone truba), Quince Marcum (alto horn), Aurora Nealand (alto and soprano sax), Greg Squared (alto sax), Sarah Ferholt (truba), JR Hankins (truba), andBen Syversen (truba).