The 2024 St. Kitts Music Festival will take place over a three-day period (June 27-29) at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis. This multi-genre event will feature live afrobeat, soca, hip-hop, r&b, reggae, dancehall, and world music acts.
Among the performers are Third World, Mary J. Blige, Eazi, Kabaka Pyramid, Freddie Jackson, Nadia Batson, Busy Signal, Tony Rebel, Kerwin Du Bois, Capleton, Mical Teja, and others. Click here to buy tickets.
Jamaica-born, Toronto-raised recording artist Demitsedek (formerly known as Tha Vor) will be releasing a new EP called Masked Confusion on Friday, June 7th, 2024. The reggae-fused hip-hop project will have a total of five tracks, each carefully crafted to tell a story that’s both personal and unique to the author.
It is worth noting that this project was inspired in part by experiences Demitsedek had while living in Tanzania (Africa) for over a year. See his summation below.
“During the time I had a few life changing experiences that caused me to do much soul searching and reflection. Looking into my Ethiopian roots I decided it was best to align my self with a more African perspective. So I change my name from Tha Vor to Demitsedek. During this time I also wrote a few books as well, one on healing and health, and one on His Imperial Majesty. I also spent many hours in the studio recording many songs which I would like to share and distribute.”
BET Experience 2024 is a week-long celebration of Black culture, entertainment, and comedy. From June 26 to June 28, the Miracle Theatre in Los Angeles will host the inaugural late-night live comedy series, presented by Walmart, and premiering as part of BET Experience 2024.
A concert series featuring performances by Davido, The Roots, Common, Queen Latifah, Jungle Brothers, and more, will also be in full swing at both the Crypto.com Arena and Hollywood Bowl on June 28 and 29. The experience will culminate with the BET Awards on Sunday, June 30. Get additional information on bet-dot-com.
For one night only, “Godmother of Soul” Patti LaBelle and “Empress of Soul” Gladys Knight will deliver individual sets at the Filene Center – 1551 Trap Road – in Vienna, Virginia.
Starting at 6:30 p.m., the night of soul promises nothing but timeless hits. This includes “Lady Marmalade,” “You Are My Friend,” “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “Every Beat of My Heart,” and that is just to name a few. Click here for tickets.
On June 4th, 5th, and 6th John Legend will take center stage at the Filene Center – 1551 Trap Road – in Vienna, Virginia. The singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, and actor will perform with the Wolf Trap Orchestra.
Attendees will experience a full orchestra, band, and backup singers bringing rich and nuanced layers to favorites such as “Ordinary People,” “All of Me,” “Glory,” and more.
The 18th annual Lulaworld Festival will be eleven days of mind-altering and soul-nourishing music, dance, poetry and film from across the globe and around the corner.
From May 30th to June 9th, Lulaworld 2024 will showcase the work of both emerging and established artists with musical roots in Iraq, Ukraine, Cuba, Pakistan, Peru, India, Nigeria, Palestine, Turkey, Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, and beyond.
Highlights include Lula debuts by the South Asian duo Nishat Khair and Shallum Xavier, Nigerian soul singer Dipo, and Mehmet Akyazi’s Turkish Canadian Orchestra. Salsa fans will be treated to Cuban vocalist Barbara Ruiz with Toronto’s own Yani Borrell.
Schedule, tickets and details at lulaworld-dot-ca.
Attendees of the upcoming Ladies R&B Kickback Concert, scheduled for Friday, May 10th at the Arena Theatre – 7326 Southwest Fwy – in Houston, Texas, will be grooving to music from the 90s and early 2000s.
This star-studded event will feature electrifying performances by renowned artists Faith Evans, Ginuwine, Next, Bobby V, Pleasure P, Jon B, and 702. It will start at 7:00 p.m. (local time). Tickets are available on Ticketmaster.
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