Announcing... The all-virtual 2021 Jazz and Freedom Festival honors the legacy of venues lost during the pandemic Almost one year into the coronavirus shutdown, we’re starting to hear people reminisce on last March, asking themselves: What... February 23, 2021 0
Announcing... Announcing the 5th Jazz and Freedom Festival, an all-day musical celebration benefiting ICE OUT OF DC The 5th Jazz and Freedom Festival An MLK weekend celebration of live music, learning and activism, presented by CapitalBop,... January 6, 2020 0
Announcing... Join us at the 2019 Jazz and Freedom Festival for a full day of music and movement-building The 4th Jazz and Freedom Festival Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019 Doors 4 p.m. — Panel Discussion 4:30 — Music... January 8, 2019 0
Announcing... 3rd annual Jazz and Freedom Festival: D.C.’s jazz greats join together in a benefit for WPFW Jazz and social justice go hand-in-hand. That much is made clear by the work of so many of D.C.’s... December 31, 2016 0
Announcing... Jazz and Freedom Festival: A musical celebration to benefit the movement, on MLK weekend Will 2015 be the year when Black Lives Matter became a national conversation you had to address, with voices... January 12, 2015 0
Announcing... CapitalBop presents a jazz-punk superbill on June 17: Harriet Tubman, The Messthetics and ¡FIASCO! Words can’t describe the sound of the trio known as Harriet Tubman. But just calling it “freedom music” gets... June 8, 2022 0
Interviews The Messthetics’ Brendan Canty is punk royalty, but jazz runs through his bloodstream If you ask legendary D.C. post-punk drummer Brendan Canty to name the greatest band of all time, the answer... May 13, 2022 0
The Month in Shows 5 live jazz picks for May in D.C. Before the coronavirus pandemic, it was pretty easy to predict what venue a band might be playing at, and... April 29, 2022 0
Announcing... Announcing the 7th Annual Jazz & Freedom Festival, a day of live music & activism benefiting Harriet’s Wildest Dreams Even before the #DontMuteDC movement sprang up in 2019, music and activism had long gone hand-in-hand in Washington, D.C.... February 4, 2022 0
News Alice’s Jazz and Cultural Society set to reopen Alice’s Jazz and Cultural Society, a beloved straight-ahead jazz venue in Brookland, is set to resume operations this July,... May 27, 2021 0