Philadelphia’s own sacred jazz vocalist/composer, Ruth Naomi Floyd, makes her Penn Live Arts debut in Are We Yet Somehow Alive?, a moving world premiere that pairs jazz, blues and gospel with fine art projections to share compelling first-person accounts from enslaved Africans in America. At the intersection of despair, endurance and resistance, these narratives explore what it means to be human amidst the struggle for liberation and dehumanization. Praised for her distinctive sound and progressive jazz ensembles, Floyd uses her soaring mezzo-soprano voice to shine light and find defiant joy in our experience.
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Natalie Jane Hill / Nic Panken / Sam & Louise Sullivan | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
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Tiny Desk Contest On The Road 2025 | 8:00pm | Music Hall at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
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Vertical Current | 5:00pm - 8:00pm | Penn Museum - Stoner Courtyard | All Ages |
Archawah (Vinyl Release Show) / Christina Ward / Cadre Noir | 7:00pm | Milkboy Philly | 21+ |
Samantha Crain / Jess Nolan | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
Bear Ghost / Spaceman Bob | 8:00pm | Music Hall at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
Will Orchard / A Meadow / Jess Kerber | 8:00pm | The Lounge at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
Fraternal Twin / Wesley Wolffe / Microgoblet / Prill | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
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Poison Ruin | 6:00pm | Spruce Street Harbor | All Ages |
We Call It Jazz: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans | 6:30pm | Music Hall at World Cafe Live | 21+ |
Cell Tower / Mila Culpa / Rig B / Henderson Century | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble | 7:00pm - 8:30pm | Hawthorne Park | All Ages |
Smushie | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
BashfortheWorld | 8:00pm | The Lounge at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
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James McKain & James Paul Nadien & Evan Palmer / Cartoon / Nomad War Machine | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |