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.
Time | Venue | Age | |
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2nd Street Festival Shakedown | 12:00pm - 10:00pm | North Bowl | All Ages |
Bill Frisell Trio | 7:00pm | Ardmore Music Hall | 21+ |
Griffin Benton / American Fraternity / Modern Culture | 7:30pm | Milkboy Philly | 21+ |
Tommy Oeffling / Makeout City / Blood Estate | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Waax Girl / Magic America / Video Days | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
Charlie Burg | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
Flaming Lips / Modest Mouse | 8:00pm | Mann Center for the Performing Arts | All Ages |
Vandoliers / Nate Bergman | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Impending Joy / Riko / Whaler Collective | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Spilly Cave / Bristoltooth / So Long Surfer | 6:00pm - 11:00pm | Spruce Street Harbor | All Ages |
Fem&m / Milkypossum / Cubenatural | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
Tashi Dorji / Bonnie Prince Billy | 8:00pm | Penn Museum | All Ages |
Bonnie "Prince" Billy / Tashi Dorji | 8:00pm | Penn Museum | All Ages |
Chioke / Sleep House / DJ Sylo | 9:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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This Is Hardcore Fest (Day 1) | 4:30pm | Underground Arts | All Ages |