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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2025 Electronic Music Marathon | 9:00am - 11:45pm | WKDU Studio | All Ages |
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The Deadeyes / Tim Holehouse / Broomaker | 7:00pm | DuBois Robeson People's Center | All Ages |
Noah Halpern & HIs Quintet | 7:00pm | Chris' Jazz Café | All Ages |
Glare / Cloakroom / Jivebomb / Destiny Bond | 7:30pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
Truculent / Song People / Wasnt Wisnt / Sandcastle | 8:00pm | Upstairs at Abyssinia | 21+ |
Ravi Coltrane Trio | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | All Ages |
The Frights / Remo Drive | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
Delicate Steve | 9:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
WKDU Presents: Thrifty Disco | 9:30pm | Philly AIDS Thrift | All Ages |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Philadelphia 2025 Blues Festiva | 11:00am - 6:00pm | Temple University (Ambler Campus) | All Ages |
Grrrl Gang | 7:30pm | Silk City | 21+ |
No Regrets / No Such Noise / Drive Thru Pharmacy | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
Nate Smith | 8:00pm | Perelman Theater (Inside the Kimmel Center) | All Ages |
Team Dresch / Vitapup | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
Alex G | 8:00pm | The Fillmore | All Ages |