Summer Music Moves
A Jazz & Dance Festival
July 25 - 28, 2019
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Highlighting and showcasing jazz and dance in Baltimore, Summer Music Moves: A Jazz and Dance Festival is set for Thursday –Sunday, July 25 –28, 2019. The festival will present jazz and dance performances in a variety of venues and formats offering choices for audiences to experience, appreciate and enjoy. Events at Baltimore Center Stage start the weekend with other venues in Mount Vernon, Station North Arts District and downtown joining in. Summer Music Moves: A Jazz and Dance Festival is a co-presentation of the Baltimore Jazz Alliance and Dance Baltimore.
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Festival ScheduleThursday, July 25 - Free
5pm - Festival Kick Off! Baltimore Center Stage, 700 North Calvert Street Light fare, cash bar. Free 5 – 6pm, Stellar youth jazz and dance performances by B Sharp Summer Music Academy, Ephraim & Ebban Dorsey and Western High School Band. 6 -8pm, Jazz Jam with The Rodney Kelley Jazz Experience welcomes musicians from throughout the metro area to come, sign up, name your tune and jam! At 7:45pm, “Baltimore Biggest Jam”—one tune/everybody plays!
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Friday, July 26,
6 - 7pm - VIP Reception Baltimore Center Stage, 700 North Calvert Street A VIP reception just prior to the concert offers private time with the night's performing artists and includes photos, autographs and a swag bag will special gifts including a limited edition poster by Larry "Poncho" Brown. Concert and Reception, $65.00. 7 - 9:30pm - Main Concert/Pearlstone Theatre Baltimore's best in jazz and dance in an evening performance featuring Broadway performer and Tap sensation Ryan K. Johnson, the Baltimore Jazz All Stars (Alan Blackman, Corinthia Cromwell, Carl Filipiak, Todd Marcus, Blake Meister, Robert Shahid, Clarence Ward, III, and Warren Wolf); Dance Baltimore Repertory Ensemble, Full Circle Dance Company and Natya Kala Mandir East Indian Dance. Special guests performances by international jazz artists Cyrus Chestnut and Maysa, performing separately, and, together, for the first time. (Cyrus Chestnut performance made possible by Yamaha) (Concert Only, $45.00) |
Organizer of Summer Music Moves: A Jazz & Dance Festival
YGC Productions
Event Producer, YGC Productions, has produced and presented a wide varity of events throughout the east coast including concert series, community festivals, gala banquets, book fairs, national conferences and conventions and more. Founded by C.T. Goodman, currently "Your Girl Cheryl" on WEAA FM, 88.9, YGC Productions has partnered with companies such as Billboard Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, Baltimore Center Stage, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Eubie Blake Cultural Center and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland. To contact YGC Productions, ygcproductions2015@gmail.com.
Purchase your ticket |
Thu, July 25, 2019 • 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Fri, July 26, 2019 • 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDT* *Limited tickets available to a special VIP RECEPTION prior to the concert with attendance by performers, food, complimentary wine, limited edition poster by Larry "Poncho" Brown, swag bag and more. |