Live Music

Events on the second day of the Annapolis Jazz & Roots Festival take place at the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum and focus on both visual art and music. Artist Jabari Jefferson's groundbreaking exhibition "Sacred Spaces" is featured at the museum and includes remarkable works on canvas, sculptures and a large-scale community installation created with area students and […]

With a deep catalog of original and cover songs, the Michael McHenry Tribe keeps alive the spirit of Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone, fortified with healthy doses of Stevie Wonder, James Brown and Prince. With a groove oriented rhythm section and a kindred spirit out front, the trio achieves a level of telepathy that makes […]

Deadgrass is an acoustic five-piece band that celebrates the music of Jerry Garcia. Formed by multi-instrumentalist Matt Turk and Grammy Award-winning guitarist C Lanzbom, Deadgrass reimagines Garcia's catalog with a fresh acoustic twist. Drawing inspiration from Jerry’s Jug Band days, Old & In The Way, JGB, the Garcia/Grisman collaborations, and of course, the Grateful Dead, the band blends new-grass, Americana, and […]

Annapolis Jazz & Roots begins the second festival weekend with a concert featuring Unified Jazz Ensemble, the city's most popular jazz band. The four accomplished musicians will deliver a carefully curated performance recapturing the decades when jazz took North America by storm, making its mark through live concerts, radio, film and television. Hear music popularized […]

Annapolis Jazz & Roots has enjoyed a fabulous partnership with Anne Arundel Public Library & Foundation. Since the festival began four years ago, our traditional Saturday morning events (concerts, lectures and discussions) have been tremendously popular. Featuring Ed Hrybyk on upright bass, pianist Savino Palumbo and drummer Aldo Branch, the program "Bass Traditions" will be […]

The Annapolis Jazz & Roots Festival ends on a high note on Sunday, November 16, with afternoon and evening performances. At 3 PM, The Freedom Choir will present “Keep the Flame Alive,” an eclectic program featuring works by American, Canadian, European, and South African songwriters. The restorative and enlivening repertoire will include songs that range […]

Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble is a world class troupe of dancers and musicians who have been acclaimed by critics as they enthralled audiences in the U.S., Canada, U.K., France, Finland and Japan. The company's 2025 festival performance is presented in tribute to founding director, dancer and choreographer Eileen Carson Schatz (1953-2019. Footworks will celebrate the […]

This isn’t classical music. This is cosmic music. The Annapolis Chorale premieres bold new works from today’s brightest voices — Hagenberg, Esenvalds, Arnesen — in a concert that dares to look up. “Illuminare” will haunt you. The harmonies will hover in the air like stardust. This is not your grandmother’s requiem. It’s your soul in […]

The Annapolis Jazz & Roots Festival ends on a high note on Sunday, November 16, with afternoon and evening performances. At 3 PM, The Freedom Choir will present “Keep the Flame Alive,” an eclectic program featuring works by American, Canadian, European and South African songwriters. The restorative and enlivening repertoire will include songs that range […]

Saturday, November 22, 2025 3:00 PM at Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Annapolis MUSIC PROGRAM Selections from Bilingual Marshall Choir Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 Mark O’Connor – Appalachian Waltz Featuring: Bilingual Marshall Choir Tomoko Kanamaru, pianist Christian Tremblay, ASO Principal Second Violin Sarah Hart, ASO Principal Viola Todd Thiel, ASO […]