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The 2nd Annual ‘Rise Up NYC’ Concert Series (FREE) | July 19th – August 20th, 2023


 
MAYOR ADAMS ANNOUNCES RETURN OF ‘RISE UP NYC’ CONCERT SERIES, PROVIDING 8 FREE AND SAFE EVENTS FOR NEW YORKERS THIS SUMMER
 
Concert Series to Include Farmer Nappy, K. Michelle, Stokely (of Mint Condition), CeCe Peniston, C&C Music Factory, Brenda K. Starr, Celebrity DJ Funkmaster Flex and More to be announced for Celebration of Culture, Music, and Unity.
 
NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced the return of the ‘Rise Up NYC’ concert series that will provide 8 free community concerts that will be performed across all five boroughs this summer.

The 4th Annual Angela Yee Day (FREE) | Aug. 27th, 2022


 
BUNJI GARLIN, THE WOMACK SISTERS, ISHAWNA, MR. KILLA, & MORE TO PEFORM AT ANGELA YEE DAY
 
ANGELA YEE DAY BOASTS STAR STUDDED LINE UP FOR FREE CONCERT & SCHOOL SUPPLY GIVEAWAY IN BROOKLYN
 
AUGUST 23, 2022 – [New York, NY] Award-winning media personality and The Breakfast Club co-host Angela Yee, in partnership with iHeartMedia and The Social Justice Fund, will host the 4th annual Angela Yee Day celebration on Saturday, August 27th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.

Star-Studded Fundraising Event To Celebrate Harry Belafonte’s 95th Birthday | March 1st, 2022


 
Star-Studded Fundraising Event To Celebrate Harry Belafonte’s 95th Birthday & 10th Anniversary of Sankofa.org
 
NEW YORK – Jan. 18, 2022 – PRLog — A star-studded line-up will celebrate the 95th birthday of legendary singer, activist and actor Harry Belafonte. The evening will also present the inaugural Harry Belafonte Social Justice Awards in honor of the 10th anniversary of Sankofa.org, the social justice organization Mr. Belafonte co-founded.

The 2nd Annual Music at the Intersection | Sept. 10th-11th, 2022


 
Music at the Intersection Announces Artist Lineup and Ticket Packages
 
The music festival, September 10-11 in Grand Center Arts District, will feature art activations, four outdoor stages and 50+ acts including Erykah Badu and Gary Clark Jr.
 
St. Louis, Mo. – March 8, 2022 – Erykah Badu and Gary Clark Jr. will headline Music at the Intersection, taking place in St. Louis September 10-11. The R&B and blues icons are joined on the festival’s second-year lineup by international indie soul group Hiatus Kaiyote, blues guitarist Buddy Guy, jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington, soul-rock band JJ Grey & Mofro, and St. Louis-bred alternative rock group The Urge, among others.

The First Atlanta R&B Soul Picnic | April 1st-3rd, 2022


 
First Atlanta R&B Soul Picnic with DJ set hosted by Jermaine Dupri to be held at Piedmont Park
 
The first R&B Soul Picnic aims to heal the heart of Atlanta affected by the global pandemic through music, food, art, and games
 
ATLANTA – March 5, 2022 – PRLog — WHAT: The first Atlanta R&B Soul Picnic event is an outdoor/open-air green space that will bring together an eclectic mix of entertainment to the heart of the city by merging R&B music-both new and old school-along with soul food from businesses located throughout the metropolitan area.

The 58th Annual Jazzmobile Summerfest | July 6th – Aug. 31st, 2022


 
Jazzmobile’s SUMMERFEST 2022, New York City’s Longest Running
Jazz Concert Series, Returns with Free Live Music in Parks
Across the Five Boroughs Throughout July and August
 
Celebrating Rachel Robinson’s 100th Birthday, the New York Premiere
of A Marcus Garvey Documentary and
A Rare Appearance by The Last Poets
 
HARLEM, NY, July 5, 2022 – It’s Summer, that special time when New York City opens its vast array of parks and outdoor spaces to the sound of music. Jazzmobile returns with its 58th annual Summerfest series, which takes over a myriad of stages throughout the city’s five boroughs with a dancing and diverse assemblage of nearly 30 jazz stars and emerging talents from July 6 to August 31.

“Strength of a Woman Festival & Summit” in Atlanta, Ga. | May 6th-8th, 2022


 
PEPSI® Spotlights Female Trailblazers in Music and Web3, and Gives Back to Deserving Women through Pepsi Stronger Together and Pepsi Dig In Initiatives for Mary J. Blige’s Inaugural Strength of a Woman Festival
 
PURCHASE, N.Y., May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — In partnership with Mary J. Blige, Pepsi – co-presenter of the inaugural “Strength of a Woman Festival & Summit” during Mother’s Day weekend in Atlanta, Georgia – announces a full three days of immersive programming to help elevate, entertain, and educate women in the Atlanta area and beyond.

“Conversations with Kym” – A Virtual Interactive Empowerment Festival | May 15th, 2021


 
Vivica A. Fox and Kym Feltus Join Forces with Eva Marcille, Tyler Lepley, Trina Braxton and More For a Virtual Women’s Empowerment Festival
 
(ATLANTA, GA) April 13, 2021 — Motivational speaker and philanthropist Kym Feltus has announced the launch of what is bound to be the premier virtual women’s empowerment event of the year! To be co-hosted by actress Vivica A. Fox, this four hour workshop on Saturday, May 15, 2021, is anticipated to be the empowerment event of the year!

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