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Entertainment Schedule

Spring 2022's diverse lineup includes several first-time Fest performers as well as some longtime favorites. Here's a little bit about each act and when you can catch them. Performances start every hour. 

11:00 Diamond Swing Jazz

Diamond Swing Jazz is a classic, vintage, cocktail jazz trio specializing in ballads, bossa and blues. Vocal standards in the style of Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald and Blossom Dearie, virtuistic swing guitar and upright bass. Swing is their middle name.

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12:00 Karen Smith & Weez the Peeples Collective

Karen "Magic Fingaz" Smith, Brooklyn Native, Philly Resident, is a Professional Percussionist, Playwright, Poet, Teaching Artist, Curator and now Pie-Maker!!! Karen is a recipient for several grants including 2019 and 2021 Art and Change from Leeway Foundation. She has facilitated workshops around the Tri-State area and beyond with the focus being, finding the rhythms within and sharing that finding to the instrument (drum). Ms. Smith is the Artistic Director and Lead Percussionist of Weez the Peeples and Sistahs Laying Down Collectives that she founded in 2012 and 2014. The opportunities continue to grow with a stellar list of artistry that she has provided rhythms, including Sister Sonia Sanchez, Ursula Rucker, TC Carson, Debbie Allen, Steadman Graham, Toshi Reagan and Founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock, Bernice Johnson Reagon to name a few. "Possible is Possible'' is her daily mantra. 

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1:00 Rhythm Tree

Rhythm Tree is a family friendly folk music band consisting of Husband and Wife duo Malik LovesYall and Shira Danielle, and featuring their two daughters Rhythm and Madrona. The family band started in February of 2020 after the home birth of their first daughter, Rhythm. As the birth of a new family emerged so did a surge of creativity, expression, and collaboration. As the pandemic began and the world shut down, they felt the importance of the music they were creating and the vibration of love they felt they needed to share with the world. The couple uses their music as an avenue to create sacred space, heart opening experiences, and familial connections. Their songs are love letters to their daughters and ancestors, and little reminders for them of their magic and power. Coming to one of their shows is a transformative experience and a time to get your body moving, your voice singing, and your soul swaying. 

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2:00 Sing Slavic

Sing Slavic is a group of vocalists from all backgrounds that loves sharing Slavic folk songs with its community. This West Philly-based ensemble draws inspiration from Eastern European customs to exhibit music from countries like Ukraine, Bulgaria, Poland, and Russia. Through the traditional use of chest voice, Sing Slavic celebrates the Slavic folk tradition through creativity, accessibility, and unapologetic self-expression.

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3:00 "tinycircus" by Tangle Movement Arts

Tangle is an circus arts company with an interdisciplinary focus, whose work integrates traditional circus like trapeze and acrobatics with dance, theater, and live music to tell a multi-dimensional story. Tangle's work reflects diverse identities, with an emphasis on queer and female experiences, and is devised collaboratively by its all-female ensemble. Tangle is based in Philadelphia and has been a Philly FringeArts Festival favorite since its inception in 2011.

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4:00 Mad Beatz

Mad Beatz Philly has been providing Philly drummers ages 13 and older with professional development opportunities since 2013. Since that time, we have trained over 20 alumni to be professional teachers and drummers, serving and performing in their very own communities. Mad Beatz Philly trains the next generation of teachers and professional musicians every Monday and Saturday at two locations in Norris Square Park and West Philadelphia.

 

Mad Beatz Philly is a proud education partner of the Mann Music Center.

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