Check out the Spotify list compiled by Joe Robbins
Also don’t miss the chamber music at the Art & Photo Show in the Community Center gym, provided by members of Greenbelt Community Orchestra plus the Zookulele Collective:
Saturday 1:30-3:30pm flute ensemble, 3:30-4pm string quintets, 4-5pm ukuleles.
Sunday 1-1:30pm woodwind quintet, 2-4pm string quartets
Monday 1-2pm string ensembles, bassoon duets
Friday, August 29
8-11pm
Black Masala
Brassy Washington D.C.-based multicultural outfit, Black Masala, is part of the new generation of go-anywhere brass bands. You can hear this sound all over the world now – from New Orleans (Hot 8) to Belgrade (Boban & Marko Markovic), Paris (Fanfarai) to Cotonou (Gangbe Brass Band), and right here on the East Coast area as well (Red Baraat & No BS! Brass). A major party alert for this band – Black Masala puts on an amazing, high-energy live show!
Black Masala “Trains and Moonlight Destinies”
Saturday, August 30
11am-12:30pm
Elikeh
Elikeh uses elements of Togolese rhythms as a foundation for exploration into American-influenced blues, funk and rock to produce captivating and danceable Afropop tunes. Although based in indigenous traditions, Elikeh’s music has no borders, exploring global themes and personal odysseys.
The group’s leader, Massama Dogo, was born in Togo and developed his singing and songwriting ability performing with several local bands.
Elikeh has released three albums and an EP so far. They have recorded songs featuring contributions from the Malian guitarist, Vieux Farka Toure, and John Kadlecik, lead guitarist of Melvin Seals and JGB.
Kennedy Center Performance
Elikeh at Glen Echo Park September 25, 2022
1-2:30pm
Fast Eddie
Fast Eddie and the Slowpokes’ playlist is inspired by classic blues material from Chicago to West Coast Swing, Motown to Muscle Shoals, and all the rock ’n’ roll in between. Their goal is to get you up on your feet, and they never miss their target!.
3-4pm
La Marvela
All-women music band that plays and highlights the richness of rhythms from the Colombian Caribbean region rooted in African, Indigenous and European influences. The group was formed in an effort to provide a learning space and honor Colombian ancestral music from a female perspective. Our members are defenders of domestic violence survivors, and strive to provide a safe, inclusive and judgement free space.
La Marvela (Kennedy Center Performance)
4:30-6pm
Soroche
SOROCHE so·ro·che | \ səˈrōchē \
From the Quechua surúchi, literally, antimony; from the belief that the sickness is due to the presence of the metal in the Andes mountains. In the musical sense, it’s a light headed feeling one gets when consuming the intoxicatingly exotic sonic brew of intercultural wavelengths. Born in DC, based in Baltimore, SOROCHE seeks to transmogrify Cumbia, Punk, Ska, folk, and everything in between into a danceable alchemy that crosses cultural dancefloors
6:30-8pm
Professor Goldstein & the Adjuncts
Professor Goldstein & The Adjuncts is a 7-piece party rock group from Hyattsville, MD that’s influenced by ska punk, dad rock, indie folk, and Weezer. The band comes complete with rhythm section, horn section, and hype (no figures sold separately.) Professor Goldstein & The Adjuncts have just released their debut LP titled Songs About Dinosaurs, a record that takes extremely loose snapshots of the mighty megafauna of the Mesozoic era in under thirty minutes. Photo by Kohei Kane.
8:30-11pm
The Moran Tripp Band
Hailing from Edgewater, MD, The Moran Tripp Band is one of the hottest up and coming rock bands in Maryland. Their sophomore album Jumpers Hole released in February of 2025 garnered over 50,000 streams to date, and Saving Country Music sung its praises calling it a “greasy and sweaty” blend of country blues and southern textures. Lead singer Ryan Moran and lead guitarist Shane Tripp weave vocals that are “suede, somehow smooth and gruff at the same time” with telecaster chops that “ferociously shred” and “sing sweetly”. The rhythm section is made up of Dru Tucker on drums and Tom Coster on bass who hold down a booming rock solid backbeat with visceral emotion and excellent song sense.
Sunday, August 31
11:30-12:30
Katy Gaughan Drumming for Wellness
Family-friendly community drum circle. All ages. No experience is necessary. Drums will be provided for participants, although you are welcome to bring your own!
12:30-2pm
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
Based in Takoma Park, MD country singer Karen Collins formed the Backroads Band in 2004 so that she could perform the kind of country music she’d heard while growing up in the mountains of southwestern Virginia. They have recorded 3 CDs and performed throughout the mid-Atlantic states and in Austin, Texas, earning critical acclaim for their retro country sound and for Karen’s witty and heartfelt original songs.
2:30-4:30pm
Rising Stars Performance Showcase
Local performers share their talents with the local community and have the chance to win cash prizes. Emcee: Michael Cooney.
4:45-5:45pm Greenbelt Honk
Greenbelt Honk! Situation is Greenbelt’s community street band in rainbow tie-dyes and causing a fun, high-energy scene wherever they go. Bringing together brass and drums players of all ability levels and experience, they play New Orleans standards, pop, and rock favorites. Play music with us, dance with us, BE part of the Situation! If you’re not smiling after they start playing, you may need to see if you still have a mouth!
6-7:30pm Flo Anito & Bay Jazz Project featuring Seth Kibel
Flo Anito & Bay Jazz Project bring the classics of the Great American Songbook to life, making the timeless standards of the Brothers Gershwin, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, and more, both danceable and listenable. While at Wesleyan University, Flo studied Jazz Vocal Improvisation under Anthony Braxton as well as Jazz Voice with Giacomo Gates. She has performed jazz at AMP powered by Strathmore, the National Cherry Blossom Festival, Atlas Performing Arts Center, as well as many private and corporate events.
Don’t Mean a Thing If Ain’t Got Swing, New Deal Cafe, Greenbelt, June 2023
Seth Kibel, Flo Anito, Lucas Chohany and Bob Abbott at the New Deal Cafe, Greenbelt, February 2023
8-11pm Chopteeth
Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band is an 11-member, horn-heavy, percussive musical crew that’s been churning up dancefloors in the DC area for over 20 years, playing classic highlife, rumba, afrobeat, afrofunk and other sounds from Africa’s 70s heyday, mixed with original compositions steeped in the music and message of that inspiring era.
Videos
Monday, September 1
1-2pm Griefcat
Griefcat is a genre-defying musical comedy duo known for their witty, incisive lyrics, infectious sound, and the rare ability to make you laugh, cry, and question your life choices – all in a single chorus.
Music video for “I Already Took Off My Bra” (recent viral single)
3-5pm Nowhere Men
Do you listen to bands with powerhouse horn sections and songs from artists like Stevie Wonder; Earth, Wind & Fire; The Four Tops; The Temptations; Chicago; Otis Redding; Blood, Sweat & Tears and Bruno Mars? Then you will love the live music from The NoWhere Men band!
Established in 1964, The NoWhere Men feature founding band member and MD Entertainment Hall of Fame member Tom Rodante, the amazing and soulful talents of WAMMIE award winning Tommy Lepson, MD Music Awards Performer of the Year nominee Mark Arcusa and the talented keyboardist band leader Wayne Brown!
Greenbelt Labor Day Festival 