Live music on the main stage every day, Friday – Monday!
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.
Friday, September 4
7-8:30pm
Jason Roe & Friends
9-10:30pm
Dogo Du Togo
Traditional Togolese rhythms form the base of this rising Togolese artist.
The songs are based on togolese traditional rhythms with ritual melodies (voodoo melodies) festive melodies, and talk about immigration, social justice…
Born in Lome, Togo,Dogo played in different bands in the Togolese capital before moving to the United States and founded the DC based Afropop, Elikeh.
Saturday, September 5
11-11:45am
Bele Bele Rhthym Collective
The Bele Bele Rhythm Collective was originally founded in 2008 by Drumlady Kristen Arant. At the time, Kristen was running the third summer program for her non-profit, the Young Women’s Drumming Empowerment Project (YWDEP, founded 2005), whose mission was to use drumming, poetry, movement, song and performance to uplift young women’s voices, and empower their authentic selves.
The program started out as just a summer program, but the powerful performances featuring the young women each year brought audiences to their feet, and led to the group being asked to perform at events. So Kristen reached out to the broader community, to find women who were drummers or who wanted to commit themselves to learning how to play.
This began the diverse, intergenerational ensemble that we call Bele Bele Rhythm Collective, the name an homage to one of Kristen’s most influential teachers, Mamady Keita, who composed a rhythm of the same name, which means “Big Personality.”
11:15am-1pm
Trapeze
1:30-3pm
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!.
3:30-4:30pm
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)
5-6:30pm
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
7:15-8:45pm
Caleb Stine & the Brakemen
Caleb Stine can guarantee he’s got a song just for you. The Colorado native plays over 130 shows a year, has opened for artists like Jason Isbell, Sierra Hull, and Los Lobos, and just released his fifteenth album of original music. Flying just below the mainstream radar, Stine attributes the city of Baltimore with his 20+ year music career. He keeps a grass-roots presence by frequenting small venues up and down the East Coast and passing on a rallying cry of hope to audiences both big and small. As Americana UK writes, ‘Stine’s upfront personality is seeking to make a personal connection with everyone in the venue.’ The songs from hi latest album ‘Nickels and Dimes’ are snapshots of his life these days as a working musician, new father and wanna-be cowboy – but there’s something there for everyone. At once accessible and intimate, the collection embodies one of Stine’s deeply held beliefs: “Just like each flower’s held up by a stem, everyone needs a song just for them.” Catch a Caleb Stine show and find one waiting for you.
9:30-11pm
La Unica
Enjoy this eclectic mix of Irish Latin music styles and get pumped up with La Unica’s unique energy.
Sunday, September 6
11-11:20 am
Memorial
11:30am-1pm
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!
1:15-2:45pm
Seth Kibel
Seth Kibel is one of the Mid-Atlantic’s premier woodwind specialists, working with some of the best bands in klezmer, jazz, swing, and more. Wowing audiences on clarinet, flute, and saxophone, Seth has made a name for himself in the Washington/Baltimore region and beyond. He is a featured performer with The Kleztet, Bay Jazz Project, Music Pilgrim Trio, Daryl Davis Band, The Natty Beaux, and more. Winner of 28 Washington Area Music Awards (Wammies), including “Best World Music Instrumentalist” (2003-11) and “Best Jazz Instrumentalist” (2005, 2007-8, 2011-14). His most recent recording, “Clarinet, Without a Net,” was released in June 2026 on the Azalea City Recordings record label. He’s won numerous prizes in the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest (MASC) including the Grand Prize in 2016 and a Gold Prize in 2022. When he’s not performing, Seth lectures on music history for numerous institutions, including the Osher Lifelong Learning programs at Johns Hopkins and Towson Universities.
3:15-5:15pm
Rising Stars Performance Showcase
Local performers share their talents with the local community and have the chance to win cash prizes. Emcee: Michael Cooney.
5:30-7pm 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!
7:30-10:30pm
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!
Monday, September 1
12:15-1:15pm 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)
1:45-3:15pm
Supernational Sound System
Rooted in the earth. Reaching for the stars. Music from everywhere/nowhere. Hip-moving rhythms, soul-soothing melodies.
4:30-6pm 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.
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