Live music on the main stage every day, Friday – Monday! See schedule below.
Don’t miss the chamber music at the Art & Photo Show in the Community Center gym, provided by members of Greenbelt Community Orchestra and Greenbelt Concert Band plus the Zookulele Collective. Click here for the schedule. Also, watch for wandering entertainers such as face painters, circus clown Greg May, Edgar Allen Poe, a magician, and pop-up Shakespeare with the Rude Mechanicals.
Main Stage Entertainment:
Friday, September 4
7:30-8:45pm
Easy Greasy
Easy Greasy is an acclaimed bluegrass quartet from Maryland, fresh off their win for Best Act at the Big Mountain Fiddlers Convention. Easy Greasy combines the high-lonesome sound of classic country with angelic vocal harmonies, bringing a fresh energy to the traditional bluegrass sound.
9:30-11pm
Dogo Du Togo
This artist performs songs based on traditional Togolese rhythms with ritual melodies (voodoo melodies) festive melodies, which talk about immigration and social justice. Born in Lome, Togo, Dogo played in different bands in the Togolese capital before moving to the United States and founding the DC-based Afropop band, Elikeh.
Saturday, September 5
12-12:45pm
Bele Bele Rhythm Collective
The Bele Bele Rhythm Collective is an intergenerational group of women
and non-binary drummers from DC and surrounding areas who have come
together to form a sisterhood of the drum.
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
Yes, Irish and Latin music played together. La Unica is a one-of-a-kind band that blends seemingly impossible genres together into a must-see show. Hailing from DC, La Unica brings their “melting pot sounds” to music venues, festivals, and concert halls all along the east coast. La Unica plays a mix of original creations and familiar-sounding standards (sung in both English and Spanish). Their use of traditional instruments, and quality musicianship appeal to, well, everyone! La Unica’s original sound and high energy show have been turning shy guests into party animals for over 15 years. Get ready for America’s best Irish Latin Party band!
Sunday, September 6
11-11:20 am
Memorial Gathering remembering those Greenbelters who we lost this past year. Sponsored by Greenbelt Interfaith Leadership Association (GILA).
11:30am-12:15pm
Community Drum Circle for the 72nd Greenbelt Labor Festival: Celebrating America’s People, 1776-2026. Come together and connect and celebrate the close community of Greenbelt. 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!
12:15-1pm
Katy and The Gongs plays music that makes you Feel Good! Classic rock that you know and love and can sing, dance and drum along to!
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
12:15-1pm 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)
2-3:30pm
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.
Videos
Greenbelt Labor Day Festival 