Hi, this is Your Girl Cheryl with What’s Hot this Father’s Day Weekend!
Friday, June 17
The DC Jazz Fest continues with another week of performances featuring MACEO PARKER, RAVI COLTRANE, EDDIE PALMIERI & THE LATIN JAZZSEPTET and more. Various locations including outdoors at the Navy Yards, The Hamilton Live and more, dcjazzfest.com for a complete schedule
Saxophonist KENNY GARRETT takes the stage at Blues Alley through the weekend, two shows each night, 8 and 10 p.m., bluesalley.com
Baltimore band FARENHEIT brings an Old School Funk Soul Party to Maryland Live Casino, 8p.m. Dance shoes required! Marylandlivecasino.com.
R&B vocalist MIKI HOWARD performs at the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, 8 p.m. www.bethesdabluesjazz.com
Saturday, June 18
THE JOHN LAMKIN FAVORITES” QUINTET with RALPH PETERSON on drums brings straight ahead jazz to An Die Musik, in two shows, 8 and 9:30 p.m., andiemusiklive.com
The Eubie Blake Cultural Center celebrates the music this month with The FUNK SHOW featuring live music by The Cabaret Company. It’s dance music of the 70s and 80s and period dress—bell bottoms and platforms--is welcome, eubieblake.org.
The Howard Theatre in DC blows your mind this time when THE DELFONICS featuring William Hart, perform, 8 p.m., thehowardtheatre.com
Sunday, June 19 is Father’s Day
Back at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, it’s a special Father’s Day Brunch featuring HAROLD MELVIN’S BLUE NOTES, 12:30 p.m. The band returns for an evening performance at 7:30 p.m., bethesdabluesjazz.com
The Tony award winning stage play KINKY BOOTS struts its stuff at the Opera House at the Kennedy Center through July 10th, kennedy-center.org.
And KIRK FRANKLIN offers audiences 20 Years in One Night when he appears at the Modell Center for the Arts on Mount Royal Avenue in Baltimore, 7:30 p.m., lyricoperahouse.com
As always, a complete calendar listing of events throughout the area is at weaa.org and yourgirlcheryl.net, and finding me on Facebook gets you updates all week long. I’m “Your Girl Cheryl” wishing that all the Dad’s get ‘the big piece of chicken this weekend’ while listening to your source for cool jazz and more, WEAA 88.9FM, the Voice of the Community! Happy Father’s Day!
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