Soul To Soul

The Flea announced the cast of BEYOND THE STARDUST, an immersive nightlife show conceived by Niegel Smith and The Illustrious Blacks, featuring aerialists, vocalists, and dancers in an Afro-disco-space-punk production.

Tangent Productions will present Katchafire, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Through the Roots, and Tomorrows Bad Seeds at The Mayan in downtown Los Angeles for a 21-and-over reggae event.

Hawaiian superstar Maoli will release his anticipated new album, MMO3, on August 28. Ahead of the release, Maoli has unveiled a new song from the project, “Good On You.' Listen to the song here.

Marshall Charloff & Purple xPeRIeNCE will perform in Jacksonville as part of the FSCJ Artist Series Broadway in Jacksonville season, with tickets on sale soon.

Tony Danza returns to 54 Below with his Sinatra tribute show this July, joined by Linda Eder and a packed lineup of Broadway and cabaret stars.

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park announced its 2026 Annual Festival in Tivoli, NY, featuring three consecutive Saturdays of dance, music, and storytelling curated by Michèle Steinwald, with performers including Valerie June, Calpulli Danza Mexicana, and EVIDENCE.

Christopher Charles McDaniel has been named Artistic Director of Dances Patrelle, succeeding founder Francis Patrelle. McDaniel, a former Dance Theatre of Harlem principal dancer, will lead the company into its next chapter.

PlayGround will present a simultaneous four-city gala honoring Margo Hall, Jessica Kubzansky, Emily Shooltz, and Ericka Ratcliff, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the June Anne Baker Prize for women and non-binary playwrights.

Multidisciplinary artist Edwin Chuk will perform DEPARTURE IS MY HOMECOMING at Space 2 at theSpace on the Mile during the Edinburgh Fringe, blending monologue, movement, and traditional fishermen's songs to explore Hong Kong's Tanka boat communities.

Feinstein's at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel, IN will present two summer soul concerts featuring Nashville artist Jed Harrelson and American Idol alum Effie Passero, who will tribute Adele, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, and more.

The Skirball Cultural Center announced the lineup for its 29th season of free outdoor SUNSET CONCERTS, featuring Terrace Martin, Cory Henry, Tortoise, Brandee Younger, and others in a jazz-themed series honoring America's 250th anniversary.

The Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer and actor Eisa Davis discusses her new play at the Vineyard, ||:GIRLS:||:CHANCE:||:MUSIC:||, as well as her other upcoming projects including a revival of Angela’s Mixtape and the new musical Warriors.

Violist Paul Neubauer and conductor JoAnn Falletta will lead the world premiere of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Viola Concerto with the Brevard Sinfonia, followed by performances with the Buffalo Philharmonic.

Canadian vintage-pop band Bombargo will bring their Love, In Spite of Everything Tour to the Fox Theatre for an all-ages general admission show. Tickets go on sale via the Fox Theatre website.

Seattle Opera named composer Laura Kaminsky and librettist Deborah Brevoort as Creative Directors of the Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab, a new-works incubator cultivating emerging Pacific Northwest opera composers and librettists.

Final tickets will be released to purchase this week for Leslie Odom, Jr.’s sold-out run in the London production of HAMILTON at the Victoria Palace. Learn more here!

Singer, songwriter, and producer Gary Clark Jr. will embark on an extensive run of U.S. headliners through the summer and into October. Artist ticket presales begin June 2, at 10:00 a.m. local time.

Manhattan Theatre Club will produce a new production of Clifford Odets’ landmark 1935 drama Awake and Sing!, led by Danny Burstein, Jessica Hecht, and Jeremy Shamos. Learn more here!

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International jazz and soul singer Lady Blackbird is set to make her long-awaited Australian debut this spring, in a three-city tour spanning Sydney, Melbourne, and the Gold Coast.

Cuban-American actor-musician Kevin Luis will make his Chelsea Table + Stage debut as lead singer and trumpeter with the LATIN SOUL COLLECTIVE, an 8-piece band performing Salsa, Latin Jazz, and Afro-Cuban rhythms spanning eight decades.

Passage Theatre Company in Trenton, NJ revealed its 42nd season, its largest since before 2020, featuring a world premiere, August Wilson's Jitney, and much more.

Obie Award-winning Harlem9 announced six playwrights, including Kermit Frazier, Kristen Adele Calhoun, and Naomi Lorrain, for 48HOURS IN…HARLEM®, marking 15 years of the festival with a tribute to the late Woodie King Jr.

Beautifully acted, engagingly riveting, and populated with impactful characters, Reggie D. White's thoughtfully sprawling and emotionally layered new play—directed by Lili-Anne Brown—delivers an ambitious, deeply affecting examination of generational legacy, Black identity, masculinity, and the elusive pursuit of emotional healing. Set almost entirely within the walls of a suburban home in Southern California, the touching, and, often times, quite humorous play unfolds across multiple decades, chronicling the intersecting lives of three generations of African-American men connected not only by blood, but by inherited silence, buried resentment, generational trauma, and a complicated yearning for deep connection.

BAM’s annual DanceAfrica Festival will return to Brooklyn from May 16-28, 2026. The long-running celebration of African and diasporic dance and culture will feature performances, films, dance classes, and community events across the BAM campus.