Join in on celebrating tickets going on sale (June 20) and opening day of the Fringe Festival (July 11). Theatre and Dance artists producing in this year’s Festival will be in attendance passing out their postcards.
June 20 12pm – 1:30pm: This concert is canceled due to the heatwave! Stay cool (we hope to reschedule). Cheick Hamala Diabate & Griot Street Band – Cheick Hamala Diabaté is recognized as one of the world’s masters of ngoni, a Malian traditional instrument, and a West African historian in the Griot tradition. Delve into the rich traditions of the griot as Cheick leads you on a musical lunchtime journey like no other. From his mastery of the n’goni, an ancient stringed lute echoing the ancestry of the banjo, to his tutelage under the esteemed Super Rail Band guitarist Djelimady Tounkara, the influences of his heritage are palpable.
July 11 12pm – 1:30pm: Mothers JMB & Co. – Brand new musical trio comprised of Brian Weitz (Geologist of Animal Collective), Jim Thomson, and Marc Minsker. Instrumental krautrock-inspired psychedelic trance rock featuring hurdy gurdy: a medieval instrument that in its basic shape vaguely resembles a violin or a lute, only everything is chunkier, fatter, and it is played differently to other stringed instruments. The group stretches out their songs on the arc of drone that builds, creating layers upon layers of rock and roll euphoria. Each set marks a shift in trajectory, navigating a path unbound by conventional maps. For this lunchtime set in Downtime DC, Mothers JMB & Co will be joined for a few songs by collaborators The Big Hort which features Nico Castleman, formally of Knife Wife.
Plan ahead to attend on July 11! NATO Summit will be on its last day and road closures and metro bus & station updates will be in place.
“Lunch Culture” is the Golden Triangle BID’s* celebration of art, culture, and community at Murrow Park in the heart of the Penn West Equity and Innovation District. Capital Fringe is programming two of the five “Lunch Culture” celebrations.
Edward R. Murrow Park, located at 1872-1842 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006, was dedicated as a National Park in April 1979, holding the distinction of being the first federal parkland named after a journalist.