Featuring The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Lady Bianca, Kito Kamili, Emerging Artist Theresa Harris, original poetry by Avotcja, and a special presentation honoring blues legend Sugar Pie DeSanto
Black Women’s Blues Festival celebrates powerful, pioneering Black women of the blues. Showcasing legendary artists, established performers, and emerging talent, this intergenerational, interdisciplinary program features the best vocalists, instrumentalists, and poets of the blues that you’ll find anywhere in the world! Join us for what is sure to be a historic afternoon of blues, blues, and more blues.
KPFA is broadcasting this live performance from Berkeley’s Civic Center park.
This project has been made possible in part by a Civic Arts Grant for Festivals from the City of Berkeley in partnership with Berkeley non-profit organization Black Female Project, and by a grant from the Alliance for California Traditional Arts, in partnership with the Walter & Elise Hass Fund, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Grants for the Arts, and The California Endowment.