Art as Empowerment: Fresh Family Concerts for 2023

Dec 26, 2022 | Town Hall News

Northwest Folklife 50th Anniversary LogoTown Hall Seattle is proud to partner with Northwest Folklife this winter and spring to curate a series of Saturday Family Concert events! Through music, dance, and visual art, the series showcases the diverse cultures here in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest and offers a special opportunity for young people and families to interact with culture, not just be witness to it.

The season’s theme focuses on Art as Empowerment, exploring how protest music is a form of liberation, emancipation, and validation of identity. The 4-part Winter/Spring series brings awareness to issues that affect everyone at any age, and encourages and enables young people and families to explore their heritage — past, present and future — as a source for individual and collective identity.

All Saturday Family Concerts are FREE for ages 22 and under.

Here’s the lineup:

1/28 at 11am
Gil Scott-Heron Tribute Band
Music, Art, and Poetry of the Civil Rights Movement
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2/25 at 11am
Adriana Giordano & Special Guests
From Alaska to Amazonas: Indigenous Music, Culture, and Resistance
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3/18 at 11am
R E P O S A D O and Jean-Paul Builes
Rediscovering Latinx Heritage through Poetry, Music, and Dance
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5/20 at 11am
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Celebrating Filipino songs of protest past and present
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