2020

POSTPONED

Saturday, March 14, 7:00 pm

The Makanda Project featuring Ricky Ford

New compositions/arrangements by Ricky Ford based on poems by Langston Hughes

Reading by Askia Toure

Live painting sponsored by MassArt’s sparc! the ArtMobile

Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building

2300 Washington Street, Roxbury MA

free concert

POSTPONED

Saturday, April 25, 7:00 pm

The Makanda Project with Dancers

Choreography by Mickey Davidson

Dance by Mickey Davidson and Co.

Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building

2300 Washington Street, Roxbury MA

free concert

Saturday, August 15, 4:00 pm and 5:30 pm

(rain date: Sunday, August 16, same time)

Facebook live (www.facebook.com/makanda-project)

The Makanda Project “Concert for Mimi”

Honoring Mimi Jones, longtime Roxbury and Civil Rights activist, important part of the Makanda Project family

Saturday, September 19, 3:30 pm and 5:00 pm

(rain date: Sunday, September 20, same time)

Pandemic concert in Nubian Square #3

Reservations required

Also streaming on Facebook live (www.facebook.com/makanda-project)

PAST EVENTS – 2019

Saturday, January 26, 7:30 pm

The Makanda Project featuring Michael Gregory Jackson

Gateway City Arts

92 Race Street, Holyoke, MA

Presented by Pioneer Valley Jazz Shares

Saturday, March 2, 7:00 to 9:30 pm

The Makanda Project with special guest Marty Ehrlich

Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building

2300 Washington Street, Roxbury, MA

Free concert

Thursday, March 28, 8:00 pm

The Makanda Project Multiple Percussion Edition

featuring Yoron Israel, Warren Smith, and Thurman Barker

Berklee Performance Center

136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA

Tickets available on line or at the door

$10 in advance / $15 day of show

Saturday, April 20, 7:00 to 9:30 pm

The Makanda Project with special guest Chico Freeman

Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building

2300 Washington Street, Roxbury, MA

Free concert

Saturday, July 13, 1:00 to 4:30 pm

The Makanda Project summer concert

First Church in Roxbury

10 Putnam Street

Free concert

Saturday, August 10, 1:00 to 4:30 pm

The Makanda Project summer concert

“Remembering Ndikho Xaba”

With special guests Plunky Branch and Askia Toure

(See reflections about Ndikho Xaba in “Posts” section of this site)

First Church in Roxbury

10 Putnam Street

Live painting sponsored by MassArt’s sparc! the ArtMobile

Free concert

Saturday, August 17, 12:30 to 3:00 pm

Commonwealth Housing Development

35 Fidelis Way, Brighton

Free concert

Saturday, September 14, 1:00 to 4:30 pm

The Makanda Project summer concert

First Church in Roxbury

10 Putnam Street

Free concert

Saturday, September 28, 7:00 to 9:30 pm

The Makanda Project with special guest Craig Harris

Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building

2300 Washington Street, Roxbury, MA

Free concert

Friday, October 18, 7:00 to 9:00 pm

Harlem Jazz Series

Greater Calvary Baptist Church

55 West 124th Street, New York, NY

Tickets $20

Saturday, November 2, 7:00 to 9:30 pm

The Makanda Project with special guest Jay Hoggard

Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building

2300 Washington Street, Roxbury, MA

Free concert

Thursday, November 21, 1:00 to 2:30 pm

The Makanda Project featuring Chico Freeman

Performing the Chico Freeman songbook

Bunker Hill Community College auditorium

250 Rutherford Ave, Charlestown MA, room A-300

Free concert

Sunday, November 24, 7:00 pm

The Makanda Project featuring Chico Freeman

Performing the Chico Freeman songbook

Arlington High School auditorium

869 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA

Presented by Arlington Jazz Festival

$20 general admission / $10 seniors / students free

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