Events

Crosstown Arts and Folk All Y’all presents Chris Milam in The Green Room. The Green Room at Crosstown Arts Saturday, January 18, 2025 Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm Tickets: $20 in advance PURCHASE TICKETS HERE Chris Milam, a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter known for his work on “Kids These Days” and “Meanwhile,” releases his most ambitious album yet with “Orchid South.” This record captures the essence of youth, exploring themes of beauty and impending doom with a raw and energetic sound. Recorded live in Memphis with his band, “Orchid South” bucks current industry trends by prioritizing...

Crosstown Arts presents Jay McK in The Green Room The Green Room at Crosstown Arts Sunday, January 19, 2025 Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm Tickets: $20 PURCHASE TICKETS HERE Jay McK is an artist, composer, producer, and professional bassist, known for his funky bass lines, an array of sounds, solos, and melodic melodies.Covering the globe, Jay McK has shared the stage with and soundtracked for LiV Warfield, Ghost Note, RC and The Gritz, Chris Dave and the DrumHedz, Bobby Sparks, Shaun Martin, American Idol winner Ruben Studdard, and many more. Jay is a melodic,...

Crosstown Arts presents Elizabeth Wise & Her Guys in The Green Room The Green Room at Crosstown Arts Friday, Jan 24, 2025 Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm Tickets: $20 in advance | $25 at the door PURCHASE TICKETS HERE “I’ve been all over the world/I’ve seen almost everything/I’ve sung all kinds of places/People call me the queen.” That’s the start of the middle verse from the modern blues standard “Mississippi Woman,” a gritty song that’s been handed up and down the muddy banks of the mighty river that bears its name and passed along...

Crosstown Arts presents Marcella Simien ( ft. Infinity Stairs) & Talibah Safiya in The Green Room Crosstown Theater at Crosstown Arts Saturday, January 25, 2025 Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm Tickets: $25 PURCHASE TICKETS HERE Marcella’s debut solo album, To Bend to the Will of a Dream That’s Being Fulfilled, captures this deeply personal journey. She played every instrument, wrote every lyric, and sang every vocal part herself. “I felt it necessary to have my hand touch every aspect of this collection of music,” she says. “This was a deeply personal, very physical experience...

Crosstown Arts presents Sungazer in the Theater The Theater at Crosstown Arts Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm Tickets: $25 in advance | $30 at the door PURCHASE TICKETS HERE Sungazer is an international Future Jazz duo featuring YouTuber / bassist Adam Neely and drummer Shawn Crowder. Originally formed in Brooklyn, NY in July of 2014, Sungazer has brought their unique blend of hard-hitting Jazz Fusion, 8-bit, Progressive Rock and EDM to audiences in the U.S. and Europe. Sungazer explores the human element of improvisation within the context of modern electronic...

Crosstown Arts presents Art Edmaiston in The Green Room The Green Room at Crosstown Arts Friday, January 31, 2025 Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm Tickets: $15 (plus fees) PURCHASE TICKETS HERE Art Edmaiston – Memphis saxophonist, improvisor/composer and player of “Ecstatic Energy Music”. Art’s voluptuous sound on the tenor saxophone was sculpted from years spent playing R&B and blues in Memphis, but has origins in the small country town of Troy, TN where he grew up playing alone in wide open farm land and soybean fields. Edmaiston creates forward-looking music while being fully present...

Crosstown Arts presents An Evening with The Wilkins Sisters in The Green Room The Green Room at Crosstown Arts Saturday, February 1, 2025 Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm Tickets: $23 in advance (plus fees) | $25 at the door PURCHASE TICKETS HERE The Wilkins Sisters are Tangela Longstreet, Joyce Jones, and Tawana Cunningham from Memphis, TN. They are the daughters and back-up singers for their father, the late great Rev. John Wilkins. The Wilkins Sisters were brought up singing in the church inspired by their mother (Betty Maxwell Wilkins) and father (Rev. John Wilkins)...

Crosstown Arts presents CHURCH IN THE WILD in The Green Room The Green Room at Crosstown Arts Friday, February 7, 2025 Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm Tickets: $15 in advance (plus fees) | $20 at the door PURCHASE TICKETS HERE Memphis-based rapper and curator Dame Mufasa has been performing on the underground scene since 2018 with a focus on bridging the gap between hip-hop and contemporary art while challenging what’s considered high art throughout the culture with powerful storytelling lyrics and provocative, unapologetic stories inspired by his South Memphis upbringing. Dame uses his visual arts background...

Crosstown Arts and Folk All Y’all presents: Liz Longley The Green Room at Crosstown Arts Saturday, February 8, 2025 Doors...

Crosstown Arts presents DJ Nico & Qemist: Lovers Night in The Green Room The Green Room at Crosstown Arts Friday,...

Crosstown Arts presents Strictly Jazz: The Music of Michael Brecker The Green Room at Crosstown Arts February 15, 2025 Doors open...

Crosstown Arts presents Sound Fuzion in The Green Room The Green Room at Crosstown Arts Thursday, February 20, 2025 Doors...