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Home Rule Music Festival
Home Rule Music Festival

Sat, Jun 11

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The Parks at Walter Reed

Home Rule Music Festival

Celebrating DC's music and culture.

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Time & Location

Jun 11, 2022, 3:00 PM – 9:30 PM

The Parks at Walter Reed, 1010 Butternut St NW, Washington, DC 20012, USA

About the event

This year the festival will gather around the story and legacy of Black Fire Records, the legendary distribution service turned label, magazine, and cultural movement that served to define the soundtrack of 1970s DC. The festival's musical programming explores the myriad influences of Black Fire by showcasing the best contemporary local, regional, and national exponents of jazz, go-go, funk, R&B, and soul.

The Home Rule Music Festival will be an amazing day of family activities, delicious food, and music with performances by Black Fire artists Plunky & Oneness of JuJu, legendary progressive jazz artists like Doug Carn and David Murray as well as the TCB Band.  The day will end with a screening of a new documentary short on Black Fire Records.  

We are modeling the festival after the legendary Harlem Cultural Festival concerts of the 70s (you may have caught a glimpse of 1969’s season in Questlove’s “Summer…

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Home Rule Music and Film Preservation Foundation | 702 Kennedy St NW.  Washington, DC 20011

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