City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
Singer-songwriter and fan-favorite Pascuala Ilabaca returns to City of Asylum accordion and full-bodied vocals in tow, accompanied by a full band, to regale us with all new songs.
Yamaha pianist Orrin Evans delivers “50 Shades of O” to Alphabet City audiences as part of his 2025 tour and birthday celebration.
Lifelong guitarist and imaginative jazz musician Mila Shadel presents original arrangements of some of her favorite hard rock & grunge songs.
Taras Filenko makes a long-awaited return to City of Asylum, joined by violinist Jennifer Orchard, pianist Pauline Rovkah, and Peter Fung and the Broad Street Collective, to perform a concert that connects North America and Ukraine.
This concert will feature all original compositions by Scott Boni in what will be his first performance as a bandleader at City of Asylum.
Opening night of Jazz Poetry 2025 features jazz trio Thumbscrew and poets Mahogany L. Browne, Camille Rankine, and Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko.
City of Asylum welcomes jazz musician Nicole Mitchell and poets Chen Chen, Cameron Lovejoy and more for a collaborative, improvisational Jazz Poetry concert.
Jazz musician Stephanie Chou and poets Jan Beatty, Olena Boryshpolets, and Mubanga Kalimamukwento share the stage for a collaborative and improvisational Jazz Poetry performance.
Poets Reginald Dwayne Betts, Volodymyr Rafeyenko, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Volodymyr Rafeyenko, and Anouar Rahmani take to the stage with violinist Zara Zaharieva and her international quartet.
Grammy Nominated band House of Waters and poets Safia Elhillo, Haleh Liza Gafori, Nathan Osorio, and Rania Mamoun collaborate in this improvisational Jazz Poetry concert.
Jazz musician Jerome Jennings and his group iLL Philosophy perform in a signature jazz poetry collaborative, improvisational concert and reading.
Musician James Brandon Lewis and poets Huang Xiang, Doralee Brooks, and Haile Bizen present a jazz poetry concert of improvisational and collaborative performance.
This evening’s performance from The Happy Lovers will accompany contributions and readings from other City of Asylum writers-in-residence and visiting ICORN residents.
A dynamic DJ set from DJ Cielo (known in the literary scene as Aleksandar Hemon) featuring Afro House and Organic House music.
We are thrilled to welcome La Muchacha, whose discography features bold, fearless tracks that address the sociopolitical crises faced by the Colombian people.
Beloved Pittsburgh musicians Hugo Cruz and Roger Humphries communicate through the language of the drums, introducing Cuba to Pittsburgh by way of percussion.
This production will feature the powerhouse vocals of local Pittsburgh divas Anita Levels and Anqwenique paying tribute to the work of Angie Stone.
Kente Summer Madness honors Roy Ayers, one of the most heavily sampled artists in the hip hop genre and the Godfather of Neo Soul.
This special Thursday Night Jazz performance features the album launch of George Heid III’s Intentions, a tribute album to his father’s bravery, sacrifices, and the bond the two shared as kindred spirits.
Grammy-nominated saxophonist and composer Godwin Louis takes to the stage for Kente Summer Madness Part 3.
Welcome an all-star lineup of some of Pittsburgh's best musicians, fusing classic jazz compositions with the Cuban drum tradition.
Etta Cox brings her incomparable stage presence and vocal prowess to Alphabet City to regale audiences with beloved jazz favorites and reimagined hidden gems.
Pittsburgh-based Latin jazz quintet and DC-based vibraphonist Chris Barrick honor a titan of Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz.
Senegalese drummers Cheikh and Papa join Joe Sheehan’s Kinetic ensemble for a concert blending traditional Senegalese rhythms with modern American sounds.
Jevon Rushton shares his world, where rhythm becomes touch, melody becomes color, and every note tells a story in the final Kente Summer Madness concert of the summer.
A discussion and performance from master pianist Theron Brown, in conversation with Grammy Award–winning producer Kamau Kenyatta, on his expertly blended gospel and jazz album, "Spirit Fruit."
Drummer Hugo Cruz shines a spotlight on percussion with vocalist Chantal Joseph and an all-star lineup of local musicians to fuse traditional Cuban drums with classic jazz compositions.
Tony Campbell, Victor Garzotto, Dwayne Dolphin, and Roger Humphries pay tribute to legendary saxophonists Richie Cole and Eric Kloss in the final Thursday Night Jazz concert of the summer.
Jazz Legacy Fellow and Pittsburgh legend Roger Humphries takes to the stage with the RH Factor for a collaborative, community-driven performance highlighting the true spirit of jazz.
From the minds of Andrew Swensen and Yan Pang, City of Asylum hosts a showcase of “Shelter,” the story of scars carried from childhood into adulthood, how pain can distort our perception and damage our relationships, and how we find our strength through it.
