The renowned TUBACHRISTMAS! celebrates its 50th anniversary with a free performance in the Central Atrium at Crosstown Concourse! If you’re not quite sure what TUBACHRISTMAS! is, come see for yourself. But since it’s the season of giving, we’ll give you a hint: it involves tubas. 

The Vietnamese  American Community of West Tennessee, Crosstown Arts, and Crosstown Concourse are partnering to present the Mid-Autumn Festival! There will be a lion dance, a youth performance, a soccer game, a magic show, arts, crafts, and more. 

Memphis Listening Lab/WYXR’s Record Swap and Crosstown Arts’ eighth annual Zine Fest are coming together for one awesome event in the Crosstown Concourse Central Atrium!

Memphis Listening Lab/WYXR’s Record Swap and Crosstown Arts’ eighth annual Zine Fest are coming together for one awesome event in the Crosstown Concourse Central Atrium!

HerView: Sears Memphis depicts women’s labor in the 20th century department store and is based on locally sourced history.  Manos will ride on an original freight cart used in the Sears Memphis warehouse while typing on a vintage typewriter, and will hand routing slips to Crosstown Concourse visitors.  HerView is part of a larger project Manos is spearheading, Visualizing Women’s Work, which confronts gender bias in monuments and other historical markers through novel forms of publicly visible women’s history, including popup performances and webAR* animations.  

The Ukuleles in the Heartland series visits the Crosstown Concourse, featuring the Nashville-based Webb-Tigert Ukulele duo, Ray Cygrymus (veteran of Pittsburgh bands Maxwell Switch, Tangent, and the Ukuholicks), and Huntsville, Alabama, ukulele performer and teacher Kirk Jones (also known by his adorable stage alias/YouTube handle, “Orangutan Or Lion”).

Supported by an Arts Access grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission and ArtsMemphis, Crosstown Arts presents the premiere of the commissioned work by Evan Williams, “Crosstown Counterpoint” alongside Williams’ earlier works “Bodies Upon the Gears”, “Amber Waves”, and Terry Riley’s classic minimalist bop, “In C.”

Under the direction of Dr. Michael Shults, University of Memphis Jazz Combo 1 is the top performing small group jazz ensemble at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. The all-star combo specializes in compositions by post-bop jazz masters including Wayne Shorter, Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett, and Memphis’s own James Williams.

In partnership with Cazateatro, Crosstown Concourse presents a Day of the Dead celebration with music, folklore, dancers, altars, and crafts. Featuring performances by Cazateatro Catrinas/Catrines, Ballet Meztli, Danza Azteca Xochitquetzal, Mariachi Guadalajara, Tropical Fusion Latin Band, DJ Alexis White, and more! Milis Flowers and Gift flower cart will be on-site. And don’t miss a special FREE matinee screening of Coco in Crosstown Theater at 2 pm (register for Coco here).
Free and open to the public
Día de Muertos takes place on November ….

Memphis Listening Lab/WYXR’s first annual Record Swap and Crosstown Arts’ sixth annual Zine Fest are coming together for one awesome event in the Crosstown Concourse Central Atrium!

Shop from records, CDs, cassettes, and other music-related merch and memorabilia curated by Memphis Listening Lab on the first floor of the Central Atrium. WYXR will be selling tees and other radio station merch.

On the second floor of the Central Atrium, Crosstown Arts will host its annual Zine Fest where guests can shop for zines created by local makers.

This year Memphis Zine Fest 6 will be coupled with the Memphis Listening Lab & WYXR’s Record Swap! This event is FREE and ALL AGES so bring your friends and family.

Haven’t made a quaran-zine?? No problem! We’ll have a free zine-making table! There will also be a DIY zine-making station each day of the fest with demonstrations and supplies to help you get started on making your very own zine! Just bring your ideas! Think Memphis, music, literature, punk, DIY, handmade prints, photographs, whatever you want!

Memphis Listening Lab/WYXR’s first annual Record Swap and Crosstown Arts’ sixth annual Zine Fest are coming together for one awesome event in the Crosstown Concourse Central Atrium!

Shop from records, CDs, cassettes, and other music-related merch and memorabilia curated by Memphis Listening Lab on the first floor of the Central Atrium. WYXR will be selling tees and other radio station merch.

On the second floor of the Central Atrium, Crosstown Arts will host its annual Zine Fest where guests can shop for zines created by local makers.

This year Memphis Zine Fest 6 will be coupled with the Memphis Listening Lab & WYXR’s Record Swap! This event is FREE and ALL AGES so bring your friends and family!

Haven’t made a quaran-zine?? No problem! We’ll have a free zine-making table! There will also be a DIY zine-making station each day of the fest with demonstrations and supplies to help you get started on making your very own zine! Just bring your ideas! Think Memphis, music, literature, punk, DIY, handmade prints, photographs, whatever you want!

Memphis Zine Fest is an annual celebration of zines and zinesters in our community!

For one night only, come out and see what your favorite local zine makers have been creating this year and check out brand new zines from the students in our youth zine making workshop.

This year’s fest will take place on Friday July 19th in the Crosstown Concourse Central Atrium from 5-8 pm. As always, this is a free and all ages event, so feel free to bring your friends, your kids, and your grandparents.

Did you know? Zine making is for everyone! No matter your skill or experience levels, you can do it!

Come get your zine on at this free Public All Ages Zine Making Workshop on Saturday, July 13 from 1-3 in the Crosstown Concourse Central Atrium.