Join us for the opening celebration of Crosstown Concourse, scheduled nearly 90 years to the day of the original Sears Crosstown grand opening in August 1927. This celebration of history and rebirth will showcase the organizations and businesses that courageously believed in and dedicated themselves to the creation of this one-of-a-kind vertical urban village.
Drop by and take a look beyond the steel and the stone to discover and celebrate a million square feet of community, a place where diverse interests combine to form new connections so we may become better together. This is a moment to celebrate Concourse, the Crosstown neighborhood, and the tenacity and creativity of the city as a whole.
A full schedule of events with live music, dance performances, art exhibitions, a Concourse documentary screening, tenant open houses, and more is below. There will be cash bars in multiple locations throughout the building.
Interested in volunteering to help during the opening day celebration? Sign up here: http://crosstownconcourse.com/volunteers
Schedule:
Plaza
2:45-3:30 p.m. and 4:15-4:45 p.m. – Artistik Approach
4:45-5:15 p.m. – Fife & Drum
5:15-6 p.m. – Candy Fox Band
6-7 p.m. – Melina Almadovar & Orchestra
8:30ish-9:45ish p.m. – 8Ball & MJG, Susan Marshall, and Winchester and the Ammunition
Central Atrium
3:15-3:30 p.m. – First Baptist Church-Broad Choir
3:30 p.m. – Formal Ceremony with remarks from Mayor Jim Strickland, Mayor Mark Luttrell, Crosstown Arts Co-Leader Todd Richardson, and others
4:15-7 p.m. – Symphony Q & Urban Ballet Jookers
7-7:30 p.m. Living Water Church Choir
7:30 p.m. Screening of Sears Crosstown documentary
Throughout Concourse
4-7 p.m. Crosstown Concourse Tenant Open Houses
Crosstown Arts/East Atrium
4-7 p.m. – art and video installations by Jill Wissmiller, MonoNeon, Abigail Lucien, Birdcap and Sentrock, Andrea Morales, and Colin Kidder, plus “Potluck,” a large-scale collaborative exhibition with 80 artists
4:30-5:15 p.m. – Lauren Laux
5:15-5:45 p.m. – Blueshift Ensemble & Harlan T. Bobo
5:45-6:15 p.m. – Ben Bauermeister
6:15- 7 p.m. – Don Lifted
2nd Floor Central Atrium/Theater Stair
4:15-5:30 p.m. and 6:15-7 p.m. – IMAKEMADBEATS presents Aaron James, A Weirdo From Memphis, Preauxx, Cameron Bethany, Kid Maestro
West Atrium
4:15-4:45 p.m. – Jeremy Scott
5-5:30 p.m. – J.D. Reager
5:40-6:10 p.m. – Faith Ruch
6:20-6:50 p.m. – Me & Leah
Church Health
4:15-4:45 p.m. Mystic Light Casino
5-5:30 p.m. – Juju Bushman
5:40-6:10 p.m. – Crockett Hall
6:20-6:50 p.m. – Megan Carolan
