The Green Room

Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance by blues guitarist and singer-songwriter Scott Sherrard and Memphis-based soul band, The Bo-Keys.

Jazz bassist, composer, and educator Bob Bowman performs at The Green Room with Michael Shults, Pat Coil, and Danny Gottlieb.

Join us at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for performance art duo, Princess, which explores queerness and the concept of masculinity.

Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for big band blues by The Love Light Orchestra. The Love Light Orchestra celebrates the Memphis big band blues-style found on the 1950s and '60s singles of Bobby “Blue” Bland, B.B. King and Herman ”Junior” Parker. The band of seasoned Memphis musicians derives their name from Bland’s 1961 hit “Turn On Your Love Light.” Their sound is completed with the soulful voice of bluesman John Nemeth.

Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance by roots rockers Linda Gail Lewis and Robbie Fulks.

Anyone who has been married nine times, almost died from substance abuse and, oh yeah, was a member of her wild-man older brother Jerry Lee Lewis’ band (with whom she sang duets) has some stories to tell. Linda Gail Lewis will be sharing her stories through song with vocal assistance of roots folk-rocker Robbie Fulks.

Join us in The Green Room for a performance by The Tulsa Music Revue feat. John Fullbright, Paul Benjaman, Jacob Tovar, and special guests.

The night starts with a set by Jacob Tovar, then one by Paul Benjaman, followed by John Fullbright. The evening wraps with the three joining the backing band for an Oklahoma Jam!

Join multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, and producer Paul Taylor and indie-pop duo The PRVLG at The Green Room for a special performance.

Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a special performance by Greg Ward's Rogue Parade.

Considered one of the most versatile saxophonists of his generation, bandleader, composer, and arranger Greg Ward is proud to launch his new group, Rogue Parade. A quintet of heavyweight creative Chicago musicians, Rogue Parade features guitarists Matt Gold and Dave Miller, bassist Matt Ulery, and drummer Quin Kirchner.

Joining series host Dr. Charles Hughes (Rhodes College) will be members of the MDs, a Memphis-based Booker T. & the MGs tribute band that performed the entire McLemore Avenue album at the Stax Museum in 2017.  This October, the band rearranged another Beatles classic, Revolver, for a capacity Crosstown Arts crowd.

Join us as visual, musical, and performance artist Lawrence Matthews, also known as Don Lifted, transforms the Crosstown Arts Green Room visually and sonically with a performance featuring sculptural video installations and music from his recently released albums Alero and Contour. With special guests Blueshift Ensemble.