THURSDAYS – Skirball Cultural Center
The Skirball Cultural Center celebrates 25 extraordinary years, this milestone season of Sunset Concerts brings an eclectic lineup of path-makers and bridge-builders from around the world to Los Angeles. Join us this summer to sing, dance, and celebrate music’s unique power to bring people together and forge cultural bonds.
Arrive early to eat, drink, shop, and enjoy complimentary access to the exhibitions!
Limited timed-entry tickets to The Jewish Deli, Talking Back to Power, and Visions and Values will be available on a first-come, first-served basis; last entry at 9:30 pm.
All concerts begin at 8:00 pm (with doors opening at 6:30 pm)
TICKETS WILL BE RELEASED ON JUNE 9 AT 12:00 pm
FREE | Advance reservations required
Parking: $20 upon arrival | $15 with advance purchase | $5 for Members with advance purchase
Street parking is strictly prohibited
SCHEDULE
MAMAK KHADEM – July 21
The Skirball welcomes back Iranian American singer Mamak Khadem to kick off the twenty-fifth Sunset Concerts season! Khadem’s striking blend of classical Persian style and diverse contemporary influences traverses musical traditions from Iran to Eastern Europe to the Mediterranean in search of shared humanity. Khadem will present songs from her latest album Remembrance with a hybrid ensemble under the musical direction of cellist and composer Chris Votek combining the Western string quartet with traditional Persian instruments.
ROCKY DAWUNI – July 28
Musician and activist Rocky Dawuni—who calls both Los Angeles and Ghana home—has become a local favorite for his infectious, feel-good reggae tunes and globe-spanning “Afro roots” sound.
Dawuni has shared stages with artists including Stevie Wonder, Peter Gabriel, and John Legend, and received a 2022 Grammy nomination for Best Global Music Album. Through his music and advocacy, he fights for climate justice, champions social causes, and unites generations and cultures.
NEFESH MOUNTAIN – August 4
Through klezmer melodies and Hebrew refrains, the boundary-pushing bluegrass Americana band Nefesh Mountain shares the beauty of Jewish culture with the world.
Their most recent album, Songs for the Sparrows, was inspired by a life-changing trip to Poland and Ukraine, where band leaders Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg’s families emigrated from. Exploring a range of experiences from an Eastern European Jewish perspective, Nefesh Mountain uses music to tell stories of humanity with what has been called “old soul wisdom.”
BOOKER T. JONES – August 11
Groundbreaking soul and R&B artist Booker T. Jones occupy an important place in the history of American music. At age seventeen, he fronted the seminal Memphis soul band Booker T. and the M.G.’s—a rare integrated group of musicians that served as the house band for Stax Records, working with the likes of Otis Redding, Bill Withers, and Wilson Pickett. Join Jones through a “Stax Revue” of iconic songs that illuminate an extraordinary career spanning nearly sixty years.
ADG7 – August 18
Stunning audiences with their “candy-colored costumes and bouncy, upbeat, often swinging songs” (New York Times), South Korea–based ensemble ADG7 connects shamanic ritual music and beloved folk songs of the Hwanghae region to the contemporary sounds and influences of pop.
SON ROMPE PERA – August 25
Founding Son Rompe Pera members Kacho, Kilos, and Mongo Gama add their own grunge and rock sensibility to the marimba they first played alongside their father while growing up in the deep outskirts of Mexico City.
ABOUT SKIRBALL
The Skirball Cultural Center is a place of meeting guided by the Jewish tradition of welcoming strangers and inspired by the American democratic ideals of freedom and equality. We welcome people of all communities and generations to participate in cultural experiences that celebrate discovery and hope, foster human connections and call upon us to help build a more just society.
Open to the public since 1996, the Skirball has established itself as one of the world’s most dynamic Jewish cultural institutions and among the leading cultural venues in Los Angeles. Come visit soon!
For additional information, visit the website @
www.skirball.org/programs/sunset-concerts
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