LakeFest: Live Music
FRIDAY, JUNE 20
Shamarr Allen
KEN DEMITH COLLECTION
5:00 – 5:45 p.m.
The Ken Demith Collection is an energetic, original alternative, roots, rock, pop band based in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Lead by singer/songwriter Ken Demith, fans find the music easy to connect with, be uplifted and inspired by. Ken is a true storyteller with a knack for melody that brings the stories to life. Dave Fenstermacher, Peter Franklin, Mark Bowling, and John Rossman add the perfect complement of musicianship and energy to the KDC sound.
Shamarr Allen
HALF GRINGA
6:00 – 7:15 p.m.
Emerging from Chicago’s flourishing indie music scene, Half Gringa creates music informed by contemporary indie-rock and Latin American and Midwestern folk. The name Half Gringa is both a tribute to and study of her legacy, stemming from a childhood term of endearment as “la Gringa” in her Venezuelan family and her bicultural experience growing up in the United States. Olive’s work seeks to narrate her tireless pursuit as a pupil of both her origins and her experiences.
Judith Hill
GABY MORENO
7:30 – 9:00 p.m
Gaby Moreno in concert is a soulful blend of blues, jazz, folk, and Latin rhythms, delivered with her powerful voice and emotional guitar work. Since moving to Los Angeles from her native Guatemala, Gaby has released nine albums and recently won a Grammy in 2024. She also co-wrote the Parks and Recreation theme song, which earned her an Emmy nomination. Moreno has shared the stage with artists such as Bono, Andrea Boccelli, Tracy Chapman, Ani DiFranco, Buena Vista Social Club, Calexico, David Gray, and more. She also sang the theme song and voiced Marlena in Disney’s children’s television series Elena of Avalor.
DuPont Brass
ZACH PERSON
9:15 – 10:30 p.m.
Zach Person, is the new face of indie rock. Emerging out of Austin, Texas, Person plays loud, raw, and connects with his music fans on a primal sonic level. Person has a swagger, talent and grit beyond his years. With the poise of a seasoned veteran on stage and the stylings of a mega star, he commands an audience in seconds. “Reminiscent of everyone from Elmore James and Duane Allman to The Black Keys and Jack White, Person channels a raw, pure-bred American swagger,” said American Songwriter.
SATURDAY, JUNE 21
Howard County Chinese School
CARROLL COUNTY DANCE CENTER
Noon – 12:45 p.m.
For nearly 35 years, Carroll County Dance Center and Ballet Conservatory has built a reputation as the leading dance school in Carroll, Northern Howard, and Western Baltimore Counties. CCDC is dedicated to fostering a community where every dancer not only finds the joy of movement but also develops the skills that will guide them toward becoming future leaders. Through discipline, creativity, and a commitment to excellence, CCDC empowers its students to lead with confidence, integrity, and respect both on and off the stage.
Wilde Lake Steel Drum Band
SONG RIOT
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Song Riot aren’t your average guitar and accordion duo. A cool jazz standard one minute, a rousing Celtic number the next, and that’s just for starters. Yet it all sounds of a piece,
anchored by a passion for songs featuring strong melodies, a potential for musical
exploration, and words that say something.
anchored by a passion for songs featuring strong melodies, a potential for musical
exploration, and words that say something.
Tray Wellington Band
MOVEMENT IN MUSIC
2:00 – 2:45 p.m.
Movement in Music Ensemble (MIME) is a professional orchestra that aims to bring innovative concerts to audiences across Maryland by combining memorized classical music with choreography to create a visual presentation that brings the music to life. MIME musicians work with a choreographer to bring movement and breath to each performance, giving the audience a more vivid entry into the world of classical music.
Buffalo Nichols
ALYSHA BRILLA
3:00 – 4:15 p.m
Alysha Brilla is an Indo-Tanzanian Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, audio engineer and film composer blending folk, world, soul and pop influences. 2025 Women In Music International Leadership Honouree, a three-time JUNO Award nominee and 2024 Canadian Screen Award-nominated composer for The Queen Of My Dreams, Brilla’s work is known for its emotional depth and cultural richness.
Glenelg Jazz Ensemble
RAUL MIDON
4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
Blind singer-songwriter and guitarist Raul Midón is nothing if not prolific. His 14th and latest album Lost & Found is a blend of what he calls “smooth folk,” “alt-pop,” and “jazz.” A master at combining genres, the New York Times says “his music suggests a three-way fusion of Stevie
Wonder, Bobby McFerrin and José Feliciano.” Joining him on this project are industry veterans: Andres Forero (Hamilton, Phish, U2), drums and percussion; Richard Hammond (Hamilton), bass; Federico Pena (Black Lives), keyboards and piano.
Wonder, Bobby McFerrin and José Feliciano.” Joining him on this project are industry veterans: Andres Forero (Hamilton, Phish, U2), drums and percussion; Richard Hammond (Hamilton), bass; Federico Pena (Black Lives), keyboards and piano.
The Sidley’s
NOVALIMA
6:00 – 7:15 p.m.
The pioneering Afro-Peruvian sound system and Latin GRAMMY nominees Novalima
continues to innovate by collaborating with a new generation of artists and fusing contemporary global sounds with their Afro-Peruvian roots. Over their celebrated career, Novalima has earned worldwide critical acclaim from media outlets like NPR, The Guardian, Billboard, and La Presse, headlined iconic festivals such as Roskilde, WOMAD, and the Montreal Jazz Festival.
continues to innovate by collaborating with a new generation of artists and fusing contemporary global sounds with their Afro-Peruvian roots. Over their celebrated career, Novalima has earned worldwide critical acclaim from media outlets like NPR, The Guardian, Billboard, and La Presse, headlined iconic festivals such as Roskilde, WOMAD, and the Montreal Jazz Festival.
QUITAPENAS
SINKANE
7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
SINKANE is the nom de plume of multi-instrumentalist Ahmed Gallab. The former skate punk turned afro-funk maestro and veteran of indie-rock bands like Caribou, Yeasayer, and Of Montreal, has released eight albums since his debut in 2007 and continues to resist the confines of genre. It’s pop. It’s funk. It’s electronic. It blends the gritty punk newness of a 70s and 80s New York with the steady, foundational soul of the rhythms of Gallab’s native Sudan.
Gallab calls his latest album Though We Belong, his “love letter to Black music.”
Gallab calls his latest album Though We Belong, his “love letter to Black music.”
Garifuna Collective
BASSEL & THE SUPERNATURALS
9:15 – 10:30 p.m.
Bassel & The Supernaturals tells the story of Bassel Almadani’s experience as a first generation Syrian-American using soulful melodies, funk inspired rhythms, and captivating lyrics regarding love, loss, otherness, and the war in Syria. They made their national television debut in May 2024 as part of a new PBS docuseries starring Dule Hill entitled The Express Way, regarding the transformative power of the arts.
SUNDAY, JUNE 22
G4L: WLHS Step Team
WILDE LAKE & CENTENIAL STEEL DRUM
Noon – 1:00 p.m.
The Wilde Lake High School Steel Drum Band is one of many performing ensembles that make up the Wilde Lake Band Program. The Wilde Lake High School Steel Drum Band is well known for its performances of a variety of music, from Calypso to Soca, as well as jazz.
Line Dancing With Dancing Diva April
PATUXENT JAZZ ENSEMBLE
1:15 – 2:15 p.m.
Founded in 2015, the Patuxent Jazz Band operates under the Columbia Bands, Inc. (CBI) umbrella, and was formed to provide an outlet for community members to play in a jazz ensemble. Though some members play and teach music professionally, they are volunteers employed in a wide variety of professions, who share a love of music and a desire to play the many styles performed by jazz ensembles, from jazz/swing, to rock, to Latin.
Deborah Bond
BIRCKHEAD
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Saxophonist Brent Birckhead is an award-winning artist, whose aesthetic is an intersectional amalgam of traditional and popular styles. Unbound by genre, Birckhead’s approach to woodwind artistry is driven by his compulsion for creative risk and deep respect for legacy. The New York Times calls Birckhead “One of the most riveting young improvisers in New York.”
The Baltimore native’s talent earned him the honor of performing and touring with legendary artists including Lauryn Hill, Nas, Wale, Eric Benet, Larry Graham, George Duke and many more.
The Baltimore native’s talent earned him the honor of performing and touring with legendary artists including Lauryn Hill, Nas, Wale, Eric Benet, Larry Graham, George Duke and many more.
B. Funk Dance Company
TAE & THE NEIGHBORLY
4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
This Wisconsin based Soul-pop R&B group, found themselves playing music together in a very unconventional way. They were all neighbors, each one living alone on one floor of a five-story flat. Cake baking is a shared passion of the five-member group, but in the sugar shortages early in the 2020 pandemic, they found themselves so continually knocking on each other’s doors asking for a single cup of sugar that a group decision was made to all move in together and share cake- baking resources. It wasn’t before long that the group began to write and perform together across the nation.
Deborah Bond
GLENELG JAZZ ENSEMBLE
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
The Glenelg Jazz Ensemble has received more than 60 awards over the last 20 years, including the highest rating at the Maryland State Jazz Festival. Many national and regional jazz artists have shared the stage with the Ensemble, including Maynard Ferguson, The Count Basie Orchestra, Frank Foster, Carl Fischer, Chris Vadala, and Deanna Bogart.