We're back!  This even was such a success last year that we are putting it on again!

What could be a better way to start the summer a free outdoor celebration of the sacred steel guitar featuring the legendary Calvin Cooke, festival favorite and co-producer Kashiah Hunter, and an all-star backing band!

 For those who aren’t familiar with it, sacred steel is a genre that developed in Black churches in the Southeastern United States. Sacred steel players have a unique ability to make their instruments “sing,” and their entire performance is geared towards raising a spirit of joy and community in the audience. It’s the perfect energy for a Brooklyn summer block party..and it’s free!  

To learn more about the genre, click here for the Steel Guitar Unconvention’s official sacred steel playlist. 

Date: July 8th, 3pm-5pm 

Location: Right outside the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia St., Brooklyn, NY, 11231 

For more information, click here for the Jalopy website. 

Thank you to the Brooklyn Arts Council for their generous support, for the fourth year in a row! 

If you'd like to make a contribution and help our mission of bringing steel guitar to the people, click here! 

Produced by Raphael McGregor and Kashiah Hunter