DCMS
Celebrating Black Music Month
With gratitude and reverence, we celebrate this month — and every month — honoring the profound African American musical influences that form an essential part of our nation’s treasured cultural heritage.
ORAL HISTORY SERIES
ON-GOING DCMS EVENTS
DC Music Summit & DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Present in Celebration of Black Music Month
You Gotta Leave DC to Get Love? Rethinking Infrastructure for Black Music in the Nation’s Capital (Panel & Talk Back)
The DC Music Summit’s project “You Gotta Leave DC to Get Love” will engage with the Kennedy Center’s Social Impact program to confront and challenge a common perception in Washington, D.C.—that local artists must leave the city to find success. This collaboration will continue the DCMS project focusing on capturing the voices and stories of those creating inclusive spaces and opportunities for D.C.-based musicians. Through interviews with artists and industry professionals, DCMS will highlight challenges caused by limited resources, gentrification, and systemic discrimination and celebrate community-led solutions that foster resilience and sustainable careers.
The event is Tuesday, June 16
Doors open at 5:30 PM
🕠 Event is 6-8:30PM
📍Location : 200 I Street SE
🎟 Free with RSVP
THE HISTORY OF
DC MUSIC SUMMITS
On March 6, 2016, The Summit was founded by Dior Ashley Brown, and originally organized with the support of Jonna Humphries and Aerica Banks. Three women who love music, who care about the DC community, and who saw an opportunity to highlight the link between creativity and entrepreneurship. The goal of the Summit is to support musicians and industry professionals in building their creative business and create sustainability through their craft.
The Summit focuses on the DC Musician's business, community, and the art, the sessions are intensive, building greater understandings, deeper connections, and bursting opportunities.
The DC Music Summit puts itself in the heart of the undeserved communities/business, making it accessible, focusing on creative minorities, and underground independent artists.
IT TAKES THIS VILLAGE
Join our mailing list and be the first to know when the next Summit is announced.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
History in the Making
Through a dynamic mix of in-person music sessions and community initiatives, DCMS brings people together. By partnering with both new and established companies, we connect change makers and cultivate a movement designed to create lasting impact in our neighborhood and beyond.
Every event is a chance for community leaders, local artists, and neighbors to come together and the result is something special.
MOMENTUM SO FAR
100+ EVENTS
With celebrated ensemble and a rich lineup of workshops, networking sessions, & live concerts.
50+ INDUSTRY PANELS
With some of the most esteemed figures & insiders in the region's music scene.
100+ DCMS MEMBERS
A creative home where every artist's voice finds & feels a sense of belonging & support.
