ARTfactory Events

July 24, 6:30 pm – 8 pm –  SHENANDOAH RUN
All concerts at the Harris Pavilion – Rain or Shine!

Each year, the ARTfactory, in partnership with Micron Technology Foundation, the City of Manassas and the Harris Pavilion offers a series of free concerts. The popular concerts are scheduled on Saturday evenings throughout the summer. Bring your chairs, blankets, and picnics to enjoy these concerts with your friends and neighbors!

SummerSounds is partially supported by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Shenandoah Run is an eight-member folk ensemble from the Washington, DC area. Formed in 2011, the band performs traditional and contemporary folk music in a manner that delights a diverse mix of music lovers of all ages.

SR showcases the spirited sounds of Americana, along with the occasional country or bluegrass tune, and delivers a rousing mix of music and styles. The members’ vocal and instrumental savvy, coupled with a strong desire to keep folk music alive and fresh, are key to the group’s success.
https://www.shenandoahrun.com/

August 7, 6:30 pm- 8 pm – “Lil’ Maceo” Kareem Walkes
All concerts at the Harris Pavilion – Rain or Shine!

Each year, the ARTfactory, in partnership with Micron Technology Foundation, the City of Manassas and the Harris Pavilion offers a series of free concerts. The popular concerts are scheduled on Saturday evenings throughout the summer. Bring your chairs, blankets, and picnics to enjoy these concerts with your friends and neighbors!

SummerSounds is partially supported by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

International Saxophonist Kareem Walkes, is quickly becoming one of contemporary jazz’s most thrilling and emotive performers, and continues to stand out and push boundaries as a composer, performer, and recording artist. He’s becoming the go-to sax-man for artists like Cyril Neville, Li’nard’s Many Moods, and Blues Hall Of Famer Slam Allen. Kareem’s playing, though inspired by Maceo Parker and Candy Dulfer, among others, displays his own fresh ideas and distinctive tone. Born and raised in Queens New York, home to many Jazz legends like Louis Armstrong, Count Basie to name a few, Kareem has been breathing powerful, soulful, raw energy into his saxophone since the age of 18.  Kareem’s musical journey began as a star tenor saxophonist with his high school band and then quickly sky-rocketed.  Soon thereafter, Kareem shared a televised musical stage with a tremendous gathering of jazz legends, including Harold Ousley, Sonny Rollins, Benny Waters, Lionel Hampton, and G. Earl Grice to name a few on the cable program “Harold Ousley & His Circle of Friends”.

Kareem’s mastery of the soprano saxophone earned him the laudable nickname “the Black Kenny G” and as a smooth jazz soprano saxophonist, Kareem has recorded 2 albums entitled “Passion” and “Sax and the City.”  Kareem’s 3rd album “Grown & Saxy” a “Pop” jazz album, is slated for a Fall release.
https://www.kareemwalkes.com/index.html

August 14, 6:30 pm – 8 pm –  The Splinters
All concerts at the Harris Pavilion – Rain or Shine!

Each year, the ARTfactory, in partnership with Micron Technology Foundation, the City of Manassas and the Harris Pavilion offers a series of free concerts. The popular concerts are scheduled on Saturday evenings throughout the summer. Bring your chairs, blankets, and picnics to enjoy these concerts with your friends and neighbors!

SummerSounds is partially supported by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Splinters draw on influences that cross all kinds of style “boundaries” (yeah, like music should have boundaries, right?). The quick answer is, “It’s kind of Americana. You know, a mash-up of bluesy, rootsy rock and roll, old country, alt-country, bluegrass and New Orleans funk. Only different.” It’s songs with meaning, songs that tell stories, songs that sound familiar, even if you’ve never heard them before. However you describe it, it’s a sound that has been getting audiences to clap, stomp, cheer, dance, sing along and turn out in droves (it’s a word. No, really). The band members have been making music across this great land we call “here” for longer than they care to admit to, but that experience shows in their tight playing, punchy rhythms and close harmonies.

www.Splinterville.com

September 4, 6:30 pm – 8 pm –  Wicked Olde
All concerts at the Harris Pavilion – Rain or Shine!

Each year, the ARTfactory, in partnership with Micron Technology Foundation, the City of Manassas and the Harris Pavilion offers a series of free concerts. The popular concerts are scheduled on Saturday evenings throughout the summer. Bring your chairs, blankets, and picnics to enjoy these concerts with your friends and neighbors!

SummerSounds is partially supported by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Wicked Olde formed in mid-2013 as a trio featuring Ahnika Emery (fiddle), Tim Noone (harmonica, guitar, percussions & vocals) and Ray Sheehan (guitar & vocals).  Coming from a variety of musical backgrounds, they combined Celtic music (Ray & Ahnika) with bluegrass, blues, and old-timey music (Tim), and a fair smattering of acoustic pop and folk (Ray & Tim). They liked what they heard and so did listeners. In June 2014, Heather Butler (also a Celtic music friend of Ray’s) joined on mandolin, fiddle, and vocals. Heather, in turn, introduced the group to Brigitte DeHaven on lead vocals, keyboard, percussions, and bass. The group is now a quartet featuring strong instrumental teamwork with 3-part and 4-part harmonies.
http://www.wickedoldemusic.com/