Nationwide — Critically acclaimed a cappella group and social justice champions, Candy Honey In The Rock, proudly announce new tour dates for the autumn and spring of 2025 in commemoration of their 50 Years and Past Tour.
Since its inception in Washington D.C. in 1973, Candy Honey In The Rock has thrived as a efficiency ensemble based on the missions of empowerment, training, and leisure. The present ensemble options vocalists Carol Maillard and Louise Robinson — each unique members of the group, together with Nitanju Bolade Casel, Aisha Kahlil, and Rochelle Rice; Romeir Mendez, bass, and Barbara Hunt, American Signal Language interpreter.
The Grammy-nominated act celebrated its fiftieth Anniversary in 2023 and appears to set the course for the way forward for the group by asserting their upcoming tour for 2024 & 2025: Celebrating 50 Years and Past. Having been not too long ago signed to the distinguished Kurland Company, a reserving company identified for his or her high-profile purchasers corresponding to Wynton Marsalis, Take 6, and Sonny Rollins, Candy Honey has introduced over 30 new tour dates beginning in October 2024 within the UK and can conclude with a efficiency in Toronto, Canada in April 2025.
Though there may be definitely trigger for celebration, 2024 additionally noticed the passing of Bernice Johnson Reagon, one of many 4 founding members of Candy Honey within the Rock. Bernice served as a prolific composer and the ensemble’s inventive director for 30 years from the band’s inception till 2004. As an outspoken member of the Pupil Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, her dedication to social justice and equality is infused within the music, spirit, and beliefs of Candy Honey within the Rock. As they transfer ahead and look towards the long run, Candy Honey within the Rock does so in remembrance of their beloved mentor and with a dedication to honor her life and legacy.
“After we began the group again in 1973, we have been excited to share the musical kinds and that Bernice was educating and our vocal workshops on the DC Black Repertory Theater. We had no concept that we might be capable to proceed for 50 years. We’re grateful to all the ladies who made it doable for there to be a band named Candy Honey In The Rock on this planet. Now greater than ever, the music and messages are shifting into our with the ability to have fun 50 years and past,” states Carol Maillard, one of many founding members of the band. Candy Honey In The Rock is a renewed dedication to lifting up these in want, enlightening and galvanizing audiences of all ages to take a stand in opposition to injustice.
As a band with a wealthy historical past of worldwide performances, Candy Honey within the Rock is thrilled to as soon as once more unfold their message to an abroad viewers. For the primary time since 2013, the ensemble might be performing twice in the UK. Kicking off the 50 and Past tour, they may carry out at Llais, Cardiff’s Worldwide Arts Pageant, on October twelfth on the Wales Millennium Centre and can seem on the Barbican in London on October thirteenth.
Candy Honey In The Rock may also carry out 3 particular dates in late October and early November with legendary singer-songwriter Rickee Lee Jones in Evanston IL, Nashville TN, and Buffalo NY.
Fittingly, the band has booked six dates commemorating their annual “Holy Days” live performance performances later this yr with 4 performances slated at Blues Alley in Washington, DC on December 14th and fifteenth, a efficiency in Northridge, CA on the nineteenth; and wrap up the yr with an look in Wickenburg, AZ on December twentieth. Tickets are actually on sale for all exhibits.
SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK TOUR DATES:
2024
10/12/24 – Cardiff UK – Wales Millenium Centre10/13/24 – London UK – The Barican10/18 & 10/19 – Winchester VA – Armstrong Live performance Hall10/27/24 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Annenberg Heart for the Performing Arts10/30/24 – Evanston IL – Area (Showing with Rickee Lee Jones)11/1/24 – Nashville, TN – Brown County Music Heart (Showing with Rickee Lee Jones)11/2/24 – Buffalo NY – UB Heart For The Arts (Showing with Rickee Lee Jones)11/3/24 – Poughkeepsie NY – The Bardavon11/12/24 – Phoenix AZ – Museum Instrument Museum11/14-11/17, 2024 – San Francisco, California – SF Jazz Center11/18/24 – Santa Cruz CA – Rio Theatre12/14 & 12/15 – Washington DC – Blues Alley (Holy Days Live performance)12/19/24 – Northridge CA –The Soraya (Holy Days Live performance)12/20/24 – Wickenburg AZ – Del E. Webb Heart (Holy Days Live performance)
2025
1/23/25 – Baton Rouge LA – Manship Theatre1/24/25 – Memphis TN – Halloran Centre on the Orpheum1/25/25 – Atlanta GA – Rialto Heart For The Arts at Georgia State University2/14/25 – Austin TX – Bass Live performance Hall2/21/25 – Boise ID – Morrison Center2/26/25 – Fort Collins CO – The Lincoln Center2/28/25 – Boulder CO – Macky Auditorium Live performance Hall3/1/25 – Lone Tree CO – Lone Tree Arts Center4/1/25 – Toronto ON – Meridian Arts Centre (Showing with Kaia Kater)
For extra data on Candy Honey In The Rock, please go to SweetHoneyintheRock.org
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Upcoming Dates
October 12 • Cardiff, Wales, UKOctober 13 • London, England, UKOctober 18 • Winchester, VAOctober 19 • Winchester, VAOctober 27 • Philadelphia, PAOctober 30 • Evanston, IL w/ Rickie Lee JonesNovember 01 • Nashville, IN w/ Rickie Lee JonesNovember 02 • Buffalo, NY* w/ Rickie Lee JonesNovember 03 • Poughkeepsie, NY*November 12 • Phoenix, AZNovember 14 • San Francisco, CANovember 15 • San Francisco, CANovember 16 • San Francisco, CANovember 17 • San Francisco, CANovember 18 • Santa Cruz, CA*December 14 • Washington DCDecember 15 • Washington DCDecember 19 • Northridge, CADecember 20 • Wickenburg, AZ*January 23, 2025 • Baton Rouge, LA*January 24, 2025 • Memphis, TN*January 25, 2025 • Atlanta, GA*February 6, 2025 • Elyria, OH*February 7, 2025 • Elyria, OH*February 13, 2025 • Austin, TX*February 14, 2025 • Austin, TX*February 21, 2025 • Boise, ID*February 26, 2025 • Fort Collins, COFebruary 28, 2025 • Boulder, COMarch 1, 2025 • Lone Tree, COApril 4, 2025 • Toronto, ON
*Tickets not but obtainable
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