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November 23rd, 2022

11/23/2022

We Want the Funk Fest Takes Over AWAACC December 9-10

Morris Day & The Time, Alexander O’Neal,
ConFunkShun and The Bar-Kays
Headline The Fourth Annual We Want the Funk Festival
at The August Wilson African American Cultural Center,
8:00 pm, December 9 and 10

PITTSBURGH, PA – The fourth annual We Want the Funk Festival, which takes place at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center (AWAACC) December 9 and 10 at 8:00 pm, celebrates the rhythm-driven musical genre that evolved from the R&B, soul, and jazz music of the 1960s that continues to influence today’s artists. Featuring a dynamic host and lineup, the concerts include a variety of performers from chart-toppers to R&B-fusion groups to solo vocalists.

Uhuru Jazz Series Kicks Off at AWAACC with Tia Fuller November 12

11/3/2022

Alto Saxophonist Tia Fuller Kicks Off
August Wilson African-American Cultural Center’s Uhuru Jazz Series for Two Shows,
7:00 pm and 9:00 pm on November 12

Tickets are $28.00 and On Sale Now at www.awaacc.org

PITTSBURGH, PA, October 25, 2022 – Colorado-born, Boston-based alto saxophonist, composer and educator Tia Fuller has been one of the most delightful and distinguished musicians on the jazz scene for two decades. She famously worked and toured with Beyoncé for four years, gigged with a wide range of artists from Aretha Franklin to Esperanza Spalding and provided the saxophone sound and was the model for the character, Dorothea Williams in the Oscar-winning animated Disney film, Soul. On Saturday, November 12, 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm, Fuller brings her towering talents to the August Wilson African-American Cultural Center (AWAACC), 980 Liberty Ave., to inaugurate the new Uhuru Jazz Series.

November 23rd, 2022

We Want the Funk Fest Takes Over AWAACC December 9-10

Morris Day & The Time, Alexander O’Neal,ConFunkShun and The Bar-KaysHeadline The Fourth Annual We Want the Funk Festivalat The August Wilson African American Cultural Center,8:00 pm, December 9 and 10

Uhuru Jazz Series Kicks Off at AWAACC with Tia Fuller November 12

Alto Saxophonist Tia Fuller Kicks OffAugust Wilson African-American Cultural Center’s Uhuru Jazz Series for Two Shows, 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm on November 12 Tickets are $28.00 and On Sale Now at www.awaacc.org

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Morris Day & The Time, Alexander O’Neal,
ConFunkShun and The Bar-Kays
Headline The Fourth Annual We Want the Funk Festival
at The August Wilson African American Cultural Center,
8:00 pm, December 9 and 10

Alto Saxophonist Tia Fuller Kicks Off
August Wilson African-American Cultural Center’s Uhuru Jazz Series for Two Shows,
7:00 pm and 9:00 pm on November 12

Tickets are $28.00 and On Sale Now at www.awaacc.org