Friday After 5

UPDATE 6/16 at 1:30pm

The community’s safety is our top priority. Due to a high chance of severe thunderstorms forecasted for this evening, we have made the difficult decision to postpone tonight’s concert. We are working on rescheduling the event and hope to have a new date identified in the coming days.

Stay tuned for details.

The Tysons Community Alliance (TCA) presents Friday After 5! From June through August, the TCA is producing a jazz music series on the third Friday of the month from 5-8 PM. We are happy to be partnering with them on the first concert to kick off the series, which will be held at The PARC at Tysons! This event will feature local jazz vocalist Akua Allrich. Bring a chair, pack a picnic, or grab dinner and dessert from one of the food trucks on site.

About the artist:

Jazz vocalist and DC-native Akua Allrich has proven herself to be a musician of extraordinary talent and crowd-moving passion. With finesse and charisma, this vocalist, composer and teacher, has successfully etched out a place for her unique musical expression, electrifying audiences in and around the nation’s capital with sold-out performances.

Allrich’s style is fluid and ever evolving. Her musical roots run deeply into blues, soul and rhythm and blues, with a clear grounding in jazz and pan-African music. She sings in many languages including Portuguese, French, Spanish, English, Xhosa, and Twi. Given her ability to capture the essence of a broad range of musical genres, Allrich is often likened to legendary artists such as Oscar Brown, Jr., Miriam Makeba and Nina Simone.