Live Music

Few live venues still require attendees to mask or show proof of vaccination from night to night, but some artists do still require the precautions.

The Whitaker Festival will return to the Missouri Botanical Garden this summer. The music festival went on a two-year hiatus as the coronavirus pandemic shut down performances across the St. Louis region.

After her longest-ever break from touring, Dianne Reeves has a renewed desire to collaborate. She’ll bring her repertoire of jazz standards, pop hits and Brazilian music to the Sheldon on Thursday.

The Music at the Intersection festival returns for a second year, with national headliners like Erykah Badu, Gary Clark Jr. and plenty of room for local acts. Festival organizers aim to make this year’s event even bigger with vendors and indoor and outdoor stages.

Jazz St. Louis President and CEO Gene Dobbs Bradford will step down after more than 20 years of leading the organization. Bradford, who leaves this week to head the Savannah Music Festival in Georgia, said he’s excited about the future of jazz in St. Louis.

Arts groups eye a return to the stage once the omicron surge subsides.

As St. Louis artists and arts organizations worked through 2021, they improvised their way past roadblocks created by the coronavirus pandemic. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy Goodwin and Chad Davis spoke with artists and arts leaders about how the pandemic continued to affect their work this year, and how they’re finding a way forward.

Live performances are starting to look more like they used to, as venue owners adapt to a changing pandemic.

The banjo innovator is touring behind his first bluegrass album in 22 years.

The band’s upbeat music is rooted in the rhythms of the Black church and a respect for tradition that includes room for innovation.