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SUMMARY:MATI: Music At The Intersection @ Grand Center Arts District
DESCRIPTION:The 2025 MATI festival will return to Grand Center and The Roots FM is excited to be a community partner for this event! \nSept 12-14\, MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference returns for its fifth year with a diverse\, roots-inspired and decades-spanning artist lineup. Headliners include 3x Grammy winning rapper Common with superproducer Pete Rock\, the godmother of soul Patti LaBelle\, New Orleans R&B singer-songwriter Lucky Daye\, neo-soul R&B singer-producer Leon Thomas\, legendary hip-hop group De La Soul\, and jazz great Branford Marsalis. See the full lineup at MATIstl.org.  \nMATI weekend – now expanded to three days\, Sept 12-14 – features more than 100 national\, regional and St. Louis-based performances and presentations across 19 stages and venues throughout Grand Center Arts District’s festival footprint – with Washington Avenue being the main activation area. Weekend and single-day passes are available at MATIstl.org.  \nThe Roots FM will have a tent where you can meet and talk with our DJ’s and YOU could even be on the air.  We will be doing live broadcasts throughout each day on Friday\, Saturday and Sunday!!!  Hope to see you there!! \nAll MATI Main Stages passholders will have access to indoor restrooms\, expanded seating\, lounge areas\, shade structures and curated food and beverage options. The Big Top and Field Stage will feature new video elements\, while The Sovereign – brand new for 2025 – will offer a state-of-the-art audio and visual concert experience. MATI weekend pass holders will be able to come and go freely from the block party to the performance areas\, showing their pass at security checkpoints to gain access to the Main Stages. Weekend (Sept 12-14) and single-day MATI Main Stages passes are available at MATIstl.org. MATI is donating $10 from each MATI pass to 4theVille for St. Louis tornado relief. \n  \n \nMap of Music at the Intersection 2025. \nARTISTS AND ACTIVATIONS BY DAY \nMATI weekend features more than 100 national\, regional and St. Louis-based performances and presentations across 19 stages and venues. The daily lineups are as follows: \nPedrito Martinez (Artist-at-Large); Keyon Harrold (Artist-in-Residence) and Brenda Navarrete (Artist-at-Large) will play on multiple sets throughout MATI weekend. \nFriday\, September 12 \nCoco & Breezy; Barrington Levy; Pirulo Y La Tribu; Weedie Braimah & The Hands of Time; Marquise Knox with Funky Butt Brass Band; Anita Jackson; House of Tucci: Ish Ensemble Superjam; Playadors St. Louis Superjam; Saint Boogie Brass Band; K Kudda Muzic & Friends; Materia Takeover; Noel Spiva; Branden Michael Lewis; Frankie Dowop & The Thundacats; and Scooter Brown \nSaturday\, September 13 \nCommon & Pete Rock; Lucky Daye; John Medeski’s Mad Skillet; Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe; The S.O.S. Band; The Budos Band; Leela James; The Womack Sisters; Ryan Trey; Adam Maness Trio feat. Bob DeBoo & Kaleb Kirby; Whitworth; T-Dubb-O; Drea Vocalz; Mesonjixx; Joe2morrow; Antonio Foster Trio; Enoch Ravi and the Indigenous Groove; Marc Buxton; KC Mackey; Santo; The Boogaloo Crew of St. Louis; Cassette with Charlie Chan Soprano & Rhashad La Rocka’; and DJ Sinamin \nSunday\, September 14 \nPatti LaBelle; Leon Thomas; De La Soul; Branford Marsalis; Arooj Aftab; The Baylor Project; Keyon Harrold; Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio; Butcher Brown; Jazz STL celebrates Miles feat. Danny Campbell\, Keyon Harrold\, Dustin Shrum\, Dawn Weber\, Kasimu Taylor & Brady Lewis; Blvck Spade & The Cosmos; Brothers Lazaroff Super Friends; Eldraco+FreeNation; Matt “The Rattlesnake” Lesch; Matthew Henry’s Agbara; DJ Mahf; DJ Boogieman; Papa Ray; Biko; DJ Crucial & Agile One; Chilly C; Steward Stiles; DJ Phonzeito; The Lady J Huston Show; and G.Wiz and the Time Travelers \n 
URL:https://www.therootsfm.org/event/mati-music-at-the-intersection-grand-center-arts-district/
LOCATION:MO
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SUMMARY:The Band Feel @ Rose Music Hall
DESCRIPTION:THE BAND FEEL is a Rock band from St. Louis known for their dynamic sound that pays homage to the Classic Rock era while adding a modern twist. With influences ranging from 70’s rock to Laurel Canyon to mid-century jazz\, FEEL has garnered attention for their high-energy performances and captivating songwriting. The band has quickly gained recognition within the industry\, sharing stages with renowned acts such as Cheap Trick\, Blackberry Smoke\, 38 Special\, Rival Sons\, and more. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.therootsfm.org/event/the-band-feel-rose-music-hall/
LOCATION:MO
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SUMMARY:John Batdorf @ Focal Point
DESCRIPTION:John Batdorf has been performing regularly at the Focal Point for many years\, and this will likely be the final tour he makes through our area. He is a singer-songwriter solo artist and one half of Las Vegas Rock and Roll Hall Of Famers folk-rock duo Batdorf & Rodney and 70’s hit band Silver whose hit song Wham Bam became a part of the Guardians Of The Galaxy ll blockbuster movie. He’s also a successful film and TV composer\, session vocalist\, and inspirational musician in the substance recovery community.\n\nIn his five-decade career\, he’s worked with icons such as Ahmet Ertegun\, David Geffen\, Clive Davis\, Roger Birnbaum\, Adele\, James Horner\, Jimmie Haskell\, Bill Conti\, Bob Ezrin\, Tom Werman\, Bill Halverson\, America\, Rod Stewart\, Dave Mason\, Donna Summer\, Dwight Yoakum\, David Lee Roth\, and Motley Crüe\, plus many others. In the realm of film and TV incidental music\, he’s lent his voice and compositional skills to beloved shows such as Tom and Jerry Kids\, Garfield and Friends\, Touched By An Angel\, Promised Land\, and Doctor\, Doctor\, and Book of Days. Most recently Wham Bam\, a hit by John’s band Silver in 1976 is now part of the soundtrack to Guardians Of The Galaxy ll. With legendary Utah-based singer\, composer\, and filmmaker\, Michael McLean\, under Batdorf & McLean\, he launched a unique substance abuse survival platform\, and released the CD Soundtrax2Recovery.\n\n\nBatdorf has also released new music collaboratively with his old partner Mark Rodney and James Lee Stanley. Since 2004\, he’s released nine solo albums on his own imprint\, BATMAC MUSIC.\n\nSince 2017\, John has released three new CDs including\, Me and My Guitar\, a 17-song rearranged and unplugged collection of songs John has recorded in his 52 year career\, Last Summer and An Extraordinary Ordinary Life\, Side ll\, I’ll Let Roy’s Song Carry Me Home\, and latest release\, I’m Not Givin’ Up\, were all written\, recorded and released during the great pandemic of 2020/2023.\n\n 
URL:https://www.therootsfm.org/event/john-batdorf-the-focal-point/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton Blvd\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143.\, United States
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