Fridays on the Square

2017 FRIDAYS ON THE SQUARE LINE UP!

6/9/17 JUMPIN' JUPITER
One of Virginia's premiere rockin' and rollin' rockabilly outfits, Jumpin’ Jupiter landed in the Falls Church area sometime in the summer of ’92. These stripped-down psychobilly cowpunks have found a home here on Earth. A home in the hearts of all of those folks out there who haven't forgotten how much fun good ol' American music is!

6/23/17 ZUZU'S HOT 5
Part Louis Armstrong, part Fats Waller, and part Flapper! That’s Zuzu’s Hot 5. Thumpin’ strings send your body into an unstopp-able rhythm. The Hot 5 provides stomps, rambles, lowdown blues, rollicking Dixieland and pop ballads from the most tumultuous and creative era of American music: 1910-1931. Prohibition-Era Jazzatitsbest! www.zuzushotfive.com

7/7/17 HACKENSAW BOYS
With feet firmly planted in the old-time song tradition, hands soiled by the dirt of rock n’ roll and eyes fixed steadily on the future of real country music, the Hackensaw Boys are among the most exciting groups charting new territory in today’s diverse Americana music scene. www.hackensawboys.com

7/21/17 -MIDNIGHT SPAGHETTI
Keeping the old school party vibe of Digital Underground and Trouble Funk alive, Midnight Spaghetti takes the beat and runs with it in progressive directions. Their blend of classic funk, conscious frenetic rap, a killer horn section, and a contagious enthusiasm for life leaves people wondering what planet they came from, but more importantly, how they can get on that mothership. www.midnightspaghetti.com

8/4/17 - BRYAN ELIJAH SMITH & THE WILD HEARTS
Bryan Elijah Smith & The Wild Hearts are an ‘Alternative-Americana’ band based out of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. The music cradles all things ‘Americana’ at heart & at hand without shying away from a truly uninhibited pop sensibility. Crossing a wide array of genres, what gets produced has been compared to the likes of everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Kings of Leon.
www.bryanelijahsmith.com

8/18/17 - THE WALKING ROOTS BAND
Mixing a variety of musical tastes and influences, The Walking Roots Band settled into a roots-music sound, with instrumentation including different combinations of guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, violin, acoustic bass, and accordion. A love of rhymes, lyrics, and wordplay manifest themselves in some clever, lyrically-driven folk songs, as well as the pioneering of the up-and-coming genre "folk-rap.” www.thewalkingrootsband.com