American Spiritual Ensemble

with Everett McCorvey

The American Spiritual Ensemble is renowned for its compelling performances of songs of praise, pleas for salvation, and lamentations of agony.

Brooklyn Rider & Gabriel Kahane

Brooklyn Rider, the four virtuoso chamber band, return this season with fellow Brooklynite and composer/pianist/singer/songwriter Gabriel Kahane.

Roomful of Teeth & American Contemporary Music Ensemble

The powerhouse combination of Grammy winners Roomful of Teeth and new music dynamos American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) features three celebrated composers in a program for voices and strings

Laura Jane Grace and The Devouring Mothers

with Dave Dondero

As the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Against Me!, Grace has become an electrifying torchbearer of punk in the new millennium and a powerful voice in music for gender-variant people.

Where’s the Band?

See solo acoustic performances by the frontmen of some of today’s most successful rock groups. The lineup features Chris Conley (Saves The Day), Dan Andriano (Alkaline Trio), Matt Pryor (The Get Up Kids), Anthony Raneri (Bayside), and Andy Jackson (Hot Rod Circuit).

Deer Tick “Acoustic”

with Mutual Benefit

The band brings a famously freewheeling musical approach to our stage for an intimate acoustic performance.

An Evening With Greg Dulli

with Derrick Brown

‘An Evening With Greg Dulli’ features Dulli leading his stripped down band through a wide selection of songs encompassing his entire career along with the debut of several new songs.

Andra Day

with Conrad Sewell

Day walks the line between reverence and revelation, using both to her advantage. The soul, jazz and R&B singer cultivates an aesthetic with clear reference points in the past, but she tells stories firmly rooted in her present. It’s a jarring and compelling combination.

UCB Improv Crash Course

This intimate UCB workshop is a two-hour long “crash course” in the UCB style of long-form improvisational comedy, based on the same ideas that are central to UCB’s Improv 101 class in NYC.

Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company

The Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company brings the very best of its New York City and Los Angeles theatres to our stage.

Jen Kirkman “I Know What I’m Doing And Other Lies I Tell Myself”

Join Jen Kirkman for a night of funny, personal, and cringe-worthy stories told by Jen – aka “dispatches from a life under construction,” followed by a reading from Jen’s new book and a Q&A session.

Brad Mehldau Trio

One of the most ceaselessly inventive and highly regarded trios of the past 20 years is that of pianist Brad Mehldau (with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard).

Bonnie “Prince” Billy + Bitchin’ Bajas (Together AND Apart)

with Highlife

The man who acts under the name Will Oldham and sings and composes under the name Bonnie “Prince” Billy has, over the past quarter-century, made an idiosyncratic journey through, and an indelible mark on, the worlds of indie rock and independent cinema.

Lion Babe

with Kamau

The New York-based duo is made up of singer/songwriter and performance artist Jillian Hervey and instrumentalist and producer Lucas Goodman. The duo constantly embrace polarity, mixing and matching sounds and visuals to create something new and unique.

Benjamin Clementine

The Mercury Prize-winning poet and musician brings relentless piano and haunting lyricism to downtown DC with songs from his debut EP, Cornerstone.

Hari Kondabolu

with Carmen Lagala

Dubbed one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today by the New York Times, the Brooklyn-based comic brings his political humor to downtown DC, following the release of his sophomore album, Mainstream American Comic.

Andy Zaltzman: Satirist For Hire

The comedian takes “Satirist for Hire” on the road, addressing audience queries, complaints, demands, and general gripes in his unique satirical stand-up show.

Brooklyn Rider & Anne Sofie von Otter

The groundbreaking string quartet return to our stage this fall with mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter for a program ranging from the Beatles to Björk.

An Intimate Night with Allen Stone

with King Charles and Moorea Masa

On his third full-length album, the soul artist proves himself deeply devoted to making uncompromisingly soulful music that transcends all pop convention. Made in collaboration with Swedish soul singer/songwriter/phenom Magnus Tingsek, Radius captures the warm energy of that creative connection and transports the listener to a higher and more exalted plane.

CANCELED: The Election and the Jews

How will Jews vote in the upcoming election? How does Jewish identity inform people’s voting choices, historically and now? The Washington Post’s Outlook editor, Adam B. Kushner, hosts a wide-ranging conversation about the role(s) of Jews and the Jewish community in this election with leading thinkers and experts.

Zakir Hussain with Niladri Kumar

Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain performs in duet with Niladri Kumar, a virtuoso of the sitar and of his own invention, the zitar—a five-stringed electric sitar.

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn

It took a decade as a couple for “banjo royalty” Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn to officially team up musically on a 2016 Grammy Award–winning album and tour. It was worth the wait.

Mock The Vote: Pre-Election Comedy Showcase

Lee Camp, Leah Bonnema, and Brian Parise form a comedic SuperPAC to deliver a night of politically incorrect comedy. Hosted by Andrew Knox as Donald Trump.

NSO + Sixth & I present:

Kennedy Center Chamber Players

The Kennedy Center Chamber Players is formed of principal and guest players of the National Symphony Orchestra. They will be performing an exciting repertoire to include: Beethoven: Duo No.1 in More +

Chucho Valdés Joe Lovano Quintet

It’s a match made in jazz heaven: Afro-Cuban piano legend, Irakere founder, and five-time Grammy-winner Jesús “Chucho” Valdés and the ever-versatile sax virtuoso and multiple-time DownBeat Jazz Artist of the Year More +

Maynard James Keenan – Early Show

A Perfect Union of Contrary Things is the authorized biography of musician and vintner Maynard James Keenan. A comprehensive portrayal of a versatile and dedicated artist, A Perfect Union of Contrary Things pays homage to the people and places that shaped the man and his art.

Maynard James Keenan – Late Show

A Perfect Union of Contrary Things is the authorized biography of musician and vintner Maynard James Keenan. A comprehensive portrayal of a versatile and dedicated artist, A Perfect Union of Contrary Things pays homage to the people and places that shaped the man and his art.

UCB Improv Crash Course

This intimate UCB workshop is a two-hour long “crash course” in the UCB style of long-form improvisational comedy, based on the same ideas that are central to UCB’s Improv 101 class in NYC.

Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company

The Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company brings the very best of its New York City and Los Angeles theatres to our stage.

CANCELED: Magik*Magik

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been canceled. Those who purchased tickets will be refunded. Minna Choi’s music inhabits an alternative universe, a place where sound is unfettered by More +

Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King – EARLY SHOW

Hasan Minhaj is a comedian, actor, and writer in New York. He is a correspondent on the Emmy and Peabody award-winning program The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. His critically acclaimed one man show Homecoming King recently returned Off-Broadway after a sold-out run in 2015.

Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King – LATE SHOW

Hasan Minhaj is a comedian, actor, and writer in New York. He is a correspondent on the Emmy and Peabody award-winning program The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. His critically acclaimed one man show Homecoming King recently returned Off-Broadway after a sold-out run in 2015.

An Evening to Thank and Celebrate Esther Safran Foer

Our outgoing Executive Director reflects on what it was like to be part of creating Sixth & I from the very beginning as well as the surprises, inspiration, and lessons learned across a decade of pioneering leadership, in conversation with Hanna Rosin. Reception to follow.

MLK Shabbat

Visions of Freedom and Justice

This moving service with Turner Memorial AME Church, which worshiped in Sixth & I’s building for five decades, commemorates the spirit and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.

Mogwai Play Atomic

Mogwai’s new album, Atomic, is composed of reworked versions of the music recorded for the soundtrack to Mark Cousin’s documentary Atomic: Living In Dread and Promise, which aired on BBC Four last summer.

Kennedy Center Chamber Players

The Kennedy Center Chamber Players is formed of principal and guest players of the National Symphony Orchestra.

Carlos Henriquez Sextet

The distinguished artist is well-known to local audiences as the veteran bassist of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO). Born and raised in the Bronx, Henriquez played in his teens More +

Speaking Out for Refugees

A Meeting for Young Professionals

Looking for ways to lift up your voice in support of vulnerable and marginalized people? Learn how you can help make a difference for refugees in the coming months through advocacy, social media, and more.

Ute Lemper: Songs for Eternity

As a postwar German native who now lives in New York and is married to a Jewish man, Lemper is eternally sensitive and tortured by the history of the Holocaust. She considers it her responsibility and has an ethical longing to honor the Jewish people and to stimulate the dialogue about the terrible past.

Colin Currie

A performance by the Scotland-based artist is a pulse-quickening journey through both artistic styles and physical space. The renowned percussionist has commissioned and premiered works from a wealth of composers of wide-ranging cultures and traditions, earning 2015’s Instrumentalist of the Year honors from Britain’s Royal Philharmonic Society for his achievements.

UCB Improv Crash Course

This intimate UCB workshop is a two-hour long “crash course” in the UCB style of long-form improvisational comedy, based on the same ideas that are central to UCB’s Improv 101 class in NYC.

Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company

The Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company brings the very best of its New York City and Los Angeles theatres to our stage.

Laura Mvula

The critically acclaimed R&B artist is one of the most exciting musical talents to come out of the UK. Her unique character and musical mind have broken the boundaries of music since the release of her debut EP in 2012.

Kronos Quartet

With over 850 commissioned works and arrangements to its credit, representing composers from five continents, Kronos is an unrivaled innovator in the Western classical tradition and an ever-curious explorer of other idioms ranging from jazz, blues, and indie rock to the folk, classical, and traditional music of many other cultures.

Tell Me Something I Don’t Know Podcast – Live

Night One

Tell Me Something I Don’t Know is a live game show and podcast hosted by Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books and host of Freakonomics Radio. It has the same kind of factual, inquisitive journalism that has been a hallmark of Dubner’s work, but it’s disguised in the most entertaining, unexpected, and occasionally ridiculous conversation you’re likely to hear.

Tell Me Something I Don’t Know Podcast – Live

Night Two

Tell Me Something I Don’t Know is a live game show and podcast hosted by Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books and host of Freakonomics Radio. It has the same kind of factual, inquisitive journalism that has been a hallmark of Dubner’s work, but it’s disguised in the most entertaining, unexpected, and occasionally ridiculous conversation you’re likely to hear.

Valerie June

with Anthony D’Amato

Named one of America’s “most intriguing, fully formed new talents,” by the New York Times, the Tennessee-bred, Brooklyn-based songwriter returns to Sixth & I with songs from her forthcoming album, The Order of Time.

Devendra Banhart and The Grogs

Devendra Banhart’s ninth new album, Ape in Pink Marble was written, produced, arranged, and recorded in Los Angeles by the singer/songwriter/guitarist with his longtime collaborators Noah Georgeson and Josiah Steinbrick, both of More +

Brad Mehldau

Three Pieces After Bach

In this solo program, the piano master explores his relationship to Bach from several angles, juxtaposing his own new composition, Three Pieces After Bach, with several canonical pieces from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier and a selection of earlier Mehldau jazz compositions.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In Conversation with Audie Cornish

From the best-selling author of Americanah comes Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, a framework for feminism today written as a letter to her childhood friend.

You’re Funny But You Don’t Look Jewish

Italian, African American, Indian, and Vietnamese American Jewish stand-up comedians share the stage and their own experiences about being ‘undercover’ members of the tribe.

Avital Meets Avital

Avi Avital & Omer Avital

A coincidentally shared surname only scratches the surface of the deep affinity between these two accomplished musicians. Both born in Israel, the two artists represent different (though highly complementary) musical paths.

Anoushka Shankar – Early Show

Shankar returns to both her cultural and familial roots, leading a virtuoso septet in a program devoted to North Indian classical music. The artist combines Indian musical currents with jazz, pop, flamenco, and more for a return performance on our stage.

Anoushka Shankar – Late Show

Shankar returns to both her cultural and familial roots, leading a virtuoso septet in a program devoted to North Indian classical music. The artist combines Indian musical currents with jazz, pop, flamenco, and more for a return performance on our stage.

6th in the City Shabbat

Musical and interactive service with Rabbi Shira and musician Rick Recht. Enjoy appetizers and drinks before the 7:15 pm service. Dinner will be parve and kosher (vegetarian option available).

Broadway Sings

This acclaimed concert series takes a pop icon and flips their music to create new, unique arrangements and orchestrations. Each installment gathers over a dozen Broadway stars to belt out new versions of the songs you love, backed by a full jazz band.

Good Soul Shabbat

Rabbi Scott, Aaron Shneyer, and Michal Bilick offer soulful acoustic music, deep spirituality, and thoughtful service to DC. After services, fill our sanctuary with the spirited sound of new tunes and old favorites.

Shabbat: Pure & Simple

Rabbi Scott guides an open service at a relaxed pace that allows for thoughtful prayer in a comfortable, spiritual setting.

Downtown Shabbat

A Carlebach-inspired service led by Chazzan Larry Paul and musician Robyn Helzner, followed by dinner and Shabbat singing. Enjoy appetizers and cocktails before the 6:45 pm service. Open to all.

Russell Howard

With Max Rosenblum

One of the U.K.’s most successful stand-up comedians, Howard brings his trademark blend of upbeat musings and razor-sharp wit to the U.S. with a brand new show.

Kennedy Center Chamber Players

The Kennedy Center Chamber Players is formed of principal and guest players of the National Symphony Orchestra performing an exciting repertoire.

CANCELED: RY X

with Jens Kuross

Originating from Australia and now based in LA, the enigmatic artist and producer has been making waves since the 2014 release of his debut EP, Berlin.

CANCELED: Jillian Michaels

Jillian Michaels is the foremost fitness expert in the world and a renowned life coach. From her hit televisions shows, extensively successful fitness DVDs and exercise streaming platform fitfusion.com, eight New York Times best-selling books, live speaking engagements, award-winning podcast, a soon-to-be-released iPhone app (which will allow users to train with Jillian both in preset and dynamic workouts), social media channels and her personal website — she has built an international community of followers 100 million + strong.

An Evening with Hasan Minhaj

with Wajahat Ali

Hasan Minhaj is a comedian, actor, and writer in New York. He is a correspondent on the Emmy and Peabody award-winning program ‘The Daily Show with Trevor Noah’. His critically acclaimed one man show ‘Homecoming King’ will debut on Netflix this spring.

UCB Improv Crash Course

This intimate UCB workshop is a two-hour long “crash course” in the UCB style of long-form improvisational comedy, based on the same ideas that are central to UCB’s Improv 101 class in NYC.

Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company

The Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company brings the very best of its New York City and Los Angeles theatres to our stage.

Tape Face

Through simple, clever, and charming humor, Tape Face creates an accessible and enjoyable show for audiences of all ages. The New Zealand-based prop comic and mime gained popularity as a finalist on season 11 of America’s Got Talent.

Jane Bunnett and Maqueque

with Aaron Myers

The Grammy-nominated musician is known for her creative integrity, improvisational daring, and courageous artistry. Through her music, Burnett aims to explore different cultures and to express the universality of music. The talented pianist and saxophone player’s sound encapsulates Afro-Cuban melodies and embraces and showcases the rhythms and culture of Cuba. She has toured the world’s leading jazz festivals, displaying her versatility as an artist, as well as an educator, spokesperson, and social activist.

6th in the City Chorus Concert

The 6th in the City Chorus performs a mix of old and new songs with choirs from Turner Memorial AME Church (which worshiped in Sixth & I’s building for nearly five decades) and the Metropolitan AME Church.

Harry Potter and The Sacred Text

What if we read the books we love as if they were sacred texts? What would we learn? How might they change us? Harry Potter and the Sacred Text is a podcast the reads Harry Potter, the best-selling series of all time, as if it was a sacred text.

Ride

with Froth

The famed British rock band reunites after years apart for a tour that showcases a new era for the band’s music. Initially known for its part in the early 1990s “shoegazing” scene in England, Ride’s debut album, Nowhere, is noted as one of the greatest albums of the genre.

Xavier Rudd: The Change Coming Tour

with Emmanuel Jal and Christina Holmes

Warm, powerful and emotive are just a few ways to describe Rudd’s acclaimed music. The multi-instrumentalist has become known for energetic and soulful live performances and this upcoming appearance should deliver no less.

Alison Moyet

Known for her British punk sound, Moyet has earned a reputation as the high priestess of electronic pop in the UK. Over her decades-long solo career, she has continually evolved on both a musical and personal level.

Langhorne Slim & The Lost at Last Band

with Twain

The songs on Langhorne Slim’s newly released album, Lost At Last Vol. 1, challenge the idea of social rigidity: the attitude that there’s a “correct” way for us to live and a side we should be on. He re-interprets the sound of the free-spirited yet vulnerable everyman heard on 2015’s The Spirit Moves and brings forth anew the call for us to abandon “the fold” and reconnect with ourselves and each other.

Ásgeir

with TUSKS

The artist’s raw emotional honesty is threaded through exciting songs about dragons, gods and wilderness on his last album. With a new album as gently boundary-pushing and moving as Afterglow, Ásgeir creates music that is cathartic for his countless fans, as well as for himself.

Whitney Cummings

The Los-Angeles-based comedian, actor, writer and producer is the executive producer and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls, which is currently in its sixth season. She also wrote, produced and starred in Whitney, which aired on NBC from 2011 to 2013. Cummings directed her first feature film The Female Brain, which will be released in 2017.

Throwing Shade Live

Called “the perfect combination of silly, intelligent, cynical and charming” by Entertainment Weekly and “well worth dialing up” by the New York Times, “Throwing Shade Live” is the boundary-pushing political comedy podcast and TV show hosted by Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi who bring their fresh takes on pop culture, women’s rights, and LGBT rights live to the stage for an evening of hilarity and vulgarity.

CANCELED: Avey Tare

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this program has been canceled. Those who purchased tickets will be refunded.  Listen to Avey Tare.  The acclaimed songwriter and co-founder of the American experimental pop More +

Gavin DeGraw

RAW TOUR

The multi-platinum selling singer, performer, and songwriter first broke through with the release of his debut album, Chariot, which sold over 1 million copies, earned platinum certification, and yielded three hit singles. The New York native has since released five successful studio albums, including his latest album, Something Worth Saving.

Who? Weekly Live

Who? Weekly hosts Lindsey Weber and Bobby Finger will be flaunting their good form and slim pins at this live podcast taping. Sources claim the show will feature special guests, fun games, and everything you need to know about the celebrities you don’t. Allegedly. 

Lore Podcast Live

Lore is an award-winning, critically-acclaimed podcast that exposes the darker side of history, exploring the people, places, and things we fear the most.

A Far Cry and Luciana Souza: The Blue Hour

Brazilian superstar Souza joins forces with the seventeen virtuoso strings of A Far Cry to give voice to poet Carolyn Forché’s “On Earth,” a luminous meditation on life and loss, through musical settings by some of the most distinctive creative voices in indie-classical music.

Kishi Bashi

with Tall Tall Trees

After touring for his two previous studio albums, 151a and “Lighght, Kishi Bashi decided to submerge himself in a new musical direction. Feeling as though he was at a musical impasse, the artist’s new album, Sonderlust,  was forged through heartbreak. The album represents a direct result of this personal struggle taking place at an artistic crossroads.

CANCELED: Fernando Varela

The acclaimed operatic artist performs songs from his recently released classical pop crossover album, Vivere.

UCB Improv Crash Course

This intimate UCB workshop is a two-hour long “crash course” in the UCB style of long-form improvisational comedy, based on the same ideas that are central to UCB’s Improv 101 class in NYC.

Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company

The Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company brings the very best of its New York City and Los Angeles theatres to our stage. See the comedic stars of today and tomorrow from the theatre that brought you comedy greats Horatio Sanz, Amy Poehler, Rob Corddry, Ed Helms, MTV’s Human Giant, The Daily Show’s Rob Riggle, and more.

Hello From the Magic Tavern

Some time ago, Arnie Niekamp fell through a dimensional portal behind a Burger King into the fantastical land of Foon. He’s still getting a slight Wi-Fi signal, so he uploads More +

Kamasi Washington

When Kamasi Washington released his tour de force LP, The Epic, in 2015, it set him on a path as our generation’s torchbearer for progressive, improvisational music. The 172-minute odyssey featuring his 10-piece band, The Next Step, is rich in elements of hip-hop, classical and R&B music.

An Evening with Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton

The lead singer, keyboardist, and songwriter of Canadian rock band Metric performs music from Choir of the Mind, her first solo project in a decade.

The Barr Brothers

with Nathan Moore

Originally based out of Boston, the brothers spent the bulk of the 1990s touring with the Slip before calling it quits in 2004. Upon relocating to Montreal, the duo hooked up with classically trained harpist Sarah Page and began operating under the Barr Brothers moniker.

Storm Large

The award-winning singer brings her wild and wonderful Holiday Ordeal to our stage. Both a solo artist and a featured vocalist with Pink Martini, Large is a force of nature on stage, lending her commanding voice and bawdy humor to jazz standards, hard rock, and everything in between.

Jake Bugg

with Shelby Blondell

Jake Bugg’s last album, 2016’s On My One, was a dizzyingly eclectic collection of styles and sounds, but for his most recent album, the singer wanted to make a complete record as opposed to a collection of songs.

CANCELED: Benjamin Clementine

The acclaimed British singer-songwriter performs from his latest album, I Tell a Fly, which he wrote, recorded, and produced.

PUBLIQuartet: Freedom and Faith

Reigning Metropolitan Museum of Art Quartet-in-Residence PUBLIQuartet launched to national attention in 2016 with their acclaimed “Requiem for a Debate” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The ensemble presents a program of works by a diverse body of composers.

Rodriguez

with Victory Boyd

Rodriguez, the legendary singer-songwriter and self-taught guitarist, began performing in bars and clubs in Detroit in the 1960’s as the city suffered post-industrial urban decay.

CANCELED – GAS

Wolfgang Voigt – an artist, music producer, label owner, and one of the co-founders of the Cologne-based electronica and techno label Kompakt – presents GAS, a sinister work of sound art based on highly condensed classical sound sources.

Aaron Diehl Trio

Best known as vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant’s ace collaborator, pianist Aaron Diehl takes the stage with his trio in this all-instrumental showcase.

Cry Cry Cry

Cry Cry Cry (Lucy Kaplansky, Richard Shindell, and Dar Williams) revive their celebrated folk-pop collaboration for their first performances in nineteen years.

Aca-Challenge Presented by the Alexandria Harmonizers

Hosted by Deke Sharon, the godfather of contemporary a cappella, DC’s Aca-Challenge has six outstanding aca-groups from all over the country competing for over $2,000 in prize money, determined by the votes of the audience.

Chelsey Green and The Green Project

Billboard-charting recording artists Chelsey Green and The Green Project fuse traditional classical technique with various genres including R&B, pop, soul, funk, jazz, alternative, hip hop, and gospel.