Festivals

After three years drawing thousands of people to Forest Park, the Evolution Festival will take a year off. Organizers will look at options for producing a revamped version of the event in 2027.

Counterpublic and its guest curators hope the gathering of writers, thinkers, musicians and circus performers will spur audience members to find new ways of pushing for social change through art.

The fifth iteration of the Music at the Intersection festival will include headliners Common, Patti LaBelle, De La Soul and Branford Marsalis, plus pop-up presentations and performances around Midtown.

Other corporate sponsors have also cut back on their support as Pride St. Louis looks to make up a $150,000 shortfall.

The Artica festival, a gathering for site-specific artworks and offbeat performances, has a home for its 2024 event after months of uncertainty. The event comes to Chouteau’s Landing in October.

The Arctica festival draws experimental artists and performers to a spot near the St. Louis waterfront for two days every year. Organizers say the site’s new owners told them to find a new location.

The Evolution Festival will return to Forest Park for its second year. The late-September event will include performances by nearly 30 artists spread across three stages, including The Killers, Beck, Jane’s Addiction and Killer Mike.

Music at the Intersection will return to Grand Center in September with kickoff and finale concerts, and partnerships with MvsterCamp and werQfest. Festival headliners will include Big Boi, Esperanza Spalding, Trombone Shorty and Chahka Khan.

Music at the Intersection returns to Grand Center this weekend for its third year. Festival headliners will include Herbie Hancock, Thundercat and Snarky Puppy.

Festival producers sold 25,000 tickets across two days. They plan to return with another version in 2024.