Festivals

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.

The Evolution Festival features headliners the Black Keys and Brandi Carlisle, plus a focus on local barbecue. Its producers hope to build it into a signature event in St. Louis but are counting on a strong first year.

St. Louis’ only Irish music festival will take place April 20-23.

Tenor sax player Kamasi Washington and his band are in St. Louis this weekend for Music at the Intersection. For Washington, who has worked with rap and R&B artists and scored a former first lady’s documentary, it’s a chance to bring his artistic vision to life.

The work of the late Don Nedobeck, whose whimsical art regularly delighted festival goers, will also be displayed.

The festival organizer hopes Saturday’s event will not only bring people into the city but also ensure that they don’t leave.

LaVette is recognized as one of the great American vocalists and song interpreters. Her show at the Sheldon in Grand Center on Saturday is part of the three-day Music at the Intersection festival.

The policies will affect 10,000 concertgoers expected to attend Music at the Intersection, a three-day festival spread across six stages and scheduled for September.

After the coronavirus pandemic canceled most festivals and other large public events last year, some organizers are carefully planning a return to some pre-pandemic normalcy this year.