Don't miss this incredible evening of powerful music from around the world. Come hear Iranian multi-instrumentalist Kamyar Arsani (aka Faraway Ghost) and Indian-American percussionist Ravish Momin (AKA Sunken Cages) create their own brand of digital folk music, inspired by Sufi poetry, street rhythms from Mumbai and infused with electronic sound design to frame their songs. Kamyar was also active in the Women/Freedom/Life movement in Iran and continues to advocate for social-justice causes. They are based in DC/NYC respectively and are embarking on a tour in support of their new release on Akuphone Records (France.) https://ravishmomin.com/projects/sunkencagesxfarawayghost/

Joining Kaymar and Ravish will be Pittsburgh-based Social Justice Disco, comprised of music-veterans Phat Man Dee (voted Best Jazz Performer in Pittsburgh City Paper Readers’ Poll for multiple years) & Liz Berlin (founding member of triple-platinum selling band Rusted Root), have continued to push musical boundaries to craft songs inspired by Folk, Disco, Jazz and global music traditions. With a vision of a world where all people have an opportunity to live free and be themselves without fear of oppression, this duo has birthed a soundtrack of both original and disco classics featuring a wide array of voices from across Pittsburgh’s musical and activist communities, to uplift those who would join this international struggle against racism, environmental destruction, war, religious intolerance, misogyny, homophobia, and fascism. https://socialjusticedisco.com/

Enjoy an optional add-on appetizer buffet, and skip the corkage fee for the night. Tickets: $15 presale/ $20 at the door

Reawaken, Renew, and Expand at The Starwood Festival, America's Longest Running Transformational Festival! Phat Man Dee is thrilled to sing with Liz Berlin, Guaracha Latin Dance Band, and lead a choir on Friday July 15, 2022 on the mainstage of Starwood Festival! Come early in the week, pitch your tent, and enjoy a week of workshops, concerts, drum circles, bonfires, and community with hippies, druids, side show marvels, spiritualists, pagans, heathens, and itinerant jazzbos!

The NY Faerie Festival is a Nature loving and family friendly event set in rural New York State just east of Binghamton. Fairies, elves and fantastic creatures gather in wooded hollows between the Finger Lakes and the Catskill mountains. With enchanting music and colorful pageantry they invite you to join them in celebrating nature's wonders and the magic of imagination. Liz Berlin and Phat Man Dee will perform sets of their own material and Social Justice Disco!!

Join Creative Life Support and We Rock Workshop for a concert performed by the students of Liz Berlin, Big Jus, and Phat Man Dee, as they perform music recorded over pandemic in zoom classrooms, as well as in person at Mr Smalls Recording Studio with Larry Luther and Nate Campisi. These original songs were written and composed in zoom, at the 412 Youth Zone, Mr smalls Recording Studio, and Tonic Studio. The youth students are foster, homeless, and independent living youth from Allegheny County Department of Human Services. The show is FREE and includes dinner, just please RSVP!

Joyous, rowdy, and life changing, Starwood is a seven day celebration of diversity, alternatives in lifestyle, spirituality, belief systems, and is distinguished by its warm and welcoming community spirit.

Here you will find a community of explorers fresh from many journeys through realms both alien and familiar. Flush with discovery, they're eager to share the wisdom they have found. Here are the children of the quest, their vision unobscured by the veil of constructed reality, peering upward and outward in wonder, beyond the night sky to the distant stars.

Starwood 41 takes place from July 12th through July 18th, and is held in the beautiful nature preserve that is Wisteria Campground and Event Site in Pomeroy, Ohio.

The Midwest's oldest event of its kind, Starwood offers: • A week long line-up of classes, workshops, and ceremonies offered by prominent teachers in their diverse fields. • A melting pot of live performances by world renowned and local artists, drum and dance circles, music jams, and spontaneous free range creative exploration. • Our infamous Saturday night Bonfire, and so much more...

Onsite amenities include: food vendors, swimming, hiking, hot showers, the kid village and co-op child care, family friendly camping in a beautiful private site, and a camp wide transport system. Starwood is a clothing optional event.

Coinciding with the final full moon of 2020, Liz Berlin and Phat Man Dee are so excited to celebrate the release of their new Social Justice Disco music video for Mni Wiconi (Water is Sacred) with a livestream on December 29th, 2020 at 7pm, featuring the Coe family and other contributors. Join us for this special event to focus continued attention on the need to protect our natural resources and to defend the rights of indigenous Americans.

Watch and subscribe on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-PWHO-rVPbA

Social Justice Disco presented by 91.3FM WYEP and Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

Join Social Justice Disco for an electrifying night of message music! The revolution will not be televised but it will have a solid groove! With pomp, circumstance, ecologically sourced non-feather boas, and more sequins that you can shake a glitter covered stick at, Liz Berlin and Phat Man Dee look forward to singing at the City Theatre Drive-In Arts Festival on September 27th, 2020 to original backing tracks which feature some of Pittsburgh's finest musicians. There’ll be special guest appearances by Pastor Deryck Tines, MC's Big Jus and HollyHood, and dancer Sundae Service, and they’ll also be showing the world premiere of their new music video for “Mni Wiconi (Water Is Sacred) featuring Johnny Creed Coe & Family.

There are no walk-up sales at the venue. All tickets must be purchased in advance by 5pm on the performance day.