Our annual Black History Concert Series honors and celebrates Africana music and its indelible impact on Chicago and the world. The performance takes place at The Auditorium where hundreds of our School Program singers from around Chicago will come together to celebrate and sing in this culmination of their Black History 360 curriculum. This year's theme is Voices of Àṣẹ: Afrofuturism II!
Àṣẹ - The power to make things happen as you say. (West African Yorùbá philosophy)
No place on earth puts on a music festival like Chicago, and no better example exists than the Bluestown neighborhood’s annual concert, ChiFest, which celebrates the Black musical legacy and excellence of Chicago! Kendrick Wise (the young protagonist from Uniting Voices Chicago’s Afrofuturism: The Freedom Metropolis, 2025) returns for another magical journey, educating youth about blues, jazz, gospel, and house music. However, not everyone shares Kendrick’s enthusiasm. Kendrick and Bluestown will have to contend with supernatural forces attempting to permanently erase the rich musical memories that make Bluestown so special. How will Kendrick activate his Afrofuturistic senses to prevent this from happening? Uniting Voices Chicago joins Kendrick and ChiFest in a race to remember, literally.
