Music at the Intersection

The St. Louis artist is the writer and rapper behind hits like “Snatched” and the certified gold single “Pretty Girls Walk.”

Several local musicians were disappointed in lack of accommodations such as access to meals and greenroom space.

A quintet of jazz players assembled for Music at the Intersection will pay tribute to the indelible contribution of jazz musicians and educators from the east side of the river.

The rapper is set to headline Music at the Intersection Saturday.

Headliners at Music at the Intersection include genre-busting jazz phenom Esperanza Spalding. The festival will take over Grand Center this weekend.

Along with two days of nationally acclaimed festival offerings, MATI Conferences and MATI Places are free events for all to enjoy.

A free concert series produced by the International Institute and Music at the Intersection is making more music and performances from around the world available to St. Louisans this summer.

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.

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Festival organizers said roughly 12,000 people stopped by the Grand Center-based festival over two days.