Free Black! will join MuAmin Collective & Messiah the Glytch at Happy Dog in Cleveland on Friday, December 13th, 2024. Show starts at 9pm, tickets on sale now here.

The 10th anniversary of the Panza Foundation benefit will feature performances by 2024 foundation bands Napsack, Free Black!, Powers/Rolin Duo, and Teamonade! A huge raffle w/ musical gear, merch, and other awesome stuff // announcement of 2025 foundation bands! Tickets available here.

Free Black! was announced as a 2024 Panza Foundation band in November of 2023.

Floco Torres will be celebrating the release of his 38th project, “This Creative Life” at Musica in Akron OH on Friday, October 25th at 9pm. Pre-sale tickets will be $12, day of tickets will be $15. Show lineup below

Doors - 730pm

DJ Vinnie G - 8pm

Uno Lady - 830pm

FT - 9pm

Floco Torres will be joining Chris Coles ‘Nine Lives Project’ featuring Sean Jones at the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 21st at 10pm. You can find more details here.

Nine Lives is an immersive musical and choreographed performance involving different mediums — including jazz, dance and animation — and reflecting on issues of social justice, racial inequality and gun violence. It is based upon the 2015 shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, in which a white supremacist killed nine Black parishioners at Emanuel AME Church. 

Coles will be joined by trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator, and activist Sean Jones. Jones is an internationally recognized educator, currently holding the Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair of Jazz at Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Conservatory and is Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall’s NYO Jazz ensemble. Previously, Jones was Chair of the Brass Department at Berklee College of Music and served as President of the Jazz Educators Network. 

Floco Torres will be performing live at Fresh Fest Cleveland on Saturday, September 14th, 2024. Set time is slated for 7:20pm, free admission.

Free Black! will be opening up for Rudy Love & The Encore on Friday, September 13th at Happy Dog Cleveland. Doors at 8pm, show at 9pm. Details & Tickets available here!

This dynamic panel, featuring industry veterans Khirye Tyler, Walter Barnes Jr., and Al Parker III, moderated by the versatile Hip-Hop artist Floco Torres, will offer an inside look at the exhilarating yet challenging world of touring in live entertainment. Saturday, September 7th, 1:15-2:15pm at the Main Akron Library Auditorium in downtown Akron.

From early career breakthroughs to life on the road with top artists, each panelist will share personal stories and professional insights. Topics will include preparing for the logistical, musical, and personal aspects of touring, as well as tips for aspiring musicians and producers. Attendees will gain valuable knowledge on how to navigate the touring landscape, prepare for opportunities, and sustain a successful career in the music industry.

Floco Torres will be joining Chris Coles’ “Gleam” project at the Rubber City Jazz & Blues Festival on Friday, September 6 at 5pm at the downtown Akron Library auditorium. They’ll be performing their song ‘Mother’s Gift'.’ The project lineup inclues Tommy Lehman, Patrick Duke, Jordan Mcbride, Theron Brown, Zaire Darden, & Scuff Mickson.

Saxophonist, Composer and Educator, Chris Coles will be performing his “Love Demon” suite at our 9th annual Rubber City Jazz and Blues Festival. His performance will take place at the Main Library in Downtown Akron on Friday, September 6th at 5 P.M.

Floco Torres will be at the WAA Annual Conference in San Diego California. He'll be performing a 15 minute set at the conference on August 28, 2024, at 9:10 in the Pacific H/I Showcase Room. Location details TBA.

Free Black! will be playing at the Highland Square Porch Rokr Festival for the first time on Saturday, August 17th, 2024. Set time TBA. The festival is free & open to the public starting at 1pm.

On Friday, June 21st, Floco Torres will be presenting his upcoming album “This Creative Life” in it’s entirety at that moment. This will be a performance/listening event in the parking lot of Dirty River Bicycle Works in downtown Akron at 7pm. Please RSVP here so we know you’re coming through.

The event is free & open (PLEASE RSVP HERE) to the public. Come experience Floco’s new album for the first time & be a part of a special group that heard it first, before the album’s slated release in October 2024.

Free Black! live at WOW! (Wade Oval Wednesdays) in University Circle in Cleveland on Wednesday, June 19th. 7:15pm set time. Free & all ages.

Free Black! will be performing live at Lock 3 Park on Friday, June 14th, opening for Draw The Line: Aerosmith Tribute.

Concert is free admission. Open seating. Concerts start at 7pm. Located in Lock 3's Backyard. Located on W. Bowery St behind Lock 3 Park, next to the Civic Theatre.

Free Black! live at the Happy Dog on Friday, January 19th, 2024. Support acts: JT’s Electrik Blackout & Bethany Joy. Tickets on sale now for $10!

Floco Torres will be live at Musica on Friday, April 19th at 7pm. FT will be local support along with Lilac Heart for KillVongard, TomCantSleep & A Place Called Hell. Tickets can be found on the Musica website.

Free Black!, TobyRaps, & The Woovs performing live at CODA in Cleveland on Saturday, April 13th, 2024. Grab those tickets here!

Dave Rich & His Enablers will be at the Buzzbin in Kenmore OH on Saturday, February 24th, 2024. Support acts will be Floco Torres & another act TBA.

Free Black! will be live at the inaugural “Hooks & Phonics Festival” in Pittsburgh PA on Sunday, January 21st, 2024. Free Black! will be a part of the ‘Rap Roulette’ segment of six emcees split between two different stages w/ 20 min sets. Official set time TBA, tickets on sale now!

Free Black! will be live in Akron for Essential Tremors, an experimental music and arts series. Essential Tremors will be on Saturday, December 2nd with a lineup of music spread across three venues (Musica, BLU Jazz, & Baxters Speakeasy). The show will be free and open to the public. Full lineup below, set times TBA.

DYKENYTE / GOLD DIME / FEJ / EATERS / FREE BLACK! / OTAY : ONII / LISA BELLA DONNA / BABYBAY EXPLORES / MOURNING [A] BLKSTAR / FIA FIELL ‘ FATBOI SHARIF

Floco Torres & Angie Haze will be performing a joint set at The Rialto Theater in Akron on Friday, November 3rd. Both artists will be on stage playing songs back to back with some collaborative songs in between. They also will be making a big announcement about their collaborative efforts going for.

Free Black! will be performing live in the Special Collections room at the Cleveland Public Library (Main branch, Downtown) on Saturday October 21st, 2023. The performance will be from 2-3pm. The show is free & open to the public.

Floco Torres will be supporting Red Rose Panic & Leon Rosen at The Rialto Theatre on Thursday, October 12th. Show support also includes Rent For Cheryl. Tickets are on sale now here.

Leon Rosen will be touring from San Francisco beginning September 21st.

Free Black! will be opening up for Jul Big Green in US Bank Plaza on Wednesday, October 4th at 5:30pm. The show is free & all ages. This show is a reschedule from the postponed Downtown Summer Concert Series back in June.

Angie Haze & Floco Torres will be playing an hour joint set live for an invite only house show happening on Sunday, September 17th in Akron. The two will perform solo songs from their catalogs as well as songs they have together.

If you’d like an invite to the show, or if you’d like to know more about hiring Angie & Floco for a private gig, please email flocotorres@gmail.com

On Saturday, September 9th, Free Black! will be performing at the Superior Block Party in the Superior Arts District in Downtown Cleveland. The block party will be from 2-11pm, Free Black set time at 7:30pm on the CrossCountry Mortgage stage.

Glass Bones is releasing a new project & will be playing a release show at Musica on Saturday, August 12th. Support acts will be Free Black! & 1402. Tickets on sale now.

Floco Torres performing live at the Last Call Festival for Ohio Brew Week in Athens Ohio. FT set time at 5:30pm, stage location TBA.

After the clinic during the day, Free Black! will be back at C3 performing an hour set. Tickets are available on the C3 site here.

In this clinic, Free Black! will share their journey, individually & collectively, They will give an overview of various entry points into the music industry, songwriting, photography, and more. The session will include hands-on equipment demonstrations.

This experience will encourage students to be curious and explore all the possibilities of being an artist, and the importance of building a community of support among friends and fellow artists. You never know who you're sitting next to in class.

inCOPnegro: Aftermath explores the lives of four Black male characters after police violence has torn apart their community. This 60-minute work combines live jazz and hip hop music with Moore-Dunson’s choreographic style of “Urban Midwest Storytelling”. Seated in the round, the audience gets an intimate view of the healing process needed in Akron today.

The creation of inCOPnegro: Aftermath was shaped by one-on-one interviews between Moore-Dunson and Akron community stakeholders, police officers, and criminal justice workers, as well as those outside the region. Attendees are encouraged to listen to the podcast inCOPnegro: Black & Blue before seeing the show as it offers context for the choreography, music, and spoken word. 

Dates: 

June 22 & 23, 2023 and June 30 & July 1, 2023 at 7PM ET

July 1 Performance: inCOPnegro: Aftermath & After Moments - Performance and concluding community discussion lead by LoveAkron Executive Director Kemp Boyd. Topic of conversation surrounding community healing after the grand jury decision not to indict the police officers who shot Jayland Walker. 

Tickets:

Preview Performances: General Admission. June 22 & 23 - $10/ticket.

Performances: June 30 & July 1 - $20/ticket. Online ticket sales only, no walk ups.