Live/Reserved Seating
Priority Seating: $35
General Seating: $25
Raised in Atlanta and based in Harlem, Queen Esther’s work is rooted in Charleston, South Carolina’s culturally rich and enigmatic Lowcountry, a region with African traditions and Black folkways that span centuries. Her talents as a vocalist, lyricist, songwriter, actor, and solo performer are all on display on her new album, Gild The Black Lily. Esther’s presence and performances exude the Blackness that raised her, moving steadily from The Old West and the foundations of the Black church to heartbreak, with soulful declarations and country-rock reworked into Black country soul and back again. Join us at Harlem Stage, where Queen Esther will reveal and illuminate the many facets of the Black sonic experience, presenting new music delving into Black Americana, original songs of protest cultivated through the pandemic, and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” re-imagined by way of the iconic vocal guitar duo, Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass.