Jazz at Pride w/ Bryan Carter, Michael Blume, Ella Bric, J. Hoard, Vuyo Sotashe, Kenny Williams

Singer, drummer, and composer Bryan Carter carries a weighty CV, acting as musician, bandleader, composer, and orchestrator with everyone from Nick Jonas and Jimmy Fallon to Sesame Street. Don’t forget the multiple Tony Award-nominated musical A Strange Loop. Equally as important, Carter masterminds Jazz at Pride, a bridge between two communities with a long history of queer innovators like Billy Strayhorn. Joined by a 32-piece orchestra and local guests, while wielding new album I Believe, Carter kicks off Austin Pride with his first iteration of the show outside of Manhattan – in solidarity with a community under siege in the Lone Star State. – Michael Toland