To celebrate their 10th anniversary, Church of Starry Wisdom will perform and record a live album of B-Sides and misfit songs spanning their entire catalog. Long-time followers will recognize cult classics; newcomers will discover them for the first time.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Formed in Akron in 2016, Church of Starry Wisdom is an ensemble of musical griots whose song-craft is rooted in modern parables, stories of life, death, sex, murder, love, hate, and the Chaos that crawls between.

Their members’ diverse backgrounds have shaped an ever-evolving sound that runs experiments in pop and soul through a rock-operatic lens, blending noise, punk, jazz, R&B, and musical theater into an analog-digital hybrid. A Church of Starry Wisdom show is never just a concert. It’s a theatrical ceremony.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ With Special Guests Emergence Ensemble:

Emergence Ensemble is a groundbreaking collective blending avant-pop, neo-soul, and musical theatre to explore themes of love, liberation, and community care. Comprised of Victoria McBride, Colleen McCaughey, Love Freely, Kyla Burks, and Molly Andrews-Hinders, the ensemble creates “a delectable sound bath of harmony that paints truth, challenges norms, and resonates deeply.”

With powerful harmony and dissonance, Emergence crafts intimate performances where conversation and connection are as emphasized as the music itself. Their debut album Emergence wrestles with social justice themes while creating collective emotional responses that hold elements of grief, rage, hope, and collective imagining.