Sold Out: Be Steadwell: Queer Love Songs
Date and Time
Sep 12, 2018 7:30 pm
Location
Brookland
625 Monroe St NE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20017
Sep 12, 2018 7:30 pm
Brookland
Be Steadwell: Queer Love Songs
This show is sold out. For those who cannot join us, this show will be livestreamed: https://www.monumentalsportsnetwork.com/busboys
Be Steadwell's music is about love, gay sex, Netflix, and all the pretty girls who broke your heart. Touching on all the ups and downs of love, this show features looping, beatboxing and vocal layering. Steadwell's pop and soulful tunes will make you laugh, then cry then curse your ex. While this event is a celebration and affirmation of queer love, allies are welcome and celebrated as well!
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Full menu + bar available throughout the performance
Doors: 7PM | Show: 7:30pm | Seating is first come, first serve
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About Be:
Be Steadwell is a singer songwriter from Washington DC. A blend of soul, acapella and folk-Be calls her music QUEER POP. In her live performances, she utilizes looping, vocal layering and beat boxing to compose her songs on stage. Be's original music features earnest lyricism, and Affirming LGBTQ content.
As she pursued her career in music, she began a career in film. Shooting and editing her own music videos, Be combined her love of music with narrative film. Her film Vow of Silence received awards at film festivals around the world, including Black Star, QWOCMAP, and Fringe Fest UK. This year, Issa Rae Featured vow of Silence in her Short Film sundays Series. After receiving a BA at Oberlin College, Be completed her MFA in film at Howard University in 2014.
Be has shared stages with fellow artist Activists Big Freedia, Nona Hendryx, Nikky Finney and Gina Yashere. In 2017 Be sang at The Women's March on the National Mall behind Maxwell and Janelle Monae in Toshi Reagon's Big Lovely Band. In may 2018 Be released her newest album "Queer Love Songs". In September, Be had the opportunity to open for Big Freedia at DC's Honeygroove Festival. The DC Commission in the Arts awarded Be the 2018 Artist Fellowship. Be is currently touring her music internationally.
Watch Be's cover of Come To My Window
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This event is sponsored by Busboys and Poets' ZAMI gender and sexuality series
