Summer Dennis: The Freedom Series Vol. 1
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM El Secreto De Rosita · U Street Corridor
The Summer is back. Live band. Guest artists. Freedom music. Michelin-guide Peruvian cuisine and handcrafted cocktails avail for purchase. Welcome to The Freedom Series! VOLUME ONE DMV, The Summer is back with the powerful vocals you love and a live band like you’ve never seen her before. Only 60 seats, intimacy, dinner and top shelf drinks, in a gorgeous curated environment that will feel like the Summer you know. The Freedom Series is my exploration through the messages in my music this year, exclusively catered to my DMV audience. This year has been a season of shedding, and you can hear it in my music that I released this year. "Audacity" was an announcement that said NO MORE. "FREE" named the perpetual trap of doing everything right and still not feeling free that burdens the existence of milennials. And "Burning Bridges" which we are dropping Sept 25 is about letting go of the dead weight that never should've made the trip with you. I took that energy on the road this year. I toured houston, Atlanta, Texas, New Orleans, New York, Now I'm bringing it home to the DMV. Volume One is a live show at El Secreto de Rosita: a Michelin Guide-listed restaurant on U Street with the best Peruvian cuisine in town, handcrafted cocktails ; the location also includes Nabiha's kitchen also serving that night: home-cooked Palestinian dishes made from memory by owner Nesrin Abaza, who righteously calls it a "protest restaurant." I chose this location because this venue truly embodies the freedom to exist, celebrate, and be seen, regardless of everything happening around us. This year I've been reaching deeper with my writing, more intentional with my story telling, and I’m just less interested in impressing anyone if it doesn’t include telling the truth. Because freedom is a decision I’ve had to make on purpose, over and over. This show and this music is for anyone who's tired of waiting for permission, everyone who is doing the internal work before the external life catches up, and all my ladies who are choosing themselves first, on purpose, this year. Come celebrate what it looks like to walk into your own emancipation.
