Friday April 22 * 6:30pm * OUTDOORS, weather permitting

JEFFREY ALEXANDER has been making music for over 25 years, in a variety of groups and ensembles, beginning with the freak folk of The Iditarod and leading into collaborations with Providence-based Black Forest/Black Sea and Dire Wolves out of California. Influenced equally by Krautrock and his personal experiences following the Grateful Dead around in the 80s, Alexander has assembled a fine selection of musicians to make up the Heavy Lidders: Jesse Shepard and Drew Gardner from Elkhorn as well as former 611 Florida Avenue concert impresario and DC percussionist Scott Verrastro (of Kohoutek). During the pandemic, Alexander and the Heavy Lidders released two dazzling albums on the Arrowhawk label: a self-titled debut LP made up of lyrical songs and "Elixor of Life," an instrumental selection of psych improvisations. The Heavy Lidders are trekking down from Philadelphia to blow out Earth Day 2022 in Takoma Park with cosmic jams and psychedelic incarnations.

GENERATION GAP is a multi-generational band consisting of two Wilson High School students (Julia Schroeder on vocals/keyboards and Jillian Upshaw on drums) plus two Wilson teachers (Michele Bolinger on guitar and Marc Minsker on bass). The group will perform original songs by Schroeder and other "environmentally related" tunes.