Tour Dates

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SkyBreak Tour Dates

Thursday, June 21, 2018 – OAKLAND, CA
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers
The New Parish
1743 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA 94612
TBA

Saturday, June 23, 2018 – STUDIO CITY, CA
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers
Upstairs at Vitello’s Supper Club
4349 Tujunga Ave, Studio City, CA 91604
Doors: 6p | Show: 7:30p
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018 – DETROIT, MI
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers
opening for Kamasi Washington
Chene Park Amphitheater
2600 Atwater St, Detroit, MI 48207
7:30p
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Thursday, July 26, 2018 – CHICAGO, IL
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers
The Promontory
5311 S Lake Park Ave W, Chicago, IL 60615
TBA

Saturday, August 18, 2018 – TORONTO, ON
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers
iLive Music SoulFest 2018
The Concert Hall (Toronto Masonic Temple)
888 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M4W 2J2, Canada
TBA

Saturday, September 15, 2018 – CINCINNATI, OH
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers
The Greenwich
2442 Gilbert Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45206
TBA

Past SkyBreak Tour Dates:
May 22, 2016 – Silver Spring, MD (SkyBreak Listening Party) • June 15, 2016 – Boston, MA • August 4, 2016 – Dallas, TX • August 6, 2016 – Houston, TX (Houston International Jazz Festival) • August 11, 2016 – Bethesda, MD • August 18, 2016 – Atlanta, GA • August 20, 2016 – Cincinnati, OH • August 21, 2016 – Indianapolis, IN • August 26, 2016 – Detroit, MI • August 27, 2016 – Chicago, IL • September 16, 2016 – Richmond, VA • September 18, 2016 – Raleigh, NC • September 25, 2016 – New York City, NY • October 1, 2016 – Cleveland, OH • November 10, 2016 – Oakland, CA • November 11, 2016 – Los Angeles, CA • November 13, 2016 – San Diego, CA • November 25, 2016 – Detroit, MI (6th Annual Tux & Chucks Fundraiser Event) • December 17, 2016 – Atlanta, GA (Acoustic & Personal) • March 3, 2017 – Philadelphia, PA • March 4, 2017 – Pittsburgh, PA • March 18, 2017 – St. Louis, MO • May 4, 2017 – Washington, D.C. • May 6, 2017 – New York City, NY • July 20, 2017 – Detroit, MI • September 2, 2017 – Toronto, ON • September 22, 2017 – Cleveland, OH • September 23, 2017 – Cincinnati, OH • October 14, 2017 – Richmond, VA • October 16, 2017 – Philadelphia, PA (Kindred Presents) • November 3, 2017 – New Orleans, LA • November 4, 2017 – Houston, TX • November 5, 2017 – Dallas, TX • November 25, 2017 – Baltimore, MD (Opening for Kindred The Family Soul) • December 9, 2017 – Atlanta, GA (Acoustic & Personal) • March 7, 2018 – Washington, D.C. • March 9, 2018 – Philadelphia, PA • March 30, 2018 – Columbus, OH • April 6, 2018 – Charlotte, NC • April 7, 2018 – Raleigh, NC

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Zo! + Carmen Rodgers “Piano & A Microphone” Show Dates

Zo! on Piano. Carmen on vocals. Intimate venues. Playing jams.

Saturday, April, 21, 2018 – SEATTLE, WA
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers
“Piano & A Microphone”
Fred Wildlife Refuge
128 Boylston Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102
Doors: 10p
21+
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Sunday, April 29, 2018 – NEW YORK, CITY, NY
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers
“Piano & A Microphone”
Rockwood Music Hall (Stage 3)
185 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002 | (212) 477-4155
Doors: 10:45p | Show: 11p
21+
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Monday, April 30, 2018 – NEW YORK, CITY, NY
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers
“Piano & A Microphone”
Rockwood Music Hall (Stage 3)
185 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002 | (212) 477-4155
Doors: 8:15p | Show: 8:30p
21+
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Making SkyBreak Documentary Screenings

April 21, 2018 – SEATTLE, WA
Zo!
(‘Making SkyBreak’ selected to the Langston Hughes African-American Film Festival)
Film Screening + Q&A with Zo!
*This is not a performance*
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute
104 17th Ave South, Seattle, WA 98144
5p
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Thursday, April 26, 2018 – LAS VEGAS, NV
Zo!
(‘Making SkyBreak’ selected to the Las Vegas Black Film Festival)
Film Screening
*This is not a performance*
Suncoast Hotel & Casino
9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89145 | 702-636-7111
Film Starts: 12:30p
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Making SkyBreak – Official Selections
Atlanta Docufest (Semi-Finalist)
Baltimore Black International Film Festival
Columbus Black International Film Festival (*Winner* Best Documentary Film)
DC Black Film Festival (*Winner* Best Documentary Feature)
Denton Black Film Festival
Docs Without Borders Film Festival
Gary International Black Film Festival
Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival
Langston Hughes African-American Film Festival
Las Vegas Black Film Festival
MECCAcon Film Festival
Miami Independent Film Festival
Raleigh Film and Art Festival

2018 Black Reel Awards Nominations
Outstanding Independent Documentary
Outstanding Song (“Starlight” by Zo! featuring Phonte)

Past Making SkyBreak Screening Dates:
March 12, 2017 – Dallas, TX • March 15, 16 & 19, 2017 – Chicago, IL • March 29, 2017 – Detroit, MI • June 23, 2017 – Oakland, CA • June 25, 2017 – Los Angeles, CA (MECCAcon Film Festival) • July 8, 2017 – Cincinnati, OH • August 5, 2017 – Columbus, OH (Columbus Black International Film Festival) • August 18, 2017 – Washington, D.C. (D.C. Black Film Festival) • September 16, 2017 – Detroit, MI (MECCAcon Film Festival) • September 23, 2017 – Montreal, QC (MECCAcon Film Festival) • September 24, 2017 – Cleveland, OH (Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival) • October 8, 2017 – Baltimore, MD (Baltimore International Black Film Festival) • October 15, 2017 – Gary, IN (Gary International Black Film Festival) • October 19, 2017 – Atlanta, GA • October 21, 2017 – Raleigh, NC (Raleigh Film and Art Festival) • October 21, 2017 – St. Louis, MO • October 21, 2017 – Toronto, ON (MECCAcon Film Festival) • November 18, 2017 – Pittsburgh, PA • January 12, 2018 – Houston, TX • January 14, 2018 – New Orleans, LA • February 10, 2018 – Atlanta, GA (MECCAcon Film Festival) • February 22, 2018 – Philadelphia, PA • March 31, 2018 – Mt. Rainier, MD (MECCAcon Film Festival)

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Zo! MasterClass Workshops

Sunday, October 22, 2017 – ST. LOUIS, MO
Zo! | Donnie Seals | Eric D. Seals
Sonic Camp featuring Zo!, Donnie Seals & Eric Seals
*This is not a performance*
William A Kerr Foundation
21 O’Fallon St, St. Louis, MO 63102
Sonic Camp #1 with Zo!: 1 – 3p
Sonic Camp #2 with Donnie & Eric Seals: 3:45 – 5:45p
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Friday-Saturday, March 30-31, 2018 – COLUMBUS, OH
Zo!
Music Entrepreneurship Workshop with Zo! & J. Rawls
Concert: March 30th | Workshop: March 31st
The STEAM Factory
400 W Rich St, Columbus, OH 43215
March 30th: Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
March 31st: Workshop: 2:30pm
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Friday, August 17, 2017 – TORONTO, ON
Zo!
*This is not a performance*
TBA

Zo! + Carmen Rodgers LIVE in Boston, MA (BAMS Fest) – June 15, 2016

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Zo!

Zo! + Carmen Rodgers

(SkyBreak / Stargazer Tour)

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 – Boston, MA
The Boston Winery
(BAMS Fest)
26 Ericsson Street | Dorchester, MA 02122
Doors: 7:30p
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Zo! & Carmen Rodgers
Two separate artists who come together LIVE on the same stage, at the same time to perform songs from each other’s vast discographies.

2012 in Pictures

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Zo!

"...Give is up for Lorenzo Ferguson a/k/a Zo!, ya'll!!" © Phonte in LA • Photo by Kris Perry (Oct. 2012)

“…Give it up for Lorenzo Ferguson a/k/a Zo!, y’all!!” © Phonte in LA • Photo by Kris Perry (Oct. 2012)

2012 has been another helluva year. I got to do some traveling and play shows in LA, NYC, DC, Chicago, Detroit, Nashville, St. Louis, Bethesda, MD, Greensboro, NC, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Columbia MD, Boston, Virginia Beach, Raleigh, Vienna, VA, Memphis, Indianapolis, San Francisco, and Phoenix …..and Durham, NC for this coming New Year’s Eve. I completed my first year as a full-time musician after the school I taught music at closed last year – I was then able to continue teaching by conducting individual piano lessons and workshop to groups of young ones. I began endorsing Moog Music, received another standing ovation during a performance back home in Detroit, and got the bulk of the recording finished for my newest album ManMade. Sy Smith and I did some touring this year playing big solo shows at DC’s Blues Alley and NYC’s Blue Note and received big performance props from Sheila E while I was back on the road with The Foreign Exchange who wrapped up performances for an album we have been touring for two years, Authenticity. I hit my ten-year anniversary of releasing music as well. Outside of all that, it was a fairly quiet twelve months……….