Tour Dates

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Zo! Tour Dates

Saturday, December 15, 2018 – WASHINGTON D.C.
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers
City Winery
1350 Okie St NE, Washington, DC 20002
Doors: 6p | Show: 8p
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Sunday, December 16, 2018 – BROOKLYN, NY
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers
The Knitting Factory
361 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Doors: 7:30p | Show: 8p
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Sunday, December 30, 2018 – MEMPHIS, TN
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers
Hi-Tone
412 N Cleveland St, Memphis, TN 38104
Doors: 8p | Show: 9p
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Monday, December 31, 2018 – ST. LOUIS, MO
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers
Afrosexycool New Year’s Eve
The .ZACK
3224 Locust St, St. Louis, MO 63103
Doors: 7p | Show: 7:30p
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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 • April 21, 2018 – Seattle, WA (Piano & A Microphone) • April 29 & 30, 2018 – New York City, NY (Piano & A Microphone) • June 21, 2018 – San Francisco, CA • June 23, 2018 – Los Angeles, CA • July 25, 2018 – Detroit, MI • July 26, 2018 – Chicago, IL • August 18, 2018 – Toronto, ON • September 15, 2018 – Cincinnati, OH • September 28, 2018 – Houston, TX (Piano & A Microphone) • September 29, 2018 – Dallas, TX (Piano & A Microphone) • December 12, 2018 – Charlotte, NC • December 13, 2018 – Atlanta, GA

For booking inquiries, please Contact:
Booking Agent || The Empire Agency
Matthew W. Jensen || mjensen@empireagency.com

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

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

Saturday, February 23, 2019 – LOS ANGELES, CA
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers
Upstairs at Vitello’s
4349 Tujunga Ave, North Hollywood, CA 91604
TBA

Thursday, February 28, 2019 – CHICAGO, IL
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers
TBA

Saturday, March 2, 2019 – CINCINNATI, OH
Zo! + Carmen Rodgers
TBA

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Making SkyBreak Documentary Screenings

***Making SkyBreak will be available SOON***

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) • April 21, 2018 – Seattle, WA (Langston Hughes African-American Film Festival) • April 26, 2018 – Las Vegas, NV (Las Vegas Black Film Festival)

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The Takeover Documentary Screenings

Friday, October 12, 2018 – CHICAGO, IL
Zo! + Digifé Team
The Second City (Harold Ramis Screening Room)
1616 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Reception: 6p | Film Starts: 7p | Q&A with Digifé Team & Zo!: 8p
Maxed Out

Saturday, October 13, 2018 – CHICAGO, IL
Zo! + Digifé Team
The Second City (Harold Ramis Screening Room)
1616 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Reception: 6p | Film Starts: 7p | Q&A with Digifé Team & Zo!: 8p
RSVP HERE

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Zo! MasterClass Workshops

Friday, August 17, 2017 – TORONTO, ON
Zo!
*This is not a performance*
Music Entrepreneurship Workshop with Zo!
The VandenBerg House
1400 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON M4L 1C9, Canada
Time: 10a – 12p

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……….