Friday, Jan 24, 2025 from 8:00pm to 9:30pm
Multi-award winning entertainer and Rhythm 'n' Blues legend Movin' Melvin Brown will take you on a Musical journey (50s-90s) through his incredible life in song, dance, tap dance, comedy and true stories!
Movin' Melvin Brown keeps movin'.. He founded in 1994 a charity organization called CHANGE THIS WORLD PROJECT to feed the homeless in Austin and help build a better world!
During the pandemic years he finally managed to found an official Nonprofit organization. This is a non profit that he started many years ago helping the homeless and the less fortunate, with the aim to uplift, inspire people, feed the homeless (every week) and spread joy and happiness to the elderly as well as to motivate the children through the performing arts.
Described as 'The last of the great Song and Dance Men', Melvin's award-winning entertainment career spans 5 decades of singing, tap-dancing, storytelling and laughing with the best, including sharing the movie set with Austin's icon Willie Nelson!
The show will include an incredible array of music styles! Songs of Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, The Temptations, Platters and more! Featuring characters like the Black Preacher, the Music Box Dancer, Bojangles, James Brown… And Tap dancing to various styles of music, including an amazing and high-energy routine to Michael Jackson's music 'Jam'!
The show has sold out in Edinburgh, Edmonton, Vancouver, Adelaide and many other Festivals around the world, earning several awards including 'Audience Pick' for best show in Toronto and Vancouver, 'Outstanding solo Performer' in New York and Ottawa, 'Best international Act' in Brighton UK, and more.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he has been at the heart of the black music scene since he started stealing hearts with his dancing aged five. He had a doo-wop group as a teenager, when Cincinnati was the hub of black music, and has worked with the likes of James Brown, BB King, The Isley Brothers, Little Stevie Wonder and many more. Right now Brown's own single from the 70's Love Stormy Weather is in the UK soul charts and is available on a 45 vinyl.
An amazing journey through Black Music history from the 50's to the 90's in song, tap dance, comedy and true stories.
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Prices:
General Admission: USD 50.00,
Early Bird Tickets: USD 35.00
Artists: Melvin Brown, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, The Temptations, Platters, Jackie Wilson, Wilson Pickett, Bojangles Bill Robinson, James Brown
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