STILL WE RISE: The Dream, the Duty and the Divine Legacy
Fri, Feb 20
|1501 Lakeside Dr
NEW DAY, NEW TIME: Concert for Black History Month, University of Lynchburg , features saxophonist J. Plunky Branch and his band, Oneness.
Time & Location
Feb 20, 2026, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
1501 Lakeside Dr, 1501 Lakeside Dr, Lynchburg, VA 24501, USA
About the event
Originally scheduled as the Kickoff for Black History Month at University of Lynchburg this concert at Snidow Chapel is by renowned Richmond saxophonist and Bandleader J. Plunky Branch and his band “Oneness.” The theme for this year's Black History Month celebration at University of Lynchburg is “STILL WE RISE: The Dream, The Duty and the Divine Legacy.” The entrance to Snidow Chapel parking lot is opposite 100 Vernon Street on the Campus.
For over 50 years, Richmond saxophonist and bandleader J. Plunky Branch has been at the vanguard of Afro-centric jazz, funk, house music, and go-go, weaving these interrelated musical forms into a forward-looking message of empowerment, positivity, and cultural awareness. In the first set of the concert, Plunky & Oneness will explore historical black music from early African rhythms, to colonial slave songs, ragtime and the jazz age, while in the second set they will play rousing contemporary funk,…