Kimora Julius is a 19-year-old artist originally from New York City.

I started Nrithyadhara School of Dance in 2020 online while taking live classes in Chennai, TamilNadu, India.

Sanwone&Santae Benjamin iare identical twins from Charlotte, NC. Their performances include appearances on stages such as World of Dance ATL, Super Bowl 55, as professional NBA dancers, and at Choreographers Carnival NYC.

The Doubting Thomas Band continues to make new music reflective of today's times. It was then, and still is now, about the music, about the lyrics and poetry, about the vocals & intricate harmonies & complex arrangements.

N8 the Magician is a traveling adventuring Magician performing a fully interactive magic show with tricks ranging from pickpocketing, phone hacking and more.

Eliza Dunaway is a full-time, Charlotte-based visual artist whose work centers on drawing and painting from life.

Allison Beaty and Layla El-Khoury are collaborative dance artists who interweave scientific research and lived experience to create embodied, conceptually driven performance.

OC From NC is a North Carolina–based hip-hop artist dedicated to telling honest Southern stories through music rooted in authenticity, resilience, and community.

Fairy Godmother writes songs and stories for today's heroes, addressing topics such as drug addiction, transexuality, and rainbow babies.

Swati Kumar is a multidisciplinary artist and cultural leader originally from India, currently based in the United States.

Play More Charlotte hosts events designed to help adults in Charlotte find safety, joy, and community through play, silliness, and nostalgia.

The AerialCLT (pronounced "Aerial Charlotte") performance troupe is a premier entertainment group offering aerial acrobatic performances for events and parties throughout the South East.

Abhisek Bhattacharya is an immigrant playwright and performer (Asian Indian) who has been creating plays since he was in middle school in India.

M4TR (Music 4 The Revolution) creates future wave art-pop that merges synthpop, nu-disco, and funk with social critique—good times for the end times, dancing through dystopia.

I create work with my dancers and truly feed off who is in the room, in addition to having inspiration from other art mediums, such as photography, videography, painting, etc.

For the past three years, Jessamyn Moxie has created free zines to share research and foster conversations.

Enacense is an empathic artist whose work blends soul, alternative R&B, country, and poetic storytelling to explore the emotional and psychological aspects of the human experience.

Sweat Transfer is a producer and composer based in Charlotte, known for creating engaging electronic music and an ambitious audiovisual portfolio.

FOURWARD is a dynamic dance and vocal group that showcasing high-energy performances inspired by iconic American pop girl groups such as the Spice Girls and globally influential K-pop groups.

Lisa De Novo has been working on her music for over a decade performing in 17 states! Her genuine love for music shows in her smile and energetic stage presence.

Initially trained in classical music decades ago, Jinna Kim is a multidisciplinary immigrant artist & writer based in Charlotte, NC.

Cutright creates hip hop music through the lens of faith and pop culture to encourage, empower, and energize listeners.

Ray Poole, also known as DJ Double R, is a Detroit native and 20-year U.S. Navy veteran with over 30 years of DJ experience.

SHAE Movement’s mission is to share and celebrate West African dance, drum, song and energy with local, national, and international communities!

Charlotte Cultural Collective is a fusion dance company that showcases the intersectionality of the Black Diaspora through creative and cultural choreographies.

Born with an innate passion for music, David has dedicated his life to honing his craft and exploring the endless possibilities within his artistry.

Lui Quantum is a Peruvian songwriter, guitarist, and percussionist with 15 years of experience making music.

Bloom Collective Performance Troupe, representing Bloom Movement Artistry, is a collaborative group dedicated to creating family-friendly contemporary circus performances

ITari Civerolo is a dance artist with a background in classical ballet who is currently interested in creating contemporary work.

B. Hannah has been expressing herself through dance and the arts for as long as she can remember.

The Souls of Beauty is a vibrant collective dedicated to enriching the community through the transformative power of rhythm and movement.

Melody Shanahan is a dancer and choreographer who fuses a variety of cultural influences in her work.

Everything Must Go, directed by Jonah Carrel, is a postmodern dance company based in Greensboro, NC. Their choreographic work is rooted in absurd, provocative, and often physically demanding movement that engages with a wide array of topics.

Shilpi Bansal is an Indian artist with over ten years of experience creating interactive, community-centered art rooted in traditional Indian art forms.

Mashiyah is a singer-songwriter from North Carolina who has been writing songs since the age of 10 and singing since she was 5.

Erin’s work explores the concept of human connection and the barriers to truly seeing one another.

Germôna Sharp is a vocalist and actress dedicated to bringing her original works to the stage.

My work lies in community-engaged research where I find meaning in creating new ways of communication drawing from culturally situated aesthetic labor.

Melody Shanahan is multicultural international dancer who has trained most of my life in classical ballet, modern, jazz, and Mexican folklore.

BEATFREAQ is a platform for independent producers, DJs, and sound artists who create and share genre-blending music rooted in hip-hop, house, soul, and electronic experimentation.

Law Bullock is a nationally touring spoken word artist with fourteen years of experience performing at festivals, slams, showcases, and featured events.

Gyansi Naik Kathiriya is a professional Bharatanatyam artist, teacher, and choreographer based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

BeYou Creative Arts Academy is a youth program that celebrates individuality, confidence, and the beauty of every body and every story.

As Charlotte’s premier music improv troupe, Swell is a performance like no other.

Bridgette Alston is a spoken word artist and poet who uses storytelling as a vessel for healing, connection, and truth.

PEX - Compañía de Danza Peruxpresión is dedicated to promoting the dances of Peru and Latin America.

My work lives at the intersection of performance, spirituality, and healing in which storytelling becomes ritual, the stage becomes sacred ground, and theatre becomes a pathway home to ourselves.

No Quarter! Brass Band is an 8-person ensemble originally from Greenville, NC, known for performing crowd-pleasing hits that span multiple genres and decades.

Based out of Charlotte, NC, Mariah Van Kleef and her band present a surreal blend of gritty, global, and mythic influences from near and far

PHAZE GAWD is a Charlotte-based rap artist and creative entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in music and storytelling.

Tina Alberni is a multidisciplinary, intuitive, semi-abstract artist who works across painting, mixed-media assemblage, and digital media.

Savannah Jenkins’ participation in creative practice and play is anchored in a deep understanding of self, cultivated through meditation, movement, and research over the past 10 years.

Abby Burkholder is a multi-disciplinary, mixed-race artist whose work blends acting, music, storytelling, and community-centered creativity.

Jumping Dreams is a competitive and performance-based team that has been active in Charlotte for eight years.

Dionne D. Hunter is a Charlotte-based author and spoken word artist whose work explores identity, legacy, and the power of positive representation.

Umayal Annamalai is a mixed media artist and storyteller who weaves narrative and synthesis through her art and community work.

Kate Gupton is a dance/movement artist who evokes satire, theater, and avant-art forms in her work.

Emily Little is a self-taught visual artist and poet born in Spain, raised in New Hampshire and Hawaii, and settled in NC. Little’s background of constant change has influenced her to create works exploring duality and nuance, encouraging radical authenticity.

For over two decades, the Indian Performing Arts Association of Charlotte has shared a deep love for Indian classical music, particularly the rich vocal traditions of North India.

Vanessa is an 18 year old professional theatre major at North Carolina A&T. She is a writer and actor who believes in social change and stands for what she believes in.

Sade Sade is a deeply southern Black fairy and multidisciplinary artist who heals through her words.

With a name that reflects both heritage and innovation, Tchinweizu brings a unique perspective to Afrobeat, blending personal storytelling with infectious energy that transforms every performance into an unforgettable experience.

Ana Lucia Divins is a healing therapeutic musician who shares her music and voice around the world, bringing her work and musical exploration to Greece, Spain, the UK, the United States, and Colombia.

Kevin Jones is a Detroit native with a soulful music background that runs deep.

Michelle pursues work that challenges our ideas of traditional theatre, seeking to create pieces that are immersive, experiential, and challenging.

Tosco Music is a nonprofit organization that presents a wide variety of music through performances and outreach programs, fosters a sense of community among listeners and performers, and connects professional and amateur musicians to share and inspire one another.

Found sound, live processing, tape bending, spoken word pieces about the sounds of dad, from the humorous to the deeply personal silences and outbursts that are created and shaped by dads.

Our team works at the intersection of LED performance, dance, and theatrical art. Yet we don’t stop at light alone.

Amanda and Tom have been doing performances for about 17 years.

Black Poetry Theatre creates and presents original theatrical productions centered on or inspired by poetry, spoken word, and hip hop culture.

Lourdes del Mar Santiago Lebrón and Tess Angelica Losada-Tindall began collaborating in graduate school as they worked towards their MFA degrees in Dance.

Arachne THTR is a new, elevated pop-up performance art experience founded by Alli B. Graham.