Live at principle barbers: TIMBRE Jazz at the Lawndale Route 66 Festival will bring live jazz, food, and community gathering into a barbershop located directly on Historic Route 66 in North Lawndale. On August 23, 2026, the Lawndale Route 66 Festival and Classic Car Show will take place along Ogden Avenue, directly in front of principle barbers. I want to use that moment to open the shop and backyard as a welcoming cultural space where neighbors, festival visitors, artists, families, and car show attendees can experience live music and West Side hospitality.

The project will be part of TIMBRE, a live music series I created to bring high-quality jazz and community-facing performance to North Lawndale. TIMBRE uses principle barbers as a nontraditional venue where music, conversation, design, and neighborhood pride meet. For this special Route 66 activation, I plan to present at least three live performances throughout the day, along with food and refreshments inside the shop and in the backyard.

This project is awesome because it turns an everyday barbershop into a cultural stop on Route 66. It highlights North Lawndale as a place of beauty, craft, music, history, and community—not just a place defined by deficit. The event will support paid opportunities for local musicians, bring people into a Black-owned business, and create a warm, creative space during one of the biggest neighborhood events of the summer.

The TIMBRE activation will also connect to the larger spirit of the Lawndale Route 66 Festival: cars, culture, music, local business visibility, and neighborhood unity. The goal is simple: let people hear something beautiful, eat something good, meet someone new, and experience principle barbers as part of the cultural life of North Lawndale.