Vivian Sessoms takes the stage for a special blackbox performance of Neon Nights, where she performs the music of the legendary female artists of the 1970s disco era! 

An accomplished singer, songwriter, and producer, Vivian Sessoms has performed as a backing vocalist for Chaka Khan, Rob Thomas, Donna Summer, Cher, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Pink, Joe Cocker, Christina Aguilera, Patti Austin, and a host of others. Whether performing original material or reimagining beloved classics, she captivates audiences with her sophisticated, expressive voice and bold, genre-defying arrangements, proving herself a fiery and forward-thinking artist in her own right. Drawing inspiration from jazz, R&B, and pop, her sound is fresh, dynamic, and utterly distinctive. With a voice described as “exquisite” by both Rolling Stone and Billboard, Sessoms delivers a blackbox performance not to be missed!

Vivian Sessoms

The Broad Stage

Artist, composer, vocalist, and Spiegeltent favorite Martha Redbone returns to Bard SummerScape with a musical celebration of the words and legacy of bell hooks. In this developmental work-in-process, Redbone and longtime musical collaborator Aaron Whitby embark on a multidisciplinary musical exploration of bell hooks’s landmark poetry collection, Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place. Known for their powerful and award-winning settings of poets Ntozake Shange in for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf (2019 Drama Desk Award; 2022 Broadway revival) and William Blake on the album, The Garden of Love: Songs of William Blake, Redbone and Whitby channel bell hooks’s meditative, confessional, and political lyricism into a genre-defying soundscape that echoes the spirit of her Kentucky roots and heritage she shares with Redbone.

Vivian Sessoms

Events

Upcoming events

Jun 20, 2026

Vivian Sessoms · Broadstage

10 - 11 Jul, 2026

Martha Redbone · Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

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