

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: A Nation Listens featuring Chris Potter & Julian Lage
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 07 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: The festival closes with A Nation Listens, an ambitious evening that confronts history, identity, and the unresolved tensions at the heart of the American story.

The night opens with Mark Turner, one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary jazz, presenting The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, inspired by James Weldon Johnson’s 1912 novel. Turner translates the novel into a thoughtful musical essay — rhythmically elusive, harmonically dense, and emotionally intense — where long, searching lines and ensemble interplay unfold like narrative rather than illustration.

Chris Potter and Julian Lage then take the stage to debut a world premiere inspired by the legacy of abolitionist John Brown - the radical abolitionist whose 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry helped propel the nation toward Civil War. The work reflects on Brown himself: the physical body as symbol, catalyst, and moral reckoning. Potter, one of the most significant saxophonists of his generation, joins forces with Lage — guitarist celebrated for his clarity, imagination, and deep engagement with American musical traditions — to explore history through music that wrestles with contradiction, conviction, and consequence.

These performances close the festival with depth, urgency, and a clear-eyed look at the ghosts we continue to live with.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/burlington/a-nation-listens-featuring-chris-potter-and-julian-lage/200029753663856
- **Event Categories**: music, festivals, entertainment, live-music, jazz
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 12

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.flynnvt.org/Events/2026/6/A-Nation-Listens?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=burlington-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Burlington
- **state**: VT
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Flynn
- **lat**: 44.457309801319
- **long**: -73.196411132813
- **full address**: The Flynn, 864 S Prospect St, Burlington, VT 05401-3513, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Burlington Discover Jazz Festival (https://allevents.in/org/burlington-discover-jazz-festival/6840705)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 07 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Flynn, 864 S Prospect St, Burlington, VT 05401-3513, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Burlington Discover Jazz Festival
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, festivals, entertainment, live-music, jazz
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about A Nation Listens featuring Chris Potter & Julian Lage ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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