Swan Strings

08/21/2026

✨ SWAN STRINGS PRESENTS AT THE MODERN ✨

Swan Strings returns to The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth for another evening of live music, art, and community—this time featuring Jess Garland, who is also making her return to The Modern. 🎶✨

A singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, experimental harpist, and multi-disciplinary artist, Garland brings her distinctive sound and creative practice back to the museum for a special performance presented by Swan Strings. Blending harp, voice, unconventional sounds, repetition, and atmospheric textures, her work creates immersive soundscapes that move between ambient, experimental, and folk traditions.

Join us as we continue creating space for live music and artistic expression while connecting North Texas audiences through music and the arts.

📍 The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers exhibition 
🪉Swan Strings Presents: Jess Garland
✨ Live Music • Art • Community
FREE

08/12/2026

It’s almost time! 🎶

This Friday, join us for Music Lounge as we celebrate another incredible year of Girls Rock Dallas Summer Camp with a special performance by the incomparable SassyBlack.

We’re gathering to celebrate another successful summer of empowering young musicians through Girls Rock Dallas while welcoming one of today’s most visionary artists to the Music Lounge stage.

🎸 Bring a new or gently used instrument for our Swan Strings Instrument Drive and help expand access to free music education for young musicians across North Texas.
📍 South Dallas Cultural Center – Black Box Theatre
🗓️ Friday, August 14
🚪 Doors: 8:00 PM
🎶 SassyBlack: 8:30 PM

Celebrate community, creativity, and an unforgettable night of live music with us. We’ll see you Friday!

08/11/2026

HBD to Emsy from eastdallasstrings. 🎸 He’s one of the coolest guys that we know and you can take free guitar lessons from him a few times a week at various locations and neighborhoods. Check out our schedule at swanstrings.com.

07/20/2026

🎶 Music Lounge returns with SassyBlack! 🎶

Join us for a special evening as we celebrate another incredible year of Girls Rock Dallas Summer Camp with a performance by the incomparable SassyBlack.

A true multifaceted artist, SassyBlack is a singer, songwriter, producer, DJ, and curator whose genre-defying work has been featured on Adult Swim, BET’s Twenties, TNT’s CLAWS, and the Michelle Obama Spotify Playlist Vol. 1, with acting appearances on HBO’s Vinyl and Comedy Central’s Broad City. A seasoned international performer, she is currently developing her first musical, Emerald Jett, commissioned by the 5th Avenue Theatre, alongside her fourth studio album, HouseCat. She has also served as Music Director for Microsoft’s flagship events and recently completed a two-year commission with the Kennedy Center’s Cartography Project.

Before the show, help us celebrate the campers who spent the week writing songs, forming bands, and discovering their voices through Girls Rock Dallas. It’s the perfect way to close out an inspiring month of music, creativity, and community.

🎸 We’ll also be collecting donated instruments to support Swan Strings’ free music education programs and help get more instruments into the hands of young musicians.

📍 South Dallas Cultural Center – Black Box Theatre
🎟️ Reserve your seat and celebrate with us!

07/09/2026

Join us for a special live performance at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth featuring Brianne Sargent.

Brianne will perform as part of Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers, the museum’s landmark exhibition exploring Black identity, philosophy, history, and community through nearly 90 works spanning painting, sculpture, film, installation, and sound.

Her performance takes place within Johnson’s Stage, where live music becomes an integral part of the exhibition, transforming the gallery into a space for reflection, conversation, and community.

Fresh off the release of her latest solo album, In April, Brianne continues to push the boundaries of experimental composition, blending electronic production, jazz, ambient textures, and improvisation into deeply personal sonic landscapes.

Released in May 2026, the album represents what she describes as “a spectrum of my producer thumb,” marking both the beginning and end of a creative cycle.

📍 Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
🕡 6:30 PM
🎟️ Included with museum admission.

Experience an evening where contemporary art and live music converge through one of North Texas’s most innovative musical voices.

06/27/2026

Join us for Music Lounge at the South Dallas Cultural Center featuring Grammy-nominated R&B artist BeMyFiasco () 🎶

Music Lounge will be the closing event for the Sunny South Music Festival tonight!

Presented in partnership with Swan Strings, Music Lounge creates welcoming, accessible concert experiences while supporting free music education and community-based arts programming in South Dallas.

🖤 Donations directly support free music education in South Dallas
📍 South Dallas Cultural Center
🔗 Register + more info at swanstrings.com
Come as you are and enjoy a beautiful night of connection and music with us.

06/03/2026

🎉 JUNE AT SDCC 🎉
Join us for a month of art, music, culture, and community!
✨ June 6 | Diaspora in Rhythm
🕚 11 AM–2 PM
🎤 Artist Talks
🎶 Live Performances
☕ Free Coffee
🍽️ Free Food

🎵 June 27 | Sunny South Music Fest
🕛 12 PM–8 PM
Featuring Sunny South Dallas Food Park, live music, food, and community vibes all day long!
🖼️ Closing Receptions | 2 PM–4 PM
Celebrate the final day of:
• No Walls Between Us
• Echoes of Black Sound
• The Hall Monitor Series
🎻 Swan Strings featuring Be My Fiasco
🕗 8 PM

Don’t miss a month filled with creativity, connection, and unforgettable experiences at SDCC. See you there!

05/20/2026