Gallery: Stax Music Academy performs in DC
Johnathon Cole gets the crowd dancing as Pasley Thompson belts out a song as part of the group of the Stax Music Academy students perform on the main stage for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. in the National Mall, July 4, 2025. (Greg Campbell/Special to The Daily Memphian)
A group of Stax Music Academy students performed at this year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. on Friday, July 4.
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