Understory Uprising

Join us as the inaugural Understory Festival opens its doors to all for an evening of music, testimony and conversation. Presented in partnership with Comment magazine and the Cathedral’s A Better Way initiative, this event is an opportunity for the wider public to experience the Understory Festival’s connection and creativity.

Featuring folk-soul duo Over the Rhine, community renewal pioneer Mack McCarter, jazz virtuoso Paul Cornish, humanitarian Maggie Barankitse, the unearthly tuned-glass sounds of Jonny Rodgers, theologian Miroslav Volf and poet Christian Wiman in dialogue, and more.

About the Understory Festival

The Understory Festival is a three-day gathering hosted by Comment magazine at Washington National Cathedral. This civic and spiritual meeting of writers, artists, pastors, and builders looks to rehumanize our common life at a time of cultural fragility.

about ‘a better way’

This event is part of the Washington National Cathedral’s ongoing A Better Way initiative—a series of programs designed to help Americans live together, learn from each other, and chart a path forward in these polarized times.