Photos: Patti LaBelle kicks off her heels as she closes out 3 days of MATI
Music At The Intersection — or MATI as it's called —Ìýtakes over the Grand Center Art District from Sept. 12-14 with performances from some of the biggest names in soul, hip-hop, R&B and jazz, plus tons of smaller and local acts. The summer staple for music lovers also includes events centered on art, thought, and innovation.
Patti LaBelle kicks off her heels while performing on the Field Stage on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Patti LaBelle performs on the Field Stage on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Patti LaBelle performs on the Field Stage on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Patti LaBelle performs on the Field Stage on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Cookie Hardin listens to Patti LaBelle performing on the Field Stage on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Patti LaBelle walks barefoot after kicking off her heels while performing on the Field Stage on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Liam Norfleets hopes to get his albums autographed as he stands up during the De La Soul set on the Field Stage on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
De La Soul performs on the Field Stage on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
De La Soul performs on the Field Stage on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Kelci Creath, center, films De La Soul on the Field Stage on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
De La Soul performs on the Field Stage on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Festival goers walk through the colorful murals of the Walls Off Washington on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Keyon Harrold performs at the Sovereign on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Keyon Harrold performs at the Sovereign on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio performs at the Big Top on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio performs at the Big Top on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Brandford Marsalis performs at the Big Top on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Brandford Marsalis performs at the Big Top on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Leon Thomas performs on the Field Stage on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Leon Thomas performs on the Field Stage on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Butcher Brown performs at the Sovereign on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Matthew Henry's Agbara perform at Jazz STL on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Lucky Daye performs at the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Kris Jones donns a cowboy hat as she listens to Lucky Daye perform at the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Lucky Daye performs at the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Lucky Daye performs at the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Tone Harold listens as Lucky Daye performs at the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Lucky Daye performs at the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at the Music at the Intersection festival in the Grand Center Arts District.
Kaylee White sparkles with her glitter festival attire on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Kris Jones dons a cowboy hat as she listens to Lucky Daye perform at the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Lucky Daye performs at the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Common performs at the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at the Music at the Intersection festival in 51ºÚÁÏ.
Fans raise during the Common & Pete Cross set at the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Common & Pete Rock perform at the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Common and Pete Rock perform at the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at the Music at the Intersection Festival in the Grand Center Arts District in 51ºÚÁÏ.
John Medeski plays the piano during the John Medeski's Mad Skillet set at the Top Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
peforms at the Top Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Kaylee White sparkles with her glitter festival attire on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Po Mia listens to Whitworth perform on the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Drea Vocalz performs at the Big Top Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Drea Vocalz performs at the Big Top stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at the Music at the Intersection festival in the Grand Center Arts District.
T-Dubb-O performs at the Sovereign on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
T-Dubb-O performs at the Sovereign on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Whitworth performs on the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Whitworth performs on the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Kaylee White sparkles in the light as she waits for Lucky Daye to perform at the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Candace Nichols, whose performance name is Candy Slice, dances with her hoops during the Coco & Breezy set at the Sovereign on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Coco & Breezy perform at the Sovereign on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Candace Nichols, whose performance name is Candy Slice, dances with her hoops during the Coco & Breezy set at the Sovereign on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Coco & Breezy perform at the Sovereign on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Candace Nichols, whose performance name is Candy Slice, dances with her hoops during the Coco & Breezy set at the Sovereign on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Weedie Braimah & The Hands of Time perform at the Big Top stage on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Patrons dance during the Weedie Braimah & The Hands of Time perform at the Big Top stage on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Weedie Braimah and The Hands of Time perform at the Big Top stage on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at the Music at the Intersection festival in the Grand Center Arts District.
Marshanette Densmore, center, listens to Weedie Braimah & The Hands of Time perform at the Big Top stage on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
A ferris wheel reflects in the window of Sophie's Lounge on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Dani Schilling, left, dances during the Saint Boogie Brass Band set at the Big Top Stage on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Dani Schilling, left, listens during the Saint Boogie Brass Band set at the Big Top Stage on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Raul Gonzalez dances during the Pirulo y Tribu set at the Sovereign on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Pirulo y Tribu performs at the Sovereign on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Jamilia Bow dances during the Saint Boogie Brass Band at the Big Top Stage on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Anita Jackson performs at Jazz STL on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Tenesha Parsons wears a flower in her hair on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Anita Jackson performs at Jazz STL on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Branden Michael Lewis performs at Strauss Park on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Branden Michael Lewis performs at Strauss Park on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
K Kudda Music performs at the Sovereign on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival and Conference in Grand Center Arts District.
Common & Pete Rock perform at the Field Stage on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at MATI (Music at the Intersection) Festival in Grand Center Arts District.
Laurie Skrivan | Post-Dispatch
Photographer
The MATI festival is gearing up for its fifth year, embracing its new acronym and rolling out a slew of fresh changes.
Patti LaBelle and De La Soul headlined the last day of the festival.
The Music at the Intersection festival has taken over the Grand Center Arts District this weekend, with national stars and 51ºÚÁÏ-based performers.
