Malik Gaines: I Folk with It

Malik Gaines is back! Join the acclaimed performance artist at the Clark Cabaret & Bar for an intimate night of piano and song. Expect a captivating lineup of folk music, protest anthems, and spirituals—all reimagined through Malik’s unique, sophisticated style. Acclaimed performance and cabaret artist Malik Gaines returns to the Clark Cabaret & Bar for an unforgettable evening of music. Accompanying himself on the piano, Malik will deliver a captivating lineup of folk music, powerful protest songs, and timeless spirituals. Don’t miss these highly sophisticated, unique interpretations of classic songs, all filtered through his signature style. Malik Gaines is an artist, musician and writer. His collaborative performance-art group My Barbarian has performed internationally and has been the subject of many exhibitions and publications. His work for opera include “Star Choir” (2023) with Alexandro Segade. He writes about art and the social world and is a professor of Visual Arts at UC San Diego, where he serves as PhD director. Over the last decade, using the gay piano bar as inspiration, he’s done solo music performances in venues in New York and LA (and in notable pandemic-era social media concerts) to express collective feelings about the moment.