Solange Knowles headlines progressive 'Peace Ball'
The evening, which also featured jazz singer Esperanza Spalding and a dance party, was quite different from the official pre-inaugural concert at the Lincoln Memorial, which was heavy on country music.
Glover addressed the fact that although the event was described as a nonpartisan celebration of successes in recent years in areas such as health care, climate change and marriage equality, the room was filled with people unhappy with the results of the election.
On Friday, performers set to entertain the crowd — and a global audience — at Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony included the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and singer Jackie Evancho, 16, who was to sing the national anthem.
Ziesing said she wasn't at the ball to protest President-elect Donald Trump so much as to advocate for attention to issues of deep concern to her: the environment, women's health, and civil rights, to name a few.
[...] several presidents have staged concerts there, including Barack Obama for his first inauguration, when the lineup featured Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, U2, James Taylor, Jon Bon Jovi and many more — plus readings by actors like Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks and Samuel L. Jackson.