So I, Eli Waltz, am a fiscally sponsored artist. That pretty much means your money goes to supporting me and the work I do.

Eli Waltz Presents serves to preserve, promote, and celebrate Washington, D.C.’s new generation of blues and folk songwriters—torchbearers for the city’s storied music scene.

In addition to my own creative projects—which include recording, touring, and collaborating with local musicians, graphic designers, painters and poets—I partner with DMV-based art collectives and businesses to showcase up-and-coming artists who are carrying forward the legacy of D.C. blues and folk legends like John Fahey, Skip James, and Connie B. Gay.

EWP values accessibility and making concerts free to the public where possible.

Your support includes funds to build and grow Eli Waltz’s musical presence: recording, touring and song campaigning. His music draws from a wide array of D.C.-based musical traditions including folk, blues, country, classical, and psychedelia.

EWP concerts pay artists. Our mission is to empower and compensate musicians for their invaluable contributions to the city’s arts and culture.

EWP concerts are often free or discounted. Accessibility to our music for the community is of paramount importance. We believe folk, blues, and country music is for everybody.

EWP partners with local collectives and businesses that go out on a limb to make little islands of musical culture and art in the city.

D.C. and its surrounding area has a rich history of folk, blues, and country music. EWP aims to continue that legacy through the music of the artists we book.

We are proud of the work we do, and are eager to expand our scope: increasing partnerships, expanding reach online and in-person, throwing more concerts, and bringing new artists into the fold.

“Eli Waltz is rekindling an old flame...Waltz’s Americana Hour program is a musical showcase for folk and blues artists from the DMV.”

— Washington City Paper

“Eli Waltz highlights local talent… [his concert series is] community-driven and centered around the history of country, blues and folk.”

— American University’s The Eagle