2024 Celebration :: Tiny Desk Contest

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Tiny Desk Contest On The Road tour:

May 21: Washington, D.C. with WAMU
June 7: New Orleans, La. with WWNO
June 9: Seattle, Wash. with KEXP, KUOW, KNKX
June 11: Los Angeles, Calif. with LAist, KCRW, KVCR
June 13: Petaluma, Calif. with KALW, KEXP, KRCB, KQED
June 22: Brooklyn, N.Y. with WBGO | BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! RSVP
June 23: Philadelphia, Pa. with WHYY, WRTI, WXPN
July 11: Austin, Texas with KUTX
July 13: Atlanta, Ga. with WABE, GPB
July 15: Chicago, Ill. with WBEZ, Vocalo | Millennium Park Summer Series FREE

Meet the Tiny Desk Contest On The Road tour bands

Washington, D.C.

malikdopenew

Washington, D.C.

tanknew

Tank and the Bangas

New Orleans

Sally Baby's Silver Dollars

New Orleans

SHARK LEGS v4

Seattle

parisalexia v3

Seattle

carmennew

Carmen Thomassiny

Los Angeles

jamenew

Los Angeles

Petaluma

Combo Tezeta v3

Petaluma

Jonill v3

Philadelphia

kosernew

Philadelphia

Kate Heron Press Photo by Rae Mascardo

Austin

shelbynew

Austin

SWGAC photo

Southwest Georgia Creatives

Atlanta

night palace

Atlanta

Watch the entries

Here's where you can watch videos from the musicians who've entered the 2024 Tiny Desk Contest. Find your band's entry, or just have a look around at what everyone's been creating.

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How 'losing' the Tiny Desk Contest launched Yasmin Williams' music career

February 19, 2025 • Northern Virginia guitarist Yasmin Williams shares how the Tiny Desk Contest changed her life — despite entering it twice and never winning.

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The Tiny Desk Contest is back for 2025

January 14, 2025 • The Tiny Desk Contest is NPR Music's annual search for the next great undiscovered artist.

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Tiny Desk Contest finalist Ama's song 'Amarra' came out of her battle with leukemia

July 28, 2024 • The Puerto Rican artist Ama used her doctor's desk as the background for her video entry to NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest. Her song is about her recovery after chemotherapy.

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Meet some of the up-and-coming rappers that stood out among Tiny Desk Contest entries

July 24, 2024 • NPR Music got 7,000 entries this year for its annual Tiny Desk Contest. Here are some favorite contest entries from up-and-coming rappers.

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Listen to some of the best folk and rock entries in this year's Tiny Desk Contest

July 17, 2024 • NPR Music's Robin Hilton wraps up some of the folk and rock music entries in this year's Tiny Desk Contest.

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