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Photo of Awakko Ren

Shamisen of Bachido + Awakko Ren

Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts., San Francisco

A three-string lute plucked and strummed with a plectrum, the shamisen has played an important role in Japanese culture for some five centuries. Santa Cruz’s Kyle Abbott became obsessed with […]

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Photo of salsa band Somos El Son

Somos el Son

Jessie Square, Yerba Buena Gardens 760 Mission St., San Francisco

Led by Peruvian-born vocalist and percussion master Braulio Barrera, who earned a Grammy Award for his work with the Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Somos el Son is a relatively new addition […]

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A guest on traditional, unceded Ramaytush Ohlone Land.
VENUE: Yerba Buena Gardens, Mission St. between 3rd and 4th Sts., San Francisco
OFFICE: Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, 760 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103
PHONE: (415) 543-1718