How have the concurrent crises of homelessness, systemic racism and the global pandemic affected the most vulnerable residents of San Francisco? And how does art address and respond to these complex issues? Join Composer/educator Marcus Shelby and Eva Paterson, Co-Founder of the Equal Justice Society, for a riveting conversation and Q&A. Marcus will also share […]
Long time favorites of the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers are proof positive that dance-inducing music never goes out of style. A leading force in the swing music revival of the 1990s, Smith and her scalding Skillet Lickers earned international renown interpreting West Coast jump blues, Kansas City […]
More than a musician or a performer, Idris Ackamoor is a conjurer who transforms any space he inhabits into a protean state where the past manifests and the future reveals itself. A saxophonist, composer, percussionist, actor, tap dancer, producer, and director, he’s the guiding spirit of the San Francisco performance company Cultural Odyssey and the […]
A loving advocate for the queer community, rooted in Black music and dedicated to wielding music as a transformative force, Oakland vocalist Valerie Troutt has spent years developing songs to inspire and enhance bodies in motion. Steeped in gospel and jazz, she’s a gifted songwriter and improviser who powerfully chronicled the life of her acclaimed […]
This program is part of Yerba Buena Day on August 19 - a day full of music, art and poetry programs throughout the Yerba Buena neighborhood. All free and outdoors! More Yerba Buena Day Programs! The dynamic Mexican-born conga player Javier Cabanillas has come a long way since he started performing in pop-up flea markets […]
This program is part of Yerba Buena Day on August 19 - a day full of music, art and poetry programs throughout the Yerba Buena neighborhood. All free and outdoors! More Yerba Buena Day Programs! In partnership with Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM), experience the latest iteration of an ongoing project by GLTTR Collective co-founders Leah […]
Claudia Villela seizes your ears with her extraordinary voice, a voluptuous instrument that can caress vowels with a velvet purr or deliver consonants with the percussive snap and rattle of a pandeiro. But the Brazilian-born singer is also a capaciously inventive composer with a luminous body of songs that serve as ideal vehicles for her […]
This program repeats at Saturday, August 28 at 2:15pm. Humorous is a celebration of the fantabulous world we discover together through the simple gifts of wonder and laughter. Directed by Abigail Munn, the sixty-minute performance features the amazing Circus Bella Company — a diverse and talented troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns — performing to […]
This is a repeat of a program on Saturday, August 28 at 12pm. Humorous is a celebration of the fantabulous world we discover together through the simple gifts of wonder and laughter. Directed by Abigail Munn, the sixty-minute performance features the amazing Circus Bella Company — a diverse and talented troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, […]