Yerba Buena Gardens Festival unveils a site-specific mural in Yerba Buena Gardens from Bay Area artist Jet Martinez to celebrate folk art forms from around the world and be the backdrop to many of the Festival’s over 100 events. The mural, Untitled, consists of four 6’ x 9’ panels made from acrylic on vinyl and […]
This in-person tour is FREE and open to all. The tour meets in front of the Martin Luther King waterfall at the center of Yerba Buena Gardens (between Mission and Howard, 3rd and 4th streets). Yerba Buena Gardens opened in 1993, with the creation of public spaces and public art that can be the […]
Update: The Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion class on September 21, 2022 is cancelled due to rain. Rhythm & Motion is an addictive follow-along class that is inspired by choreography and music from across the globe. Classes are taught by experienced dancers and performing artists that all emphasize the joyful spirit and open expressiveness of […]
Marcus Shelby is an iconic figure on the Bay Area jazz scene, and over the past 20 years the bassist, composer and bandleader has created extraordinary, historically informed musical settings for some of the Bay Area’s most exciting vocalists. His work has illuminated overlooked facets of the African-American experience, from the abolitionist movement and the Port […]
This in-person tour is FREE and open to all. The tour meets in front of the Martin Luther King waterfall at the center of Yerba Buena Gardens (between Mission and Howard, 3rd and 4th streets). Yerba Buena Gardens opened in 1993, with the creation of public spaces and public art that can be the […]
Update: The Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion class on September 21, 2022 is cancelled due to rain. Rhythm & Motion is an addictive follow-along class that is inspired by choreography and music from across the globe. Classes are taught by experienced dancers and performing artists that all emphasize the joyful spirit and open expressiveness of […]
After founding Cascada de Flores in San Francisco in 1999, vocalist Arwen Lawrence and guitarist Jorge Liceaga spent several years gathering songs around Mexico, honing a verdant body of rancheras, boleros, sones and guarachas that embody Mexico’s embrace of sounds from Cuba, Puerto Rico and Colombia. Lawrence fell in love with Mexican music as a […]
As the co-artistic director of Duniya Dance and Drum Company, San Francisco choreographer Joti Singh has forged a singularly powerful body of work combining Bhangra with West African rhythms. She continues to explore this dazzlingly fertile hybrid with Ghadar Geet: Blood and Ink, a site-specific outdoor performance merging live Punjabi folk music, Bhangra dance and […]
Update: This program has been moved to Jessie Square, on the north side of Mission Street, between 3rd and 4th Streets. Sharing works that delight, provoke, inspire and rouse, the monthly Poetic Tuesdays series runs from May to October, turning lunchtime into an oasis of creative expression. Lighting up the Gardens with a fabulously curated […]
Update: The Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion class on September 21, 2022 is cancelled due to rain. Rhythm & Motion is an addictive follow-along class that is inspired by choreography and music from across the globe. Classes are taught by experienced dancers and performing artists that all emphasize the joyful spirit and open expressiveness of […]
A charismatic sonero whose resonant voice evokes the legendary Cuban vocalist Beny Moré, Fito Reinoso is one of the finest practitioners of música cubana in North America. He learned to play a variety of instruments growing up in Havana, including tres, bass and guitar, but it was his vocal prowess that marked him for greatness. […]
Update: The Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion class on September 21, 2022 is cancelled due to rain. Rhythm & Motion is an addictive follow-along class that is inspired by choreography and music from across the globe. Classes are taught by experienced dancers and performing artists that all emphasize the joyful spirit and open expressiveness of […]
This in-person tour is FREE and open to all. The tour meets in front of the Martin Luther King waterfall at the center of Yerba Buena Gardens (between Mission and Howard, 3rd and 4th streets). Yerba Buena Gardens opened in 1993, with the creation of public spaces and public art that can be the […]
Update: The Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion class on September 21, 2022 is cancelled due to rain. Rhythm & Motion is an addictive follow-along class that is inspired by choreography and music from across the globe. Classes are taught by experienced dancers and performing artists that all emphasize the joyful spirit and open expressiveness of […]
This event was originally scheduled for May 25 and moved to June 1, 2022. Fingersnaps Media Arts is a DJ studio based in the heart and soul of the Mission district. Every 4th Wednesday, founder DJ Lamont and members of his DJ community bring the music of our generation to your lunchtime break. Grab a […]
The dynamic San Francisco percussionist Ahkeel Mestayer creates music steeped in The City’s history as a hotbed of musical innovation and political ferment. Inspired by Latin jazz and Latin rock visionaries like Jerry González, Andy González, John Santos and Malo, he’s founded a series of sonically expansive bands that creatively combine various Afro-Caribbean rhythmic idioms. […]
KULARTS, SOMA Pilipinas, Kearny Street Workshop and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents Filipino American History Month kick-off event with a special Yerba Buena Gardens staging of Nursing These Wounds, an immersive dance performance investigating the impact of colonization on Pilipinx health and caregiving through the lens of Pilipinx nurses’ history by Alleluia Panis and live […]