Acoustic Open Mic w/ Wendy DeWitt
Bobby G’s Pizzeria
Tuesday, August 23
8:30 pm
free
Welcome to Bobby G’s Tuesday Night Acoustics, an Open Mic for acoustic musicians. Bring your acoustic instruments and get ready to play blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass. Sign up early to ensure a spot. Each musician gets 10 minutes or two songs, but we may call you up again to sit in with other players.
Alexis Harte with Knee Jerk and the Reactions
Subterranean Arthouse
Friday, August 26
8:30 pm
$10.00
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Alexis Harte releases his 5th full-length CD 6 Spoons of Honey and celebrates with the supergroup Knee Jerk and the Reactions (Alexis Harte (guitar/vox), Damond Moodie (guitar/vox), Fergus Lenehan (bass/vox), and Aaron Brinkerhoff (drums/vox). “On a scene with no lack of smart, resourceful singer-songwriters, the Bay Area’s Alexis Harte has long distinguished himself with lovingly detailed tunes that transform his rootsy influences into a lithe, personal sound.” —Andrew Gilbert
Asheba
Berkeley Farmer’s Market
Saturday, August 27
11:45 am
free
Asheba is a musical storyteller who specializes in calypso, the musical and folkloric oral tradition of Trinidad, Asheba’s homeland. Stories of hope and happiness are the focus of his songs, which range from original lullabies to fast tempo tunes to remakes of classics such as Itsy Bitsy Spider, Five Little Monkeys, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and You Are My Sunshine.
www.asheba.net
Ayla Nereo and Special Guests
Subterranean Arthouse
Sunday, August 21
9:00 pm
$10.00
Ayla Nereo’s voice will hit you straight in the heart with infectious melodies. Her songs weave a voice like Joan Baez with complex electro-acoustic compositions, danceable rhythms, intricate harmonies layered in vocal looping, and projected visuals that take you an an epic journey into poetry, myth, and possibility. Ayla came from the hills of Sonoma County, a child grown on blackberries and books. The lines of vision and waves of hearing brushed her shoulder one day, and it started to come out as music… “Ayla Nereo’s voice was shocking in its starkness, beautiful.” —Tiny Mix Tapes
www.aylanereo.com
Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble – Combo 1
Jupiter
Saturday, August 20
5:00 pm
free
Youth ensembles from this years BHS Jazz Program make it to the Jup stage for the first time! Since 1976, Berkeley High School Jazz, one of California’s top award-winning high school jazz bands, has played jazz festivals in Europe, Japan, and California including the Next Generation Jazz Festival at the Monterrey Jazz Festival. Hailed for its spirited performances ["the indisputable jewel in Berkeley's musical crown" —S.F. Bay Guardian], Berkeley High School Jazz has launched the careers of some of the best musicians in the jazz world, including Joshua Redman, Peter Apfelbaum, Benny Green, Ambrose Akinmusire, Joshi Marshall, Miles Perkins, and Dave Ellis.
http://www.berkeleyhighjazz.org
Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble – Combo 2
Jupiter
Saturday, August 27
5:00 pm
free
Since 1976, Berkeley High School Jazz, one of California’s top award-winning high school jazz bands, has played jazz festivals in Europe, Japan, and California including the Next Generation Jazz Festival at the Monterrey Jazz Festival. Hailed for its spirited performances ["the indisputable jewel in Berkeley's musical crown" —S.F. Bay Guardian], Berkeley High School Jazz has launched the careers of some of the best musicians in the jazz world, including Joshua Redman, Peter Apfelbaum, Benny Green, Ambrose Akinmusire, Joshi Marshall, Miles Perkins, and Dave Ellis.
www.berkeleyhighjazz.org
The Berkeley High Rising Stars Jazz Combo 2
Berkeley Farmer’s Market
Saturday, August 27
10:00 am
free
Berkeley High School Jazz Combo
the Jazzschool
Sunday, August 28
4:30 pm
$10.00
Rising star Jazzschool and BHS Jazz Program students present jazz standards, original compositions and the works of contemporary artists. Featuring Liam Collins, alto sax; Hugo Shiboski, tenor sax; Sam Klein-Markman, guitar; Michael Orenstein, piano; Brian Timar, bass; and Marcelo Borque-Perez, drums.
Berkeley Symphony Brass Quintet
Berkeley Farmer’s Market
Saturday, August 27
11:00 am & 12:30 pm
free
Blakey’s Beat
Berkeley Farmer’s Market
Saturday, August 27
1:15 pm
free
Jazzschool Institute students and faculty present the music of Art Blakey and others from the hard bop catalog. With compositions by Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Timmons, Cedar Walton and more. Featuring Chris Anderson, saxophone; John Gove, trombone; Andrew Lion, bass; and others tba.
Burlesque Moulin’s One Year Aniversary
Shattuck Down Low
Saturday, August 20
7:00 pm
$12.00
Burlesque Moulin Proudly Presents: “Le Pop Stars: Burlesque Moulin’s One Year Aniversary Extravaganza & Birthday Celebration!” with Cirque Noir: SF’s Best Aerial Burlesque Dance Troupe, The Amazing MC Duo: Chachi Harlem & Smooth Rick (Kalrissian), Casey Castille, Nirvannah Bliss, Kitty Von Quimm, Lilly Le Rouge, Cheryy Galette, Miss Honey Penny, Alotta Boutte, Isis Starr, Eva Valentina.
www.burlesquemoulin.com
The Creative Vocalist w/ Theo Bleckmann and Laurie Antonioli
the Jazzschool
Saturday, August 20
8:00 pm
$12.00
After a week of artistic exploration under the direction of Theo Bleckmann and Laurie Antonioli, ten singers present an evening of genre-bending songs, stories and improvisations. Featuring appearances by Theo and Laurie.
Curtis Bumpy
Jupiter
Friday, August 19
8:00 pm
free
Curtis Bumpy is the sweet, soulful incarnation of veteran rhythm-killers Keith McArthur (bass) and Damon Wood (guitar), who have put together a formidable lineup of your favorite groove masters including drummer Jan Jackson, percussionist Josh Jones, keyboard man Jordan Glasgow and saxophonist David Agretelis. Add a surprise guest vocalist or two and you’ve got Curtis Bumpy: Rare-groove funk on a hot, buttered skillet. Mmmm, smells good! (CB’s collective CV includes classic East Bay ensembles such as The Smoking Section, Pothole, Motherbug, Hieroglyphics Ensemble, Papa’s Culture, Engine88 as well as a rack of marquee groups Mr. Bumpy is too modest to list).
www.curtisbumpy.com
cvDUB
Jupiter
Friday, August 26
8:00 pm
free
Fearless leader and trumpetist/composer Clyde the Slyde brings us an update on some of the groundwork laid by Augustus Pablo, Ernest Ranglin, and classic Studio One recordings from the 60s and 70s. The new version, Clyde Version Dub, pushes boundaries and splits categories. Is it jazz? Yes. Is it Reggae? Yes. Is it post-Cannonball and Eddie Harris? Yes it is. Is it a Bitches Brew? Yup. All combined, its Dub Jazz, a new genre. Hosted by Selector Unkle Fun spinning the finest in dub, ska and classic reggae throughout the evening.
www.reverbnation.com/cvdub
Dead Bug
Half Price Books
Thursday, August 25
9:00 pm
free
Dead Prez
Shattuck Down Low
Sunday, August 28
8:00 pm
$15.00
The Dick Hindman Trio
the Jazzschool
Saturday, August 27
8:00 pm
$10.00
Join these Bay Area jazz treasures for an evening of standards and originals in the traditional jazz piano trio format. Featuring Dick Hindman, piano; Seward McCain, bass; and Colin Bailey, drums. This concert has been made possible by a generous gift from Jacquelin and Sheafe Ewing.
The Dilemma
Bobby G’s Pizzeria
Saturday, August 20
8:30 pm
free
DJ Duane Native Intelligence
BEC’s Bar & Bistro
Friday, August 19 &
Friday, August 26
10:30 pm
free
DJs Kurious and Irie Dole
Shattuck Down Low
Sunday, August 21
11:00 pm
$10.00
DJ Sweet T
BEC’s Bar & Bistro
Friday, August 27
10:30 pm
free
The East Bay Contingent
the Jazzschool
Friday, August 26
8:00 pm
$10.00
A grooving sextet that combines jazz, funk and rock, drawing inspiration from, among others, Stevie Wonder, George Benson, and Wes Montgomery. Featuring Terrence Brewer, guitar; Jua Howard, vocals; Stephen Pocus, piano; Mike Sweetland, bass; Kelly Fasman, drums and percussion; and Jake Shandling, drums and percussion.
Exhausted Pipes
BEC’s Bar & Bistro
Saturday, August 27
8:00 pm
free
Exhausted Pipes is a 3-piece rock band based out of Berkeley, CA. Singer/songwriter and guitarist Hunter Steers, drummer David Mayman, and bassist Andy Landgraf produce a tight, original sound and a provide a great entertaining live performance.
http://www.facebook.com/exhaustedpipes
Fiddle Summit w/ Alasdair Fraser, host, Lissa Schneckenburger, Brittany Haas
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
Thursday, August 25
8:00 pm
$26.50 / $28.50
Come on over for a rousing evening of fiddle magic steeped in talent and tradition: the 23rd annual Freight Fiddle Summit. You’ll be in excellent company with host Alasdair Fraser and some of traditional music’s most notable players—including Natalie Haas, Lissa Schneckenburger, and Brittany Haas—as they bow, strum, sing, and pluck up a storm tonight.
www.alasdairfraser.com
Freight Goes British #2: w/ The Raving Animals, Girl Named T, The Blondies
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
Sunday, August 21
8:00 pm
$20.50 / 22.50
Get out your bell bottoms, tie-dye Ts, and mini-skirts, round two of the tumultuous 60s British Invasion is here. The Blondies, music-savvy youngsters with talent beyond their years, shred with the best of them, serving up their own material and tasty covers of classic tunes. At the ripe age of 21, multi-talented, self-taught multi-instrumentalist the “Girl Named T” has already recorded her first full-length album of original pop/rock which draws on formative influences like The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Neil Young, and Carole King. At the top of the bill and the top of their game are the Raving Animals-five Bay Area rockers who capture the energy and power of The Animals.
Howard Barkin
Bank of America
Saturday, August 20
6:00 pm
free
Innerspace
Jupiter
Tuesday, August 23
8:00 pm
free
Fusing elements of funk, progressive rock, afrobeat, and dub, Innerspace is the creation of keyboardist Steve Taylor and drummer Daniel Yasmin, a combination of talents that met as buskers on the streets of Oakland’s First Friday artwork, and quickly established a residency at The Layover, where they drew an impressive list of collaborators from bands as diverse as Can, The Mars Volta, and Bright Eyes.
Jazz Guitar Intensive Concert
the Jazzschool
Friday, August 19
8:00 pm
$10.00
The Jazzschool’s week-long Summer Jazz Guitar Intensive concludes with an evening of performances featuring our gifted students alongside faculty Mimi Fox, Bruce Arnold, John Shifflett and Jason Lewis.
Jazz Mafia Presents
Jupiter
Saturday, August 27
8:00 pm
free
The indefatigable multi-instrumentalist and composer Adam Theis heads up the mighty Jazz Mafia, and has launched nearly a dozen combos, writing and arranging for outfits such as Shotgun Wedding Quintet, Realistic Orchestra, Supertaster (which grooves so hard the band once inspired Stevie Wonder to join a jam session), as well as the 2010 SFJAZZ commissioned 50-piece hip hop symphony “Brass, Bows & Beats” which was a highlight of the festival, with celebrated performances in Montreal, Newport and Monterey. Adam will be onhand with his Mafia mates celebrating the release of the Jazz Mafia 10 Year Anniversary Compilation, free to download from their website!
www.jazzmafia.com
Joshi Marshal & BHS Alumni All-Stars
Jupiter
Saturday, August 20
8:00 pm
free
Renowned BHS Alum Joshi Marshall will assemble a who’s-who of BHS alum all-stars in a night dedicated to this incredible program. An icon of the Bay Area jazz scene, saxophonist Joshi Marshall played a large role in the Acid Jazz and Hip Hop Jazz scene in San Francisco club in the 90’s. He played and recorded with Groove Shop, Daddy Goddess, Human Flavor, The Mofessionals, Jungle Biskit, Alphabet Soup and Bop City. By 1995 Joshi had established himself as one of the premier sax players in the Bay Area and became one of the founding members of the popular, innovative jazz band, Mingus Amungus.
www.joshimarshall.com
Joy Kills Sorrow
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
Wednesday, August 24
8:00 pm
$20.50 / $22.50
Joy Kills Sorrow first emerged out of Boston’s thriving folk music scene in 2005, releasing their self-titled debut album in 2007 and earning themselves the designation “poster children for the burgeoning Americana format” from Sing Out! magazine. JKS gracefully merges diverse influences to create a new strain of folk, music dark and often funny, that ruminates on modern life and love with eloquence and wit, while saluting the past.
www.joykillssorrow.com
KALW 70th Anniversary Concert: Wake the Dead, George Brooks & Kai Eckhardt’s Tangential Experience, Flatt & Scruggs Tribute Band
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
Saturday, August 27
8:00 pm
$25.50 / $30.50
Join KALW program hosts JoAnn Mar, Dore Stein, Peter Thompson, and Kevin Vance to celebrate 70 years of the oldest FM station west of the Mississippi with performances from three bands whose music reflects KALW’s eclectic, multi-faceted programming. The world’s first Celtic all-star Grateful Dead jam band, Wake the Dead is a romp that flows seamlessly from rock grooves to hot Irish reels, and from haunting airs to achingly beautiful melodies familiar to Deadheads everywhere. Soulful, virtuoso saxophonist George Brooks and bassist Kai Eckhardt are two of the leading cross-pollinating musicians of their generation. Banjo powerhouse Bill Evans hosts an all-star tribute to Flatt & Scruggs with a hot band. Everybody sings, and the program ranges from the band’s early 50s classics to the folk-influenced sounds of their later years.
www.kalw.org
Karma Moffett – Himalayan Sacred Bells
Tibetan Aid Project
Friday, August 26
6:00 pm
Donation-$10-20 recommended
Karma Moffett has developed, over a period of thirty five years, an exceptional program of music, which is presented to the community as a Wish-Bestowing Ceremony. He uses his unique collection of instruments, featuring antique Tibetan Bowls, Bells, Tingsha, Longhorn, and Conch Shells. He also plays instruments gathered from throughout the world, and some he has hand-made.
karmamoffett.com
Kat 010 Trio
Jupiter
Friday, August 19
5:00 pm &
Friday, August 26
5:00 pm
free
The rhythm section for Crown City Rockers gets loose playing original compositions as well as improvisations on electronica, downtempo, and dubbed out jazz and funk. Featuring Max MacVeety on drums and Headnodic on bass, the One Kat OH-1-OH sets the Jup-side of the Festival off in style!
www.myspace.com/o1o
Kitka Trio
Central Public Library
Thursday, August 25
12:15 pm
free
Kitka is an American women’s vocal arts ensemble inspired by traditional songs and vocal techniques from Eastern Europe. Dedicated to developing new audiences for music rooted in Balkan, Slavic, and Caucasian women’s vocal traditions, Kitka also strives to expand the boundaries of folk song as a living and evolving expressive art form.
www.kitka.org
Koichi and Hiroko Tamano/Harupin-ha Butoh Dance Company
Subterranean Arthouse
Saturday, August 20
8:00 pm
$10.00
Local treasures and internationally touring artists, Harupin-Ha creators, Koichi & Hiroko Tamano have been performing and teaching Butoh for over 30 years and are noted for first bringing the dance form to the west. The influence of Butoh originator Tatsumi Hijikata, who performed with and shaped the two artists, has left its imprint on them, although the Tamanos have since veered into their own trajectory. Koichi Tamano, who was the principal dancer of Hijikata’s company, was named by him “the bow-legged Nijinsky”.
Lake Street Dive
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
Wednesday, August 24
8:00 pm
$20.50 / $22.50
With a busy tour schedule and 3 CDs under their belts, Lake Street Dive have earned a reputation for their vivid, mostly acoustic, groove-driven strain of indie-pop. Pulling in familiar elements and irreverently scrambling and recombining them, LSD are at once jazz-schooled, DIY-motivated, and classically pop obsessed.
www.lakestreetdive.com
Laura Weinbach of Foxtail’s Brigade
Bank of America
Saturday, August 27
6:00 pm
free
Ornate chamber pop anchored by Laura Weinbach’s intricately played classical guitar and pitch perfect vocals. But underneath the simple melodies lie an impeding darkness, a lyrical landscape populated by shadowy and bizarre characters, rife with hints of rot, aging, and death.
Lila Nelson
Subterranean Arthouse
Saturday, August 27
8:00 pm
$8.00
Lila Nelson began her prolific musical life on the trails of the Santa Margarita River Valley of Southern CA and ended up in beautiful and remote Arcata, CA, where she honed her skills as a performer. What began as knack for lyricism and harmony blossomed into enviable song crafts-womanship and stage savvy. Nelson’s sound is both seasoned and fresh; her guitar and piano based songs range from the stark, often wry style of her old pen-pal, Loudon Wainwright III, and modern elliptical song-scapes. “…Something rare: the ability to live passionately in the world while at the same time sharply observing it. She’s a poet.” —SJ Williams KOOP, Austin, TX
www.LilaNelson.org
Macy Blackman/Wendy DeWitt
Bobby G’s Pizzeria
Saturday, August 27
8:30 pm
free
Two of the best boogie-woogie piano players around, Macy and Wendy are NOT to be missed.
www.macyblackman.com
Maya Dorn
Subterranean Arthouse
Saturday, August 27
8:00 pm
$8.00
Maya Dorn is a Bay Area based singer-songwriter. Apart from her solo projects she is a member of the electro pop futurists Sweet Snacks, and long time member of the 10 piece Afro-beat ensemble Aphrodesia. Maya has toured internationally and worked with such luminaries as Rob Garza from Thievery Coorporation, Jerry Casale of Devo and has been the singing vagina in Sarah Silverman’s ‘Jesus is Magic’ show at Joe’s Pub in NYC. Her band Sweet Snacks was nominated for an Independent Music Award in 2010 for their song ‘Shanghai’ which they wrote for their tour in China last year.
MGM Grand: NUT
Subterranean Arthouse
Sunday, August 28
9:00 pm
$10.00
NUT is structured like its namesake: a fruit with a skin, meat, and a seed. At its core, NUT is based on the structure of Motown’s archetypal female trios, with a lead dancer and two backup dancers. Questioning the aesthetics of “produced” dance and how it is expected to affect an audience and a venue, NUT is one of MGM’s rare forays into making dance conceived of in and for a theater. NUT is MGM’s first dance created during the winter months. NUT is excited to finally be on the road, touring the west coast during late summer 2011. MGM Grand is Biba Bell, Jmy Leary and Piage Martin. NUT soundtrack by Robert McNeill.
www.moderngaragemovement.com
The Michael Orenstein Group
the Jazzschool
Sunday, August 21
4:30 pm
$10.00
Pianist Michael Orenstein leads a group in exploration of the music of Herbie Hancock, Robert Glasper, Kenny Barron, Chick Corea and more. Featuring originals and new arrangements of classic tunes.
Omani
Shattuck Down Low
Sunday, August 21
8:00 pm
$10.00
Live roots, rock, reggae performance.
Orchestra Salsa
BEC’s Bar & Bistro
Wednesday, August 24
8:00 pm
free
Perry Smith Trio
Jupiter
Wednesday, August 24
8:00 pm
free
Making waves in the New York City scene, guitarist/composer Perry Smith combines his love for jazz with broad influences from rock and folk to create his signature style. Perry’s extensive performance resume includes notable venues such as the Montreal Jazz Festival, the World Expo in Japan, Yoshi’s Jazz Club in San Francisco and Hoffest in Berlin Germany. His debut album “Stars and Cars” features eight of his original compositions that appeal to both the mind and the senses.
www.perrysmithmusic.com
Pharmies
Half Price Books
Thursday, August 25
7:00 pm
free
Pharmies is not a band, but they are a production team/ collective of musicians, with the ability to “go live” at the drop of a dime… Pharmies can be found playing acoustic sets with as little as guitar, percussion and vocals; and also with a large lineup with up to 6 members. Pharmies music can not be lumped into any specific genre but the main style is reggae and has touches of rock, hip hop, soul, funk, blues and more…
www.facebook.com/pharmies
Phil Marsh & Friends
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
Saturday, August 20
8:00 pm
$20.50 / $22.50
Dig out your party hats and celebrate the Freight’s anniversary with a rousing evening of music hosted by Phil Marsh, our 1968 inaugural performer. Since that fateful opening day Phil’s many musical incarnations include stints with the Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band, the Pickle Family Circus, and the San Francisco Mime Troupe, as well as frequent appearances with his old pal Bill Kirchen on both coasts.
Professor Burns and the Lilac Field
Subterranean Arthouse
Friday, August 26
8:30 pm
$10.00
Professor Burns and the Lilac Field crack open your heart and mind with raw, vivid lyrical narratives against infectious rhythms and melodies. “Prof. Burns’ poetic tunes are the three way love child of Woody Guthrie, Chuck D, and Mary Oliver.” —Will Grant
www.professorburnsandthelilacfield.com
Red Weather
Half Price Books
Thursday, August 25
8:00 pm
free
www.facebook.com/redweathermusic
Rhonda Benin-Twist & Shout an all-out dance party
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
Friday, August 26
8:00 pm
$20.50 / $22.50
Do you remember dancing to the Twist, the Mashed Potatoe, the Pony or the Hustle? Whether you’re ready to reminisce or learn some new old-school dance moves, come Twist and Shout while we take it back to the day with hit dance tunes of the 60s and 70s and dance instructors too! Vocal powerhouse and performer extraordinaire, Rhonda Benin, will get you off your seat and moving on the dance floor.
www.rhondabenin.com
Rumbaché
Shattuck Down Low
Wednesday, August 24
9:30 pm
$10.00
Live salsa & dance lessons! Rumbaché has established themselves as one of the hottest Bay Area Salsa Bands. Fusing salsa, timba, bomba, funk and whatever else they could find to spicen up the mood, they provide a hard hitting style of playing. And while you can hear them interpreting the classic and contemporary Cuban and Salsa repertoire, they are not shy with their own expression. Their fresh originals make them stand-out in a cover heavy scene. Rumbaché is the voice of youth for San Francisco’s Salsa scene, and ignites enthusiasm in dancers and musical connoisseurs alike.
The Saddlecats
Jupiter
Sunday, August 28
5:00 pm
free
Richard, Bobby, Bing and Gordo are comin’ back one more time this week. Everyone has so much fun when they play we just needed to have another helping. Their own brand of western swing is downright infectious and a proper way to close out the Berkeley Music Festival at Jupiter!
www.creolebelles.com/saddlecats
Sarava Zamba
BEC’s Bar & Bistro
Sunday, August 28
9:00 pm
free
Selector w/ DJ fflood & Cali
Jupiter
Thursday, August 25
8:00 pm
free
Mr. fflood has long been submerged in a multitude of music and art scenes, from the dancehall street dance, to junglist, house and rave culture, to dubbed out glitch hop & soulful lounge scenes. CALI represents Oaklands’ thePeople, who hold down THE preeminent club night in Oakland, every 4th Saturday at New Parrish. thePeople aims to redefine nightlife in the East Bay by cultivating music, art, dance, fashion, cuisine, and community to create a soulful and eclectic experience.
www.myspace.com/fflood
Shock G & Humpty Hump of Digital Underground
Shattuck Down Low
Friday, August 26
9:00 pm
$12.00 / $17.00
Performing the classics!
Tamar Sella
Bart Plaza
Thursday, August 25
12:00 pm
free
Vocalist Tamar Sella presents a compelling and intimate set of original compositions, arrangements, lyrics, and improvisation, drawing from jazz, pop, world, and classical repertoires.
Tearjerkers
BEC’s Bar & Bistro
Saturday, August 20
9:00 pm
free
Formed during the recession of ’09, the Tearjerkers are a lean, mean three piece Rock’n'Roll band. All members sing lead and harmonies. Specializing in very original songs and and classic pop songs, the Tearjerkers create a huge sound in a compact package. All longtime local rock veterans, the Tear Jerkers have the talent to turn your evening into a night to remember.
www.thetearjerkers.com
West Coast Songwriters Competition Finals
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
Sunday, August 28
8:00 pm
$20.50 / $22.50
Check out some of California’s finest songwriters at the West Coast Songwriters’ Open Mic annual playoffs’ grand final concert! The top contenders from WCS playoff events in 10 regions—Portland, Martinez, Saratoga, Petaluma, Sebastopol, Sacramento, Redwood City, Berkeley, San Francisco, and Hollywood—take the stage to present their winning original songs at this special concert.
www.westcoastsongwriters.org
Whiskey Brothers
Jupiter
Sunday, August 21
5:00 pm
free
It’s real swell to get these boys in at Jupiter so late in the season cuz they’re a real treat and we almost missed ‘em this year. Great harmonies mixed in with Craig Fletcher’s banjo and John Mc Farlane’s smokin’ fiddle make this Sunday one of the most straight ahead California bluegrass weeks of the season.
www.whiskeybrothers.net
Z’Amico
BEC’s Bar & Bistro
Friday, August 19
8:00 pm &
Friday, August 26
8:00 pm
free
Z’Amico’s music has been described by fans as a unique cocktail of Brazilian and Caribbean rhythms that effortlessly slides between genres and eras. Z’AMICO draws inspiration from such artists as, The Wailers, Jorge Ben, Gilberto Gil, Luiz Gonzaga, Os Novos Baianos, Os Mutantes, The Heptones, Horace Andy, Barrington Levy, Sublime, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, the Specials and Cymande. Another constant source of inspiration that drives Z’Amico are the legendary Jamaican and Brazilian studios/labels, such as Studio One, Channel One and Som Livre, where talented instrumentalists laid down the foundation for future generations to build on.