SFJAZZ

Join us at the SFJAZZ Center on September 18th for a San Francisco Arts Town Hall 2024 - a public forum to learn about San Francisco Mayoral candidates’ platforms and perspectives on the cultural community in San Francisco. This forum will feature leading mayoral candidates, sharing their arts and culture platforms, to inform and engage voters, and connect and convene the broader arts and culture community to grow support and form a coalition of arts and culture advocates. This event has been organized By Arts for a Better Bay Area and a range of cultural institutions and organizations around the Bay Area. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to shape the cultural landscape of San Francisco! More Information: https://lnkd.in/gRYjnkwf

The New York Times previews 'Black Art Week' (Oct 1-6) in San Francisco in conversation with Museum of the African Diaspora Executive Director Monetta White: “When Monetta White was a co-owner of the San Francisco restaurant 1300 on Fillmore a decade ago, she participated in the city’s restaurant week, promoting the local food scene. Now, as the executive director of the Museum of the African Diaspora downtown, she is organizing a celebration of Black visual culture, called “Nexus: SF/Bay Area Black Art Week,” to run Oct. 1 through Oct. 6.”–NYT Full Read: https://lnkd.in/gduUgftp

Our friends at Ruth Williams Opera House & La Fauna Music present a three part series ‘Afro Latinx Festival III’ on Sept 21st, Oct 5, & Oct 12 with a curated selection of music, food, & art hosted by Gina Madrid! The Afro Latinx Concert Series Festival is a vibrant celebration of Afro-Latinx culture and music during Latino Heritage Month, with live performances by Chuchito Valdés, La Dame Blanche, Oscar Ly and Rumbalu, and DJ Leydis. The festival will showcase the diversity and dynamism of Afro-Latinx music while fostering cultural exchange and community engagement. More Information at RWOH.org

Join our friends at Hayes Valley Art Works the last Saturday of every month for a FREE jazz concert & jam session featuring members of Deep Hip Pocket and special guests! This month features keyboardist Kevin Gerzevitz, drummer AC Lewis, guitarist Don Ferguson, bassist Carl Herder, trumpeter Danny Cao, and vocalist Barbara Early. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/g6zEBUdp JAZZ JAM & Artist Garden Location: South garden of Hayes Valley Art Works, near the Northeast corner of Octavia and Page. More info at hayesvalleyartworks.org and @hvaw.hayesvalleyartworks

KQED previews Chhoti Maa’s Musical Ceremony for our ‘Indigenous Songbook’ series incoming August 17th at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco: https://lnkd.in/giBgFe3G (Photo Credit: Juliana Yamada for KQED)

Last night master DJ and multi-media artist Kid Koala kicked-off his 10 show doubled feature at the SFJAZZ Center with a live adaptation of his graphic novel Nufonia Must Die mixing Puppet Theater, video, a string quartet and electronic instruments. Kid Koala continues performances of Nufonia Must Die TONIGHT-Sunday (Aug 2-4) and The Storyville Mosquito next week (Aug 8-11) at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco. These groundbreaking performances should not be missed! About Nufonia Must Die: She’s a lonely office girl. He’s an out-of-work robot struggling to find his voice amidst the noise of the city. Little do they know that destiny has programmed them for the greatest love story of our time. Tickets + More Information: https://lnkd.in/gZZxY3ke Photo Credit: Scott Chernis

CBS News previews DJ and music producer Kid Koala’s multi-disciplinary adaptation of his graphic novels Nufonia Must Fall (Aug 1-4) and The Storyville Mosquito (Aug 8-11) mixing Puppet Theater, video projections, a string quartet and electronic instruments at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco: https://lnkd.in/g_AZ-Yqz Tickets + More Information: https://lnkd.in/gVwkWkR7

SFJAZZ Field Trip to SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s Of Noise’ Exhibition to featuring an all-day vinyl listening session led by SFJAZZ Marketing Director TJ Gorton!

Check out SFJAZZ Digital Director Ross Eustis's feature on Substrakt's ‘Digital Works Podcast’ discussing the genesis of our digital media and streaming platform SFJAZZ At Home and its development over the past 4 years, from our archival streaming series ‘Fridays At Five’ to its current ideation featuring a growing on-demand library, new digital shorts, monthly magazine, and weekly livestreams. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/gGrWecb6... sent on July 17, 2024 10:24 AM  

Join SFJAZZ CEO Gregory Stern in conversation with author Larry Tye this Sunday, July 14th at Bird & Beckett Books. They'll be discussing Tye’s new book ‘The Jazzmen,’ looking at how Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed America. And appropriately, SFJAZZ and Stanford Live’s present the Count Basie Orchestra at Bing Concert Hall Sunday night. Read more about ‘The Jazzmen’: https://lnkd.in/g6JvDpq5   Event Information: https://lnkd.in/gtTH5K3A