Yerba Buena Gardens Festival

Thank you, Preston for this commemoration and welcoming us back . Now let’s go on with the show #YBGFestival #freeoutdoorfresh

ICYMI - Legendary Afro-Cuban singer Bobi Cespedes spoke with KPIX CBS San Francisco Bay Area about her 40-year career, her latest album "Mujer y Cantante" and her free concert TODAY, June 26 at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival! See you and Bobi at 1pm! A short electrifying set from DJ Jose Ruiz starts at 12:30pm. ... https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com//5718662-meet-the-legen/

TOMORROW! Our 2021 season officially kicks off with the gloriously talented Bobi Céspedes! The matriarch of Cuban roots music in the Bay Area, Havana-born Bobi Céspedes brings to the stage a regal presence and deep, resonant, spirit-steeped voice. Grab a hat, put on some sunscreen, and invite all your pals - we're ready to rock! ... Pre-show music begins at 12:30pm. A short electrifying set by DJ José Ruiz (KPOO/KPFA) opens the program. ybgfestival.com #ybgfestival

Oakland's very own Kev Choice Ensemble featuring vocalist Viveca Hawkins and Black London music bandmates Howard Wiley (tenor saxophone) and Mike Blankenship (keyboards) will brighten your lunchtime hour! Join us Thursday, July 1, 12:30pm - 1:30pm for this free show by some of the Bay's most beloved musicians. Free | Outdoors | Fresh #YBGFestival

Thank you to DJ José A. Ruíz, for inviting us to his show, Con Clave at KPOO Radio, to talk about my music and our latest release, Mujer Y Cantante. José Ruíz... will start spinning at 12:30 pm on Saturday, June 26 before our show kicking off the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. We'll be playing all the songs from my my new CD, and some!! See more

In collaboration with Make Music Day, YBG Festival participated in This Moment in Time event, a meditation remembering the tragedy course of the pandemic and marking a new chapter of hope. Ward Spangler from Marin Symphony played the gong for one whole hour for this commemorative moment. [Image 1: Ward Spangler smiling, outside on the YBG Festival Stone Stage, with multiple racks of gongs behind him.... Image 2: The back of family of 4 sitting on the lawn, watching Ward Spangler play the gongs on YBG Festival Stone Stage. Image 3: Ward Spangler standing, playing multiple gongs on the Stone Stage. Image 4: A two-tier rack of gongs on the Stone Stage]

Missed the live Halloween Hoopla 2020 event? You can still watch the Facebook Livestream video! Relive spooky, cool performances and games with Unique Derique & Cristina Skeletina! ... Music by: Jackie Rago & Venezuelan Music Project’s album La Casa Embrujada/The Haunted House, commissioned by YBG Festival.... Camilo Landau's song "Shriller" All music used in this video is uncatalogued and has been provided by the artists specifically for this program.

The Creative Voices Series begins this month and more news in the community. Sign up for the YBG Festival eNewsletter to learn more! https://mailchi.mp/ybgfestival/11052020

Creative Voices starts November 17! The three-part series pairs YBG Festival artists with Community Music Center faculty in musical dialogue and conversation about their music and its role in communityinspiring action and cultivating well being. Creative Voices: Composing for Racial Justice kicks it off with a discussion with Marcus Shelby and Samora Abayomi Pinderhughes. Tuesday, November 17 at 5pm (PST)... Register online: https://ybgfestival.org//creative-voices-samora-pinderhug/ See more

Who's got their monster faces on? Then you're ready for the virtual Halloween Hoopla happening this Saturday, 10/31 at 11am (PDT)! There's still a few spots left to register for the Zoom event BUT you can also tune on the livestream on the YBG Festival Facebook page. Spook you later ... https://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-hoopla-2020-tickets- [Image Description: Performer Unique Derique is in a bright orange suit making a mean monster face. On his left and right side are several young children in Halloween costumes also making different monster faces. They are outside in the sun, in front of a white canopy with the words "Yerba Buena Gardens Festival" and "Halloween Hoopla" and a backdrop with bats shadowy trees.]

Unique Derique is ready to welcome kids in their Halloweeniest attire to the Halloween Hoopla, Free Family Event! Tickets are almost sold out, but don't fret, everyone can still join the waitlist for a spot AND tune in to the YBG Festival Facebook livestream Tune in on Halloween Day, Saturday 10/31 at 11am (PDT). https://ybgfestival.org/event/halloweenhoopla2020/... [Image description: Outside, daytime on a concrete pathway. Unique Derique is smiling in an orange suit and black and white top hot, on top of a unicycle. Two people standing behind him on either side, wearing black and orange, smiling and juggling bowling pins.]

Missed "Love in the Time of Piñatas" playing in SF? Now's your chance to watch a special virtual reading of Baruch Porras-Hernandez's dazzling play. Grab a ticket and watch the livestream on Saturday, October 24, at 7:30 p.m. (PT): https://www.pcs.org/love-in-the-time-of-pinatas-staged-read

Boo! Halloween is coming up so don't forget to register for the free, online Halloween Hoopla! https://mailchi.mp/ybgfestival/1015020

Tomorrow is your last chance to catch John Santos: The Rhythmic Roots of Afro-Latin Music -4- Black Brazil Beyond Bossa! The wonderful lecture series ends Wednesday 6pm (PDT), featuring the Afro-Latin roots of Brazilian music. Register now for the online event: https://www.moadsf.org//lecture-demonstration-the-rhythmi/:

On this Indigenous Peoples' Day we acknowledge that we are guests on traditional, unceded Ramaytush Ohlone Land and continue to honor the rich diversity, histories and cultures of Indigenous Peoples. Looking back at some wonderful memories and performances from the 2019 San Francisco Indigenous Peoples' Day celebration at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. Photos by Jim Watkins... [Image 1: An Aztec dancer in traditional dress kneeling on one knee outside, raising artifacts in each hand up to the sky with several more dancers behind them on the grass. Image 2: Four female Round Valley dancers wearing long skirts and shirts dancing on the grass in a line, a crowd of audiences watching behind them. Image 3: Several audiences spread out on the grass, smiling, arms up following the dance movements on the performer in the middle. Image 4: Musician Raye Zaragoza on stage with a black hat and sunglasses, playing acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival signage behind her on the left.]

Community Music Center's next MusicLab workshop is tonight Thursday, October 8! Featuring Oscar Hernandez Music: 50 Years of Iconic Latin Music! Get tickets now for the online interactive workshop: https://sfcmc.org//musiclab-workshop-series-with-oscar-he/

It's officially pumpkin season! Check out Children's Creativity Museum's pumpkin coloring sheets for the online Halloween Hoopla, Free Family Event. Kick off Halloween at home with your personally designed pumpkin! BONUS: Post your fabulous pumpkin with the tags #PumpkinPatchPageant and @ybgfestival and we'll spotlight your drawing during the Hoopla event! ... Download & print the coloring sheet: https://ybgfestival.org/event/halloweenhoopla2020/

In place of the annual Day of Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island, the International Indian Treaty Council will be a holding collective prayer on October 12, 6-8AM, broadcasted through KPFA Radio 94.1 FM and online at www.kpfa.org. More info: https://www.iitc.org/annual-sunrise-gathering-alcatraz-isl/

Have ya heard? The Halloween Hoopla is back with frights and delights for the whole family! Get out your Halloween finery and join the holiday fun on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 11AM (Pacific Time). Details and Registration: https://ybgfestival.org/event/halloweenhoopla2020/

Join the ghoulish games and holiday fun at the first ever virtual Halloween Hoopla! Read more about the annual kids' show on the YBG Festival eNewsletter - https://mailchi.mp/ybgfestival/10012020 [Image Description: Emcee Unique Derique and children under 10 years old in costume at the Halloween Hoopla.]