Fifth Street Farms House Concerts

Closed for now. Stay healthy, stay safe!Closed for now. Stay healthy, stay safe!

Virtual Concert Announcement Sunday, September 13 Hello Fifth Street audience. It's been a while since you've heard from us. We hope you're all doing well, or as well as can be expected in these difficult times. As you know, this is a particularly difficult time for performers, losing their ability to perform live. A wonderful local violinist, Gail Hernandez Rosa, whom we were planning to host at Fifth Street in September, is going to be holding a virtual concert accompanied... by her husband, bassist Daniel Turkos. The concert will take place live, via Zoom, on Sunday, September 13th at 4pm. They'll be performing a variety of baroque and folk music tunes and the concert will act as a fundraiser for an album they're working on together. It's sure to be a great show. If you're interested in participating, all of the details are at this link: My Cup of Tea album fundraiser: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/my-cup-of-tea-concert-tickets- Reservations, payment and access to the Zoom link will all be handled from the link above. We hope to see you there! In the meantime, best wishes to all of you until we can meet again in person.

We've decided to cancel the show, folks. Hated to do it, we love the community and supporting musicians, but that's how the wind is blowing right now. Stay in touch and wash your hands.

This show is currently still on, in the spirit of community and the healing power of music. We'll post here if that changes. If you want to cancel your reservation please email [email protected]

JOHN REISCHMAN & THE JAYBIRDS, Sun, March 15 SHOW ADDED 3:30pm & 7:30pm The Jaybirds are an accomplished, experienced band at the peak of their powers, with musicianship of the very highest order. Each a master of their instrument, The Jaybirds put their own particular stamp on bluegrass, old time and acoustic roots music, blending traditional and modern styles. Acknowledged by bluegrass traditionalists as well as lovers of modern American folk music, especially those with an appreciation of great harmony singing as well as phenomenal instrumental playing. http://thejaybirds.com/

GEORGE COLE ENSEMBLE, Fri, Feb. 14 https://georgecole.net/ Singer and breakneck acoustic guitarist George Cole lives in a musical world all his own: a world in which Django Reinhardt, The Ramones, Nat King Cole and Doc Watson get equal billing with Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Willie Nelson and the Great American Songbook. Cole is the guitarist for the David Grisman Quintet and has 2 releases on Grisman’s highly regarded Acoustic Disc Label. A San Francisco native and BAM...MIE award winner, George brings an expertise to his guitar playing and singing filtered through rock and roll, gypsy jazz and everything American. Doors open at 7, music at 7:30 $20 cash at the door all proceeds go to the musicians. Reservations required to assure you a seat. fifthstfarms com See more

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Undone in Sorrow Saturday, February 1 http://undoneinsorrow.com/ Spare, heartfelt, genuine, moving: Undone In Sorrow plays old-time music as if they’re sitting on the porch in West Virginia. I saw them at the Berkeley Old-Time Music Convention and among all the bands there, they really captured my attention. Here’s a link to some of their tunes. Sometime it seems it’s a miracle that this music still exists.... Reservations at fifthstfarms com Doors open at 7, music at 7:30 $20 cash at the door all proceeds go to the musicians.

Snaps For Sinners https://snapsforsinners.com/ Friday, January 10 Snaps For Sinners may be one of the highest-energy bands to play at Fifth Street. The trio brings it hardcore and big time, fusing hot rhythms, excellent musicianship, major fashion sense and soulful spirit and message. Rooted in swing music, audiences don't sit still at an SFS show. Doors open at 7, music at 7:30 $20 cash at the door all proceeds go to the musicians.... Reservations required to assure you a seat. fifthstfarms com See more

Terra Incognita Saturday, January 4 https://www.facebook.com/Terra-Incognita-115083773259622/ Terra Incognita is Shira Kammen, Robin Petrie, and Peter Maund, three Bay Area musicians with rich backgrounds in international folk, classical, contemporary and traditional music. The trio performs its own compositions as well as unique arrangements of traditional songs and dances.... Terra Incognita is on a musical adventure to intertwine ancient and new compositions with moments of improvisation, venturing into unknown lands and soundscapes. This concert will be a musical ritual to honor the New Year and celebrate new beginnings, with traditional repertoire from Brittany, Sweden, Bulgaria, Greece, India and more, and original compositions drawn from that same international wellspring. Shira Kammen is a multi-instrumentalist (and occasional singer) who performs on violin, vielle, rebec and harp. Robin Petrie plays the santour, or hammered dulcimer, and Peter Maund plays various frame drums, tambourine, doumbek and other hand drums. All three are well known to Bay Area audiences and have performed at Fifth Street Farms with other groups in the past. We're pleased to have them back in this new formation. Doors open at 7, music at 7:30 $20 cash at the door all proceeds go to the musicians. Reservations required to assure you a seat. Fifthstfarms com

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Cahalen Morrison, Sat, Dec 14 https://www.cahalen.com/ Cahalen Morrison made a big impression when he visited Fifth Street with Eli West a couple years ago. An amazing songwriter and skilled on guitar, mandolin and banjo, Cahalen is a unique voice in traditional and modern American music. A great songwriter with an ear for humor, storytelling, heartache and the work it takes to get by, Cahalen plays here solo, on a very short break from his work with the top-notch Pacific Nor...thwest band Western Centuries. and there are still some seats for Renegade Duo this Saturday, December 7 Doors open at 7, music at 7:30 $20 cash at the door all proceeds go to the musicians. Reservations required to assure you a seat. fifthstfarms com Upcoming Shows Terra IncognitaSaturday, January 4 Snaps for SinnersFriday, January 10 Lonesome Ace String BandMonday, January 20 Undone in SorrowSaturday, February 1

Renegade Duo, Sat, Dec 7 https://renegadeduo.weebly.com/ Renegade Duo is Jon Mendle, guitar and lute, and Melinda Martinez Becker, mezzo soprano. Jon and Melinda started making music together when they were students at the San Francisco Conservatory. They formed Renegade Duo in 2017 with the intention of focusing on uncommon and rarely heard repertoire for guitar and voice. For us they'll play sets of songs for lute and voice by Elizabethan composers Thomas Ford and John Dowl...and, songs by the Spanish guitarist and composer Salvador Castro de Gistau, played on an antique guitar from the 19th century, Sephardic folk songs arranged by the contemporary guitarist and composer Dusan Bogdanovic, and solo pieces on renaissance lute and 19th century guitar. The concert will conclude with a set of songs arranged for voice and guitar by 19th century African American classical guitarist Justin Holland. In addition to a successful career performing, arranging and teaching, Holland was also a civil rights activist who worked on the Underground Railroad. His music is virtually unknown today, and the Renegade Duo is doing their part to change that. Reservations fifthstfarms com Doors open at 7, music at 7:30 $20 cash at the door all proceeds go to the musicians. Reservations required to assure you a seat.

Frédéric Rosselet, Sat, Nov 30 https://www.fredericrosselet.com/ Is there anything more satisfying to the soul than the solo Bach Cello Suites? Come hear two of them on November 30th, plus the second of Benjamin Britten's solo cello suites, which was written for, and first recorded by Rostropovich in the 1960s. Swiss-American cellist Frédéric Rosselet is equally at ease on modern and period instruments. He'll play the Bach on a baroque cello and the Britten on a modern one. ... Originally from Lausanne, Switzerland, now a San Francisco resident, Frédéric has performed with many well known ensembles, both locally and internationally and is on the music faculty at Santa Clara University. His debut album in 2012 included two of the Bach cello suites as well as several pieces played on modern cello. Round out your Thanksgiving weekend with some glorious solo cello. Program J. S. Bach, Suite no. 4 in E-flat major BWV 1010 J. S. Bach, Suite no. 2 in D minor BWV 1008 B. Britten, Suite no. 2 Op. 80 Reservations fifthstfarms com Doors open at 7, music at 7:30 $20 cash at the door all proceeds go to the musicians. Reservations required to assure you a seat at fifthstfarms com Upcoming Shows Renegade DuoSaturday, December 7 Cahalen MorrisonSaturday, December 14