Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome.

Join us in celebration of San Francisco Indigenous Peoples Day at Yerba Buena Gardens with Native American art, music and vendors.

Probably best known as leader and vocalist for the acclaimed Latin-reggae outfit Bayonics, Rojai (aka Jairo Vargas) is a charismatic frontman who brings soul-steeped authority to every setting.

Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome.

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.

After years of showing up to salsa and Latin jazz gigs only to find herself the only woman in the band, conguera and vocalist Rebecca Rodríguez decided she needed to take measures into her own hands. Born out of a desire to highlight the Bay Area’s deep pool of female talent, Agua Pura is an acclaimed all-femme salsa combo known for interpreting classic cuts by the likes of the Fania All-Stars and El Gran Combo with authority.

A rising force on the Bay Area music scene, Filipino and Irish-American singer-songwriter Ouida (pronounced “wee-duh”) has quickly gained international attention.

Since moving to the Bay Area in 2009, Chris Trinidad has become a vital voice on the Asian-American jazz scene. Originally from Vancouver, the Filipino-Canadian musician, teacher, multi-instrumentalist and scholar has honed a wide-open aesthetic shaped by his love of jazz, his embracing spirituality and his insistent curiosity about fellow humans.

Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome.

Everybody dance now! Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and Rhythm & Motion present the 3rd annual YBG Dance Day, transforming the Gardens into an outdoor dance studio where participants can sample a variety of art form’s traditions and styles with some of the Bay Area’s most talented teachers.

Bay Area percussion maestro Michael Spiro, a 10-time Grammy Award nominee, created Spirology as a vehicle to explore the relationship between Afro-Cuban folkloric music and Cuban popular music.

Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome.

Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome.

Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome.

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.

A joyous celebration of departed ancestors, Bon is a Japanese Buddhist festival that’s been observed for more than five centuries with a traditional folk dance known as Bon-Odori.

The 5th Annual African Arts Festival celebrates the glorious diversity and extraordinary creativity of the continent’s peoples. 

When it comes to Afro-Cuban percussion, Jesús Díaz is Bay Area royalty.

A wind quintet with a powerful mission, Quinteto Latino is a singular Bay Area-based chamber ensemble devoted to breaking down the racial and social barriers that have long plagued the classical music world.

Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome.

12 musicians. 10 countries. 1 concert.

Adriana Giordano was born in Porto Alegre, one of Brazil’s southernmost cities, and raised in São Paolo, but she’s devoted to the style known as forró, working class dance music from Brazil’s sertão, the semi-arid northeastern interior. 

Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome.

A winsome singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has cultivated a joyously effervescent body of music, Mae Powell has been spreading joy on the Bay Area music scene since 2016.

Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome.

First conceived for YBG Festival’s 20th Anniversary celebration in 2020 as 20 artist commissions, the YBG Festival Seed Commissions program quickly evolved to address the acute needs of Bay Area artists during the pandemic.

Every year some of Brazil’s greatest musicians gather in the redwoods of Cazadero for California Brazil Camp, and every year several faculty members venture down to the Gardens to share their mesmerizing music.

Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome.

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.