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.

More than a world hip-hop ensemble, Audiopharmacy is a community arts collective dedicated to the proposition that love, music and deeply rooted cultural expression are the path to collective liberation.

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

Fasten your seatbelts for another wild yet thought-provoking ride with the world-renowned San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT).

One of the most respected MCs in any language, Ana Tijoux has been winning over fans around the world since her debut ‘1977’ bubbled up from an underground sensation into mainstream recognition after being featured on the hit TV show ‘Breaking Bad’ and favorited by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke.

Joe Leon’s Caterpillar Puppets don’t just entertain kids and parents. His eccentric menagerie draws audiences of all ages into seemingly familiar stories that take unexpected turns.

Founded in 1996 as the West Coast’s first ensemble devoted to danzón, an insuperably elegant and foundational 19th century style of Afro-Cuban music and dance, Orquesta La Moderna Tradición is a charanga orchestra with strings, woodwinds and percussion.

A charismatic saxophonist who’s built an ardent following with a series of extended residencies at leading Bay Area night spots, Charles Unger is an award-winning jazz artist, bandleader and composer.

In Venezuela, a bululú is a buzzing party, a gathering that generates excitement. It only takes a minute listening to Bululú to understand why they’ve claimed the moniker as their own.

Combining exceptional athletic skills, traditional Chinese music and a fast-paced show sure to amaze viewers of all ages, Wayne Huey of the Red Panda Acrobats brings the ancient art of Chinese acrobatics into the 21st century with jaw-dropping displays of strength, balance and dexterity.

Hailing from the western university town of El-Obeid, the luminous vocalist Salma El Assal is a leading force in bringing the sound of aghaani banaat to the world.

As his band’s name suggests, Rafael Bustamante Sarria created La Gente SF as a vehicle to bring a cosmopolitan array of grooves to the people.

Conguero Javier Navarrette has been at the center of the Bay Area Latin music scene for the past three decades, both as a bandleader and key collaborator with masters such as John Santos, Bobi Céspedes, Jesús Díaz and Anthony Blea.

The guitar has occupied a special place in Brazilian music since the late 19th century and Romero Lubambo and Chico Pinheiro are jazz artists who have blazed new trails for the instrument in the 21st century.

Steeped in the raw, incantatory funk that emerged in mid-1970s Bamako, the musically verdant capital of Mali, Orchestra Gold is built around the electric frontwoman Mariam Diakite, who absorbed those sounds first-hand growing up in the landlocked West African nation.