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

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

Curated by visionary percussionist Sameer Gupta, this gathering of musicians expands the boundaries of Indian classical music into new and exciting territory.

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

A two-weekend festival of site-specific work, the Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest showcases the extravagant creativity, diversity and vibrancy of the Bay Area dance scene.

A beloved Bay Area institution, the Unique Derique is a prince among clowns, an internationally esteemed performer who has honed a singular blend of physical comedy and hambone body percussion.

Oakland percussionist Denise Solís founded one of the first ever all-female ensembles devoted to the Afro-Indigenous Puerto Rican tradition of bomba, Las Bomberas de la Bahia, and she’s been drumming down barriers for women in the art form ever since. 

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

A two-weekend festival of site-specific work, the Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest showcases the extravagant creativity, diversity and vibrancy of the Bay Area dance scene.

What’s in that box, you ask? In the hands of Ka-Hon, a gentle spring shower, a flamenco troupe, a galloping stallion and a rumba circle.

Yosakoi is often described as a traditional Japanese dance, but in a nation where there are nearly a dozen companies that have been performing for more than a thousand years it’s actually surprisingly modern.

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 a week of euphoria, healing and celebration, the 5th Annual Get Free Festival culminates at Yerba Buena Gardens with Timing is Synchronicity, a playfully inventive interdisciplinary performance that intertwines street dance battle culture, live music, spoken word and improvisation.

Led by New Orleans-native Michelle Jacques, a soul-steeped vocalist with a big, bold voice, Chelle! & Friends bring to the Gardens a family-friendly taste of the Crescent City, the cradle of so much essential American music.

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

Spanning three generations and an array of celebratory Latin American musical traditions, René y Familia is the latest gift from an iconic San Francisco musical clan.

When Aki Kumar moved from Mumbai to the South Bay to work as a Silicon Valley software engineer the blues changed the course of his life, but that doesn’t mean he left his past behind.

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 blazing Latin dance band, Conjunto Karabali features a world-class array of talent. The band is co-led by two of North America’s most renowned percussionists, veteran Santana conguero Karl Perazzo and Mike Spiro, a 10-time Grammy Award nominee and the only non-Cuban ever nominated for a Cubadisco award in the Afro-Cuban traditional music category. 

Founded in 2018 by Rieko Kotoku, who grew up in Japan’s southwestern Tottori prefecture, and Sawako Ama, who was born and raised in a Buddhist temple in southern Japan, KOHAKU is a singular collaboration steeped in traditional Japanese performing arts such as taiko drumming, kagura (a ritual dance associated with Shinto shrines) and a variety of other sacred performance practices.

A Latin music legend since the mid-1960s, Joe Bataan was at the center of the New York City action as one of the early stars of Fania Records.

Tyler Parks, aka Mr. Moustache, and Andrew P. Quick, aka Mr. Quick, lead the insistently playful Circus of Smiles, a Bay Area troupe that has delighted thousands of kids via free performances at libraries and schools around the region.

Launched before the pandemic by bassist Giulio Xavier Cetto and former Mars Volta drummer Thomas Pridgen as an improvisation-laced vehicle for exploring state-of-the-art grooves, Big Trippin has transformed into a collective utilizing some of the region’s most talented artists, including alto saxophonist John Palowitch and pianist Javier Santiago.

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 a week of euphoria, healing and celebration, the Get Free Festival (July 1-8 at Dance Mission Theater) culminates at Yerba Buena Gardens with Timing Is Synchronicity, a playfully inventive interdisciplinary performance that intertwines street dance battle culture, live music, spoken word and improvisation.

A key member of some of the Bay Area’s most exciting improvisational ensembles, pianist/accordionist Rob Reich is known for keeping company with adventurous players eager to explore new sonic territory.

Over the past two decades Cuban-born saxophonist, composer and chekere maestro Yosvany Terry has presented some of YBG Festival’s most exciting concerts and he’s ready to add to his legacy.

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Oakland’s María José Montijo is a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner who knows that music is a potent force for full-spectrum healing.

The 1970s was a golden age for salsa, as the Fania label projected a brilliant constellation of Latin American artists onto the world stage.