March 27, 2026
For immediate release
Contact:
Andrew Wood: 415-399-9554 (o) 415-305-1102 (c) [email protected]
Lucho Ramirez: 415-425-0445 [email protected]
Alyssa Morales: 916-838-4236 [email protected]
Not Your Traditional Church:
Bia Ferreira’s Lesbitarian Experience
The Brazilian singer-songwriter kicks off US Tour with solo performance in San Francisco on Mother's Day.
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Who: Bia Ferreira
What: The Lesbitarian Church
Where: Muddy Waters Coffee & Lounge, 521 Valencia St, SF, CA 94110
Dates: Sun May 10, 5:00pm
Tickets: Early Bird: $25, Advance: $30
Box Office and Information: https://www.sfiaf.org/sfiaf2026_bia_ferreira or 415-399-9554.
Photos Available upon Request.
Artists, executive director Andrew Wood available for interviews.
March 27, 2026, San Francisco: San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) is proud to present the amazing, captivating and ultra-talented Ms. Bia Ferreira at the start of her 2026 North American tour.
Bia Ferreira invites the world to celebrate Mother's Day with a solo concert dedicated to women and the church she founded. The Lesbitarian Church is a space for those who have been cast out or targeted by Pentecostal and Protestant denominations. Or, as Bia characterizes it, "A place of shelter for people who are told they are not loved by God." The name was taken from her 2019 album “Igreja Lesbiteriana, Um Chamado” (Lesbian Church, A Calling)
Bia Ferreira is a Brazilian singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and artivist. Her music, which she defines as "MMP — Música de Mulher Preta" (Black Woman Music),discusses topics such as feminism, anti-racism and homophobia. She claims her music is created to generate "discomfort" that in turn generates "movement", at the same time that she tries to write songs pleasant enough to get her message across. Her lyrics have been described as "escrevivência" ("writexperience"), a concept by Conceição Evaristo.
Writing for The Daily Collegian in Amherst, MA, reporter Victoria Cabral-Mação noted of Ferreira's performance, "A calm, meditative prayer starts off the night, with Ferreira’s voice brewing a quiet storm. “May I be an instrument of art,” she sings, her hypnotic voice flowing into the crowd, grounding them in the moment. The first song is her invocation; a prayer to harness the transformative power of art.
The crowd is captivated by her one-woman show, her talent appearing quickly in the prayer’s intricate guitar melody. Each note and word resonate within, a testament to her belief that art can change lives. Thunderous applause follows, affirming that her prayer found its faithful congregation."
Funding Credits: San Francisco International Arts Festival is made possible in part by the support of Americans for the Arts, Creative West (formerly WESTAF with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts), California Arts Council, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Sam Mazza Foundation, Culture Ireland, Conseil des Artistes Quebecois and generous individual donors.
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