September 8, 2021
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Bay Area Musicians
Take Center-Stage
at SF Outdoor Festival
Calendar Editors Please Note
SFIAF 2021 Calendar Listings
Who: Multiple Artists
What: San Francisco International Arts Festival
Where: Fort Mason
When: Week-long Program: October 18 - 24.
Outdoor Festival: October 23- October 24
Single Tickets: $12 - $49. Festival Passes from $28.
Box Office and Information: www.sfiaf.org or 415-399-9554.
Photo Images Available On Request
San Francisco, September 8, 2021: The 2021 SF International Art Festival gives a high priority to musical expression (see full music calendar listings below).
This year's much-anticipated outdoor program includes a diverse range of Bay Area master artists whose work focuses on specific cultures and traditions. But a common thread that runs through many of the concerts is expressions of cultural identity and solidarity with social justice movements extending beyond traditional self-expression to include resistance, diversity and inclusion. For example, Los Nadies (who take their name from the Eduardo Galeano poem of the same name) play the music of democracy and freedom from Latin America, Florante Aguilar sings songs of Pilipino culture and resistance, and Purnamasari pays homage to the post-coup Indonesian Diaspora.
Other artists, such as Keith Terry (Free Dive) and Larry Reed (Shadowlight Productions) share the results of lifelong immersion in specific cultures and genres from Asia, while Sandy Cressman (Homenagem Brasileira) expresses a similar devotion to the music of Brazil.
In addition to Shadowlight's Balinese Shadow Play with live music, ABADA Capoeira and Theatre Flamenco de San Francisco present concerts featuring live music and dance.
The weekend also includes western classical music with the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Ars Minerva and the Wind Weavers all pushing artistic boundaries.
Each performance will allow audiences to experience the beauty and power of culture, folk tradition, and artistic discipline. Simply by engaging with various styles of music, guests will also be able to take part in the growing discourse surrounding various sociopolitical struggles from around the world.
Not only are audiences free to enjoy this microcosm of cultures both virtually or in-person, they will also be able to curate their own individual journey by selecting their preferred artists. Guests may attend one or more shows of their choosing by purchasing either individual tickets or SFIAF's popular Festival Pass, which allows them to enjoy up to eight shows at a discounted price. Audiences can select from a range of artists and join them as they display their talents against the scenic coastal backdrop of the historic Fort Mason Center.
Early Bird Passes range in price from $28 for two concerts to $103 for eight performances. The Early Bird expires on September 15.
Early Bird tickets and Festival passes are now on sale for the San Francisco International Arts Festival's two-day outdoor program to take place at the Fort Mason Center on the weekend of October 23-24.
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This year's Highlights include:
Calendar Editors Please Note
SFIAF 2021 Calendar Listings
Who: Multiple Artists
What: San Francisco International Arts Festival
Where: Fort Mason
When: Week-long Program: October 18 - 24.
Outdoor Festival: October 23- October 24
Single Tickets: $12 - $49. Festival Passes from $28.
Box Office and Information:www.sfiaf.org or 415-399-9554.
Photo Images Available On Request
Saturday, October 23rd
ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco (USA)
Spirit of Brazil (60 minutes w/out intermission)
Parade Ground | Saturday, Oct 23, 12:00 PM | Tickets: $20 - $25
Spirit of Brazil ’21 presents the artistic elements of Capoeira through a fusion of contemporary and traditional music, dance, and martial arts from Brazil. Born out of a resistance to oppression and now internationally practiced, Capoeira’s history reminds us of the power of resistance—a message relevant today.
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble (USA)
Duo for Violin and Cello Op. 7 (25 minutes w/out intermission)
Black Point Battery | Saturday, Oct 23, 12:00 PM | Tickets: $16 - $20
Left Coast violinist, Anna Presler, and cellist, Leighton Fong, will be performing Zoltán Kodály's lush and dramatic Duo for Violin and Cello Op. 7
Las Almas, Bandoneón and Piano Duo (USA)
Tango Music to Your Soul (60 minutes w/out intermission)
Eucalyptus Grove | Saturday, Oct 23, 3:00 PM | Tickets: $20 - $25
Las Almas will present traditional, nuevo, and contemporary Argentine tango music that will take the audience on a magical journey to Buenos Aires. They will be presenting duo and solo pieces that were written and arranged by the tango legends such as Pugliese, Piazzolla, Salgan, and many more.
Manos Lindas (USA)
Music to Nourish, Expand, and Heal Yourself (60 minutes w/out intermission)
Black Point Battery | Saturday, Oct 23, 4:00 PM | Tickets: $20 - $25
Some describe Manos Lindas as music, others as stepping through a portal into another dimension. Upon completion of the experience you will remember to nourish yourselves and others, cause no harm to self and others, and ease the suffering of self and others whenever and wherever possible. The music from this set will stand in humble and respectful tribute to the Bay Area's arts community.
Los Nadies (USA)
Los Nadies Groove in the Grove (60 minutes w/out intermission)
Eucalyptus Grove | Saturday, Oct 23, 5:00 PM | Tickets: $12 - $15
Los Nadies weave together a wide array of Latin American rhythms with rock, creating a unique and sophisticated danceable fusion that includes Rumba Flamenca, Cumbia, Afro-Cuban, Peruvian & Brazilian music, Reggae and South American folklore with poetically and politically infused lyrics.
Shadowlight Productions (USA)
An Evening of Balinese Wayang (60 minutes w/out intermission)
Parade Ground | Saturday, Oct 23, 7:00 PM | Tickets: $16 - $20
Wayang Bali, the Balinese Shadow Play, is one of the most revered traditional art forms in the world. Plots for this ShadowlIght Productions shadow play are drawn from the Mahabharata myth cycle. Five brothers are pitted against one hundred jealous cousins in a struggle for power involving gods, demons, magical weapons, and the inevitable beautiful princess.
Sunday, October 24th
Mission Hot Club (USA)
Mission Hot Club with Mimi Pirard (60 minutes w/out intermission)
Parade Ground | Sunday, Oct 24, 12:00 PM | Tickets: $20 - $25
A magic carpet of acoustic music evoking every mood, Mission Hot Club transports you to Paris, the Balkans, Spain, Latin America, Dixieland, and the British Isles.
Wind Weavers (USA)
Wind Weavers in Concert (60 minutes w/out intermission)
Black Point Battery | Sunday, Oct 24, 12:00 PM | Tickets: $16 - $20
Wind Weavers make their return to the live stage with a lunchtime concert overlooking the Bay. Expect superb musicianship, rhythmic depth and playful improvisation - acoustic instrumental music with eclectic with influences spanning classical, jazz, and a range of international folk traditions.
Florante Aguilar (USA)
Fantasies & Dances for Solo Guitar (45 minutes w/out intermission)
Black Point Battery | Sunday, Oct 24, 2:00 PM | Tickets: $16 - $20
Filipino-American composer and guitarist Florante Aguilar performs his compositions and arrangements of traditional dances from his country of birth - the Philippines.
Sandy Cressman and Homenagem Brasileira (USA)
Homage to Brazil (60 minutes w/out intermission)
Parade Ground | Sunday, Oct 24, 2:00 PM | Tickets: $16 - $20
Today's show includes the following personnel: Sandy Cressman - voice/percussion Jeff Cressman - trombone Murray Low - piano Dillon Vado - drums David Belove - bass
Free Dive (USA)
Free Dive, Unleashed in the Great Outdoors (60 minutes w/out intermission)
Eucalyptus Grove | Sunday, Oct 24, 3:00 PM | Tickets: $16 - $20
The groove-based quintet, Free Dive, illuminates Eucalyptus Grove with their original compositions and collaborative arrangements. Free Dive features Jeff Cressman (trombone), Bryan Dyer (vocals), Cecilia Engelhart (vocals), Steve Hogan (bass/beatbox) and Keith Terry (drums/body music).
Theatre Flamenco San Francisco (USA)
Señora Carola Dominates! (working title) (60 minutes w/out intermission)
Eucalyptus Grove | Sunday, Oct 24, 4:00 PM | Tickets: $20 - $25
Artistic Director, Carola Zertuche will create a new group show to mark Theatre Flamenco de San Francisco's performance at the Festival in Fort Mason. Widely regarded for her expertise and passion in the art of Flamenco dance, she is also a strict disciplinarian and will whip the company into shape in time for the show.
Purnamasari (USA)
The Weaver (60 minutes w/out intermission)
Black Point Battery | Sunday, Oct 24, 4:00 PM | Tickets: $16 - $20
‘The Weaver’ features songs, instrumental music, and narration created by Indonesian born singer-songwriter Lisa Graciano. The Weaver explores diaspora and multicultural identity in the context of stories, based on family history, integrating Indonesian gamelan instruments within a guitar band format.
Ars Minerva (USA)
Cocktails & Chit-Chat (60 minutes w/out intermission)
Young Performers Theatre | Sunday, Oct 24, 5:00 PM | Tickets: $20 - $25
Ars Minerva is excited to share rare pieces by unfairly neglected composers and to engage in a conversation about their work and careers. This performance will include a live selection of past episodes, future projects and novelties - including a project highlighting castrato Farinelli.
CHELLE and Friends (USA)
CHELLE and Friends New Orleans Big Band (60 minutes w/out intermission)
Eucalyptus Grove | Sunday, Oct 24, 5:00 PM | Tickets: $16 - $20
New Orleans native, and Oakland's own "Queen of New Orleans Music", Michelle Jacques and some of her very special friends take a broad range of Bayou and Louisiana sounds and stir them into a stewpot of musical gumbo that is sweet, spicy, aromatic and definitely intoxicating.
Funding Credits
The outdoor component of this year's program has been underwritten by generous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Sam Mazza Foundation.
For Fiscal Year 2021-22, the San Francisco International Arts Festival is funded in part by California Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Federal Small Business Administration (through the PPP, EIDL and Shuttered Venue Grants Programs), Bernard Osher Foundation, New Place Fund, Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Sam Mazza Foundation, the Trust for Mutual Understanding, WESTAF's Tourwest Program and other generous individuals and institutions.
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