Bandleader John L. Worley leads his WorlView ensemble in a free concert at Yerba Buena Gardens on July 30
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The 2009 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, which takes place through October, features
over 100 free events including music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, family festivals and children's programs, with an
international array of artists from Cuba, Bali, Brazil, Israel, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, and other lands.
There's also plenty of jazz, including
Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band, Yosvany Terry, Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir,
John Worley's WorlView, and the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra.
"I am proud to present in such a beautiful San Francisco location the finest performing artists of the Bay Area and
beyond" says the festival's Executive/Artistic Director, Linda Lucero. "In the light of our economic climate, I expect Yerba Buena Gardens Festival to be the very first stop for Bay Area audiences looking for top-quality cultural programs, all absolutely free of charge."
Yerba Buena Gardens is located in the heart
of San Francisco's SoMa district, between Mission, Howard, Third and Fourth streets. Concerts take place in the Esplanade near
the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (which is not, incidentally, affiliated with this free music series). The dance concerts
take place at Jessie Square (in front of the Contemporary Jewish Museum).
Here's the
schedule for this summer's jazz concerts at Yerba Buena Gardens:
Thursday,
July 30
from 12:30-1:30 pm |
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John Worley &
WorlView |
Saturday,
August 1
from 1-4 pm |
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AfroSolo's Jazz in the
Gardens |
Thursday,
August 6
from 12:30-1:30 pm |
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Latin Jazz Youth
Ensemble |
Thursday,
August 6
from 6-7:30 pm |
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Let's Go Dance@Jessie
with Jesús Díaz & QBA |
Thursday,
August 13
from 12:30-1:30 pm |
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Tom Rigney & Flambeau |
Saturday,
August 15
from 1-3 pm |
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Claudio Amaral's Viva
Brasil and the California Brazil Camp All-Star Band |
Saturday,
August 29
from 1-2:30 pm |
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The Marcus Shelby Jazz
Orchestra, "Sketches of MLK and Jazz" |
Saturday,
September 12
from 1-2:30 pm |
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Yosvany Terry |
Saturday,
September 19
from 1-3 pm |
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The "Queens of New
Orleans," Chelle! (aka Michelle Jacques), Dee Spencer and Jennifer Jolly |
Saturday,
September 26
from 1-2:30 pm |
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Linda Tillery & the Cultural
Heritage Choir |
Sunday,
October 4
from 12:30-3:30 pm |
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Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort
Apache Band; the Bay Area Latin Jazz All-Stars |
For more info, please
call 415.543.1718 or visit the Yerba
Buena Gardens Festival website.
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