Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2005 Press Highlights
2005 Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA CONTACTS: David Perry/Barbara Webb - David
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The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Announces
Lunchtime Music in the Gardens - The Best of Bay Area
Musicians
Yerba Buena Gardens, Mission & Third Streets, San
Francisco
Selected Thursdays throughout August & September
2005
12:30- 1:30 pm
FREE!
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. July 7, 2005. The 2005 Yerba Buena
Gardens Festival presents Lunchtime Music in the Gardens,
August 11 & 18 and September 1, 8, 15, 22 &
29 from 12:30 - l:30 pm.
August 11, the ensemble FIELD features Walter Kitundu
and Robin Sukhadia on phonoharps and tabla. FIELD merges
ancient traditional practice, new instrumentation, and
improvisational imagination to create lush poetic soundscapes
that defy definition. Kitundu artfully integrates turntables
into each of his beautifully designed instruments while
Sukhadia inerweaves traditional compositions with improvisation
on tabla.
On August 18 Tom Rigney and Flambeau - (Cajun roots)
is the featured group.
Tom Rigney, the fiery, electrifying violinist/composer,
joines forces with some of the finest musicians on the
San Francisco roots music scene. Flambeau showcases
Rigney's passionate, virtuoso fiddling, his commanding
stage presence, his range, depth, and originality as
a composer, and of course, those notorious red boots!
Voted Best Cajun/Zydeco Band of 2004 by the West Coast
Blues Hall of Fame, Flambeau has been tearing things
up at festivals, dances, and concerts all over the continent.
Coming up in September are: Josh Workman Quartet (jazz
blues) Sept. 1; Cascada de Flores (Mexican and Cuban
traditional) Sept. 8; Jang Seven (jazz) Sept. 15; Maria
Marquez Quintet (world jazz) Sept. 22; and Francis Clay
& Friends (blues) Sept. 29.
The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, which takes place
from May through October, features over 150 events,
including classical and jazz concerts, opera, performance
art, international music concerts, dance performances,
children's programs, theater, visual arts, puppet shows,
cultural festivals, and special events.
All performances and events are free and open to the
public, drawing an audience of San Francisco and Bay
Area residents, tourists, and convention attendees that
numbers more than 100,000 each year.
Free Artistic and Cultural Programming in Yerba Buena
Gardens is made possible through the generosity of The
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency; The Creative Work
Fund; The Bernard Osher Foundation; The James Irvine
Foundation; The JPMorganChase Foundation; The National
Endowment for the Arts; The San Francisco Arts Commission;
The San Francisco Foundation; The WA Gerbode Foundation,
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation; The Zellerbach
Family Foundation; and individual contributions. We
gratefully acknowledge pro-bono contributions from MJM
Management Group; Steefel, Levitt, and Weiss; Latino
Entertainment Partners; LaserCom Design; Moisa &
Associates; Pro Piano; The San Francisco Marriott; Sony-Metreon;
San Francisco Chronicle; San Francisco Downtown Magazine;
and San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Yerba Buena Arts & Events, producer of The Yerba
Buena Gardens Festival is located at 760 Howard Street,
San Francisco, CA 94103. Phone (415) 543-1718; Fax (415)
543-1755; website: http://www.ybgf.org
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Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
produced by Yerba Buena Arts & Events
760 Howard Street
San Francisco CA 94103
Phone: 415 543 1718
Fax: 415 543 1755
info@ybgf.org
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