2005 Press Releases

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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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