Posted on September 12, 2023 by msduran
Music & Performer Schedule
Stanyan Street Stage – Hosted by Local Folks Comedy:
Masonic Street Stage – Hosted by Local Folks Comedy:
For more information, please click the following link:
https://www.haightashburystreetfair.org/abouthasf
Posted on September 6, 2023 by msduran
Golden Gate Park’s Botanical Garden turns into an alfresco concert hall again for 2023 with a new “Flower Piano Lounge” intimate experience.
Flower Piano is back! Find the 12 hidden pianos in SF’s Botanical Garden!
Flower Piano returns to the SF Botanical Garden, September 8-12, 2023 with one of the most unique, creative, and innovative events in the Bay Area. The San Francisco Botanical Garden is once again is transformed into the city’s own alfresco concert hall where everyone is invited to play and listen.
Flower Piano is a musical event and attraction that provides open access to music and pianos within the natural, outdoor environment of San Francisco Botanical Garden.
Participants are invited to explore the Garden’s global living plant collections as they seek out the 12 pianos spread out across the 55-acre living museum. At each of the pianos, there will be scheduled professional performances, open play time for participants, and community partner performances – reflecting a range of genres, ages, and cultures
Flower Piano 2023
September 8-12, 2023 | 10am to 6pm
San Francisco Botanical Garden
1199 9th Ave., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Free for SF Residents with valid ID
For Non-Residents: $13 Adults ($15 Weekends), $7 Youth & Seniors (Ages 12-17 and 65+), $3 Children (Ages 5-11), Free for Toddlers (Ages 4 and under)
Advanced tickets recommended (even for SF Residents)
- Flower Piano is free with general admission to the Botanical Garden
- Free-$28 Gardens of Golden Gate Park passes
Visit the Conservatory of Flowers, Japanese Tea Garden, and San Francisco Botanical Garden with one, multi-garden ticket! - Flower Piano Lounge tickets are $40 general, $32 for Gardens of Golden Gate Park Members
- All Access Flower Piano Lounge tickets are also available for $130 general, $110 for Members
Advanced tickets are recommended for all Garden visitors including members as well as residents. There will be expedited entry for members and advanced ticket holders on weekends and holidays. Onsite ticket purchases are also available.
All visitors receiving food assistance (SNAP benefits) are offered free general admission. Free admission for up to four people may be redeemed by presenting a valid EBT card upon entry. Full-priced admission to special exhibitions, events, and programs still applies. More info
Flower Piano Events Schedule 2023
Flower Piano Opening Night Special Event
Thursday, September 7, 2023 | 6pm – 8pm
Flower Piano Lounge, Celebration Garden
Pablo Estigarribia
Latin Grammy winner tango pianist, arranger, and composer
With Sumi Lee Quartet, opening
Buy $40 Special Opening Night Ticket
Friday, September 8
- 10am – 12pm, Garden of Fragrance | Noe’s Garden
Interactive music to engage babies, young children, and grown-ups alike. - 11am – 1pm, Zellerbach | Ensemble SF
Classical piano quartet featuring Mozart and Johannes Brahms.
Lunchtime Concert
- 12pm -1pm, Great Meadow | Tom Jonesing
Rock and Pop Renovations, Remodeling, and Demolition - 1pm – 2pm, Great Meadow | David Möschler Trio
Tribute to the Vince Guaraldi Trio - 2pm – 5pm, Conifer Lawn | Beat Corner
Avante Garden Music and Poetry
Bay Area Poets hosted by Agneta Falk
Music by Mauro, Dean, Antony, and others. - 2pm – 3pm, Garden of Fragrance | Paul Caccamo
The Broken Branches of Gonzo’s Starry Dream - 3pm – 4pm, Garden of Fragrance | Kymry Esainko
Melancholy Moods to Soothe the Savage Skeptic - 3pm – 4pm, Great Meadow | SFJazz High School All Stars
Bay Area high school age musicians play popular jazz pieces - 4pm – 5pm, Redwood Grove | Classical Revolution Trio
Classical Revolution Presents Beethoven and Piazzolla - 4pm – 5:30pm, Great Meadow | Flower Piano Kick Off Sing-ALong with Community Music Center featuring Rita Lackey: R&B, soul, and Motown favorites
- 5pm – 6pm, Redwood Grove | Jill Tracy
Mystical, Elegant, Dark, Cinematic, Haunting Sonic Spells - 5pm – 6pm, Garden of Fragrance | Sixth Station Trio
Studio Ghibli tribute featuring works by composers, Joe Hisaishi, Yuji Nomi, and Satoshi Takebe - 4pm – 8pm, Flower Piano Lounge, Celebration Garden – Special Event Ticket Required
Set Time: 6pm – 8pm | Alex Conde
Jazz flamenco virtuoso pianist plays Albeniz, Monk, Powell and Originals
Saturday, September 9
- 11am – 1:00 pm Library Terrace (starting point) | Rabbit Hole Theater Magical Scavenger Hunt
Find magical characters during a family-friendly scavenger hunt through the Garden - 10am – 2pm, Flower Piano Lounge, Celebration Garden – Special Event Ticket Required
Set Time: 12pm – 1:30pm | Van-Anh Nguyen
Classical Reimagined and House Music Unplugged - 12pm – 1pm, All Pianos | Piano Extravaganza, Part One
- Great Meadow |John Brothers Piano Company
All Original Music from Oakland - Ancient Plant Garden | Joshua Raoul Brody
Beatles Karaoke - Rhododendron Garden | Pedro Pastrana & Oskar Ly
Ecstatic Interpretations from the American/Carribean Songbook - Garden of Fragrance | Duo Piano Program, 12pm – 3pm
- 12pm – 1pm, Two Americans in Paris | Bolcom, Milhaud, and Gershwin
- 1pm – 2pm, Cahill, Myers Piano Duo | Works by Grant Still, Tailleferre, Sierra, and Cage
- New Zealand Garden | Joe Mag
Entertainer from Martuni’s, SF : Pop, Show Tunes, and Sing-a-longs - South Africa Garden | Eric Shifrin
Smooth and Bouncy to Rough and Funky - California Native Plant Garden | Anne Sajdera
Soulful, Groove-based Jazz Standards and Originals - Redwood Grove | Caroluna with Ian Scarfe
Sublime Opera Arias and Art Songs - Conifer Lawn | Hadley McCarroll
Diversions & Divergences: Musical Landscapes from Chopin to Carter - Moon Viewing Garden | TonaLaura Jazz Duo
Sparkling Mix of Jazz, Brazilian, & Original Music - Zellerbach Garden | Earth, Wind, and Flowers
Chamber Music of Various Styles!
- 2pm – 3pm, All Pianos | Piano Extravaganza, Part Two
- Great Meadow | Alon Nechushtan Trio
From East to the West in Jazz - Ancient Plant Garden | Tango Brumoso
Traditional and Contemporary Tango Music - Rhododendron Garden | Craig Garfinkel
Radiohead Sing-a-long - Ancient Plant Garden | Duo Piano Program, 2pm – 3pm
Susie Fong & Abbygayle Baker | Works by Ravel, Chaminade, Falls, & Sakamoto - New Zealand Garden | Saki Minamimoto, vocal, Omree Gal Oz, piano
Poetic Vocal Jazz with Effortless Delivery - South Africa Garden | Dawn Oberg
Songs of Love, Plant Life, and Current Events - California Native Plant Garden | Sandra Simich
Classical Piano - Redwood Grove | Tin Yi Chelsea Wong
Chains, Alchemy, and Liberation (Crumb, Beethoven) - Conifer Lawn | Ian Scarfe
Classical Masterpieces Inspired by the Natural World - Moon Viewing Garden | Eric Chase
Beethoven’s Late Piano Sonatas: Poetry Without Words - Zellerbach Garden | Esther Aeschbach
Scarlatti, Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy
- 3pm – 4pm, Zellerbach Garden | San Francisco Opera Pianists
SF Opera pianists perform works from the classical music and operatic repertoires. - 4pm – 6pm, Fountain Plaza | Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra
- Viktor Ullman Piano Concerto
Featured Piano Soloist Allison Lovejoy - Friedrich Chopin, Piano Concerto No 1
Featured Piano Soloist Elektra Schmidt - Maurice Ravel, Piano Concerto in G
Featured Piano Soloist Kymry Esainko
- 4pm – 6pm, Conifer Lawn | SF Symphony Musicians
SF Symphony musicians performing chamber music - 4pm – 8pm, Flower Piano Lounge, Celebration Garden – Special Event Ticket Required
Set Time: 5pm – 6 pm | Lavay Smith and the Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Eight Piece Band : Swing, Blues, and New Orleans Music!
Sunday, September 10
- 10am – 2pm, Flower Piano Lounge, Celebration Garden – Special Event Ticket Required
Set Time: 12pm – 1:30pm | The Orange Sunshine
Orange Sunshine Plays Milton Nacimento - 11am – 1pm, Garden of Fragrance | Duo Piano Program
- 11am – 12pm, St. Larsen Duo | Meredith Monk, Maurice Ravel, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Benjamin Gribble
- 12pm – 1pm, Aristo Duo, Chia-Lin Yang & Vivian Ying Chen | Classical for Two Pianos
- 11am – 6pm, Zellerbach Gardens, Featured Artists
- 11 am – 12pm, Van Anh – Nguyen | Ryuichi Sakamoto and Friends
- 12pm – 1pm, Tammy Hall | A Tribute to Burt Bacharach
- 1pm – 2pm, Kennedy Realnes | Avant Garde, Soundscape, Jazz, Ambient, Impressionistic
- 2pm – 3pm, Maria Parker’s Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble | Improvisational Flights and Modal Jazz Journeys
- 3pm – 4pm, Allison Lovejoy | Allison Lovejoy Plays Liszt, Ravel, Gershwin, Boulanger, and Still
- 4pm – 5pm, Kev Choice Trio | Hip-Hop Rooted Jazz & Classical Pianist
- 5pm – 6pm, Lavay Smith and Chris Siebert | Swing, Blues, and New Orleans Music!
- 11am – 6pm, Great Meadow, Featured Artists
- 11am – 12pm, EnSPirits | Alternative R&B/Contemporary Jazz
- 12pm – 1pm, Kash Killion and Killion’s Trillions | A Tribute to Sun Ra
- 1pm – 2pm, C and C Duo | C and C Performs Soulful Piano & Vocal Duet
- 2pm – 3pm, Kevin Gerzevitz | Kevin Gerzevitz Trio Tribute to Burt Bacharach
- 3pm – 4pm, The Cottontails | Vintage Swing, Jazz/R&B
- 4pm – 5pm, Mr Lucky & the Cocktail Party | That’s Entertainment!
- 5pm – 6pm, Musica Cubana Quintet | Musica Cubana
- 1pm – 3pm, Redwood Grove | Little Mission Studio
Music from classical and contemporary composers for a family friendly performance. - 4pm – 5pm, Ancient Plant Garden| San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College
Youth 18 and under performing a range of modern and contemporary pieces.
Monday, September 11
- 11am – 12pm, Redwood Grove | Penelope Keep & Special Guests
Classical/Jazz Fusion: Bach, Beethoven, Bonds, & Blues - 12am – 1pm, Redwood Grove | Irina Omelchenko
Classical, Rock and Roll, and Boogie Boogie - 12pm -1pm, Garden of Fragrance | Danny Sullivan
A Bacharach Bacchanal Potpourri of Pianistic Panoramas - 1pm – 2pm, Conifer Lawn | SF Jazz HS All Stars
A pre-professional training program for current Bay Area high school age jazz musicians. - 1pm – 2pm, Garden of Fragrance | Marisa Winter, vocal & Elektra Schmidt, piano
Arias and Irreverent Stories - 3pm – 6pm, Conifer Lawn | Beat Corner, Avante Garden Music and Poetry
Bay Area Poets hosted by Jessica Loos
Music by Mauro, Dean, Antony, and others.
Afternoon Concert
- 3pm – 4pm, Great Meadow | The Bernal Hill Players
Vibrant Music by Latin American Composers - 4pm – 5pm, Great Meadow | Betty Roi Trio
Authentic Parisien Chanteuse Sings Jazz and Cabaret - 5pm – 6pm, Great Meadow | Charged Particles
Original Funky Latin Jazz with a Spark! - 6pm – 7pm, Conifer Lawn | Free Key Choir
80 Voice Contemporary Choir from Oakland
Tuesday, September 12
- 12pm – 1pm, Zellerbach Garden | Mauro ffortissimo
Interpretations of Bach, Brahms, Schubert, Piazzolla and Villa Lobos - 1pm – 2pm, Zellerbach Garden | Elektra Schmidt & Lewis Patzner
Duos by Greek, French, Spanish, and Argentinian Composers
Lunchtime Concert
- 12pm -1pm, Great Meadow | Rob Reich Trio
Crystalline Melodic Discoveries and Improvisational Flights - 1pm – 2pm, Great Meadow | Steve Abrams Trio
Hard Bop, Latin Jazz, Salsa, and Swing - 2pm – 3pm, Celebration Garden | Caroline Dahl
Boogie Woogie Piano: Blended and Bunkum-Free - 2pm – 3pm, Conifer Lawn | Martin Luther McCoy
Martin Luther presents his distinct blend of jazz funk fusion accompanied by Robin Hodge Williams - 3pm to 4pm, Celebration Garden | Kitten on the Keys
Unexpected Covers, Cabaret Originals, Nostalgic Flapper Rock - 3pm – 4pm, Garden of Fragrance | Jaron Lanier & Colin Farish
Entangled Synchronicity While Surfing in a Global Musical Flux - 4pm – 5pm, Garden of Fragrance | Colin Farish
Tribute to Keith Jarrett with Spontaneous Compositions - 4pm – 5pm, Celebration Garden | Antony Ty
Songs from a Different Kind of Tension
SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Flower Piano Lounge Sessions at Celebration Garden
Lounge sessions are offered from 10am-2pm and 4-8pm. Sessions are in four-hour increments. Patrons will be asked to exit at the end of each lounge session. Featured artists will give an approximate 90-minute musical set.
BUY $40 SPECIAL LOUNGE SESSIONS TICKET / $130 ALL ACCESS PASS
During Flower Piano 2023 the Celebration Garden will be transformed into an intimate new experience called the Flower Piano Lounge. In the Lounge you will enjoy private concerts with access to full service bar offering alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages & food makers from our partners at Off The Grid, lounge furniture, and exclusive bathrooms. Enjoy expedited entry into the event and in-and-out privileges between the Lounge and rest of the Garden for Flower Piano. The Lounge has limited capacity. Reserve your tickets today!
About Sunset Piano
Mauro ffortissimo and Dean Mermell together launched Sunset Piano in 2013 when ffortissimo covertly rolled an old grand piano onto the bluffs over Half Moon Bay. As word spread through social media, the crowds grew way beyond the occasional dog walker. Thousands came to hear the music before the county ordered the piano removed. Since then, Sunset Piano has expanded this impromptu musical and social experiment, temporarily placing pianos in a wide variety of unexpected natural and urban settings around the Bay Area every year, from the top of Montara Mountain to Market Street. Flower Piano, a collaboration with San Francisco Botanical Garden, is Sunset Piano’s largest and most ambitious undertaking. Mermell’s documentary about Sunset Piano is entitled Twelve Pianos.
For more information, please click the link below:
https://www.sfbg.org/flowerpiano
Posted on August 31, 2023 by msduran
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Some San Francisco residents are feeling fed up with a perceived lack of response from police and paramedics for handling street safety incidents.
In response to frustrations expressed from residents and merchants, the city is launching a new education campaign to help the public know who to call, and who will be dispatched to the scene for a behavioral health crisis.
For many incidents, even if you call 911, police officers will not respond. Instead, the city’s specialized street response teams will respond to help the person in crisis.Mayor: ‘Homeless coalition has held SF hostage for a decade’
The Coordinated Street Response Program is “focused on helping the public understand what to do when they see someone experiencing a behavioral health crisis on the street. We want people to know what to do, who to call, and how our specialized street response teams work together to meet the needs of the person in crisis,” officials with the Department of Emergency Management wrote.
Call 911 for police, fire, and other emergencies, including:
- Crime
- Fire
- Drug Overdose
- Medical emergency
- Mental health crises
Calling 911 puts you in contact with a dispatcher who will send the “most appropriate response team” for each situation, the Department of Emergency Management wrote.
911 dispatchers will likely ask you: Where is the emergency? What is happening? Who is involved? Is anyone hurt?
San Francisco’s street response teams are designed to reduce the need for police during a mental health crisis or drug use crises, city officials said.
Call 311 for city services and non-emergencies, including:
- Support for homeless people
- Mobility and sidewalk access issues
- Encampments
- Street or sidewalk cleaning
- Trash debris pickup
- Illegal parking and abandoned vehicles
- Syringes and hazardous waste
- Graffiti and vandalism
You can request services, ask questions, and get information. 311 operates 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
The 311 call-taker will assess the situation and may issue a service request, provide information, or direct the caller to the right place.
To learn more about the city’s street response teams, 911, and 311, you can go to www.sf.gov/oktocall
