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Matt Renzi’s Arm Sized Legging: Cinematic Chamber Jazz

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Arm Sized Legging gets its signature sound both from its unusual instrumentation–woodwinds (saxophone/oboe/clarinet), cello, bass and drums–and an all-original repertoire. Using both free-form improvisation and traditional song forms as the basis of collective soloing, composer/bandleader Renzi’s music explores textures, colors, and sonorities while adding a contemporary classical touch to the mix with cello. Featuring: Matt […]

$10 – $20

María Volonté: Blue Tango Project: Tango and the Blues Embrace

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Bewitching echoes of tango’s forbidden pleasures and the lament of the solitary blues soul meet in Blue Tango Project, a collaboration between Buenos Aires-born vocalist/guitarist María Volonté and harmonica player Kevin Carrel Footer, a native Californian. Their exploration of the emotional and musical crossroads where tango and the blues embrace celebrates the deep spiritual bond […]

$15 – $20

LoCura: From Spain to the Caribbean and Back

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

With music that’s equal parts flamenco, reggae, cumbia, Cuban son, and ska, LoCura happily crosses borders to bring back the goods for your soul and your dancing feet. Their Red Poppy show will feature a new lineup, new songs, and remixed classics. Featuring: Featuring: Kata Miletich - vocals Bob Sanders - guitars Melissa Cruz - […]

$10 – $20

LOAN: Revolutionary Poetry & Music ft. Tongo Eisen-Martin & Peck the Town Crier

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Music, poetry, and history converge powerfully in LOAN, a collective of artists integrating new-generation, African-American avant-garde poetry and jazz-influenced musical exploration. The quartet, founded by poet Tongo Eisen-Martin and guitarist Peck the Town Crier, aims to give musical shape to the longing for revolution by way of word and chord. Featuring: Tongo Eisen-Martin – poet […]

$10 – $20

RPAH Speaker Series: Community-Engaged Arts Presenting ft. Regina Y. Evans

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Anti-trafficking activist Regina Y. Evans headlines the Poppy's November professional development session with a performance and discussion on fighting sex trafficking in the Bay Area. The second-generation Oakland native will perform excerpts of her 52 Letters, a theater piece that looks at the fight against trafficking through the lens of slavery. The play, which won […]

Free

Fátima Santos: Fado & Beyond

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

With soaring vocals that tell dramatic tales of love, loss, and redemption, Fátima Santos breathes life into fado, Portugal’s passionate, soul-stirring version of the blues. Her repertoire, a mix of original compositions and traditional songs, showcases her command of Coimbra fado style, an operatic vocal technique seldom practiced by women. Featuring: Fátima Santos - vocals […]

$15 – $20

AZA Band with Arouna Diarra & Biko Casini: Balafon & Ngoni Music

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

The Red Poppy Art House warmly welcomes the AZA Band–with Arouna Diarra, Biko Casini, and special guest Yacuba Diarra–for an evening of traditional music from Burkina Faso. Inspired by the pulsing melodies and infectious dance grooves of the balafon, Tennessee native Biko traveled to Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso’s second-largest city, to study djembe in 2007. Five […]

$10 – $15

Redwood Tango Ensemble: New Tango & Chamber Music

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Oakland's Redwood Tango Ensemble presents a set of brand new compositions as well as arrangements of contemporary tango favorites. Featuring: Charles Gorczynski - bandoneon Elyse Weakley - piano Anton Estaniel - cello Kendra Vernon - violin Mia Bella D'Augelli - violin Daniel Fabricant - double bass Dedicated to the study and performance of traditional Argentine […]

$10 – $20

STOOP: Sounds & Stories of the Mission

Mission Stoop Fest (STOOP) is a civil society arts experiment that transpires on the front stoops of local residences, where traditional and contemporary artists perform and where local residents share stories and histories. The front stoop represents a literal threshold between the public and private spheres and is a historic site of spontaneous community interaction […]

Free

MAPP: Crossover Collaborative Residencies, Cohort II, Final Performance

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

An interdisciplinary residency program supported by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation and San Francisco Arts Commission, Crossover Collaborative Residencies provides a framework to support the exploration of collaborative processes between artists in dance and music disciplines. Pairing six choreographer/dancers and six composer/musicians, the program follows a four-stage development from preliminary artists gatherings and orientation workshops, to […]

Free

Rumberos de Radio Habana: Community Rumba

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Rumba music originated in the Afro-Cuban neighborhoods of Havana and Matanzas as the soundtrack to community, partnered dancing and get-togethers as a means of cultural expression. Its global diaspora means rumba rhythms have found their way into other genres of music such as country, rock, and blues, and continue to impact the genres of today. […]

Free

StringQuake: Electric Harp Meets Cello & Percussion

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Bay Area trio StringQuake uses unusual instrumentation–electric harp, cello, and percussion–to explore far-flung sounds inspired by Greece, India, Africa, and the Americas. With a penchant for improvisation and unexpected meters, the group boasts a wide-ranging repertoire that runs the gamut from contemplative to vigorous. Featuring: Amelia Romano - electric harp Misha Khalikulov - cello Josh […]

$20 – $25

La Mixta Criolla: Latin-Caribbean Grooves

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Hard-swinging Bay Area ensemble La Mixta Criolla returns to the Red Poppy with music rooted in the criollo culture of Puerto Rico and the Latin-Caribbean. Performing both originals and funky renditions of classic tunes, the quintet combines a variety of swinging Afro-Caribbean grooves, from plena, bomba, guaracha jíbara, seis, and aguinaldo to merengue, son, cumbia, […]

$10 – $20

Patrick Wolff/Grant Stewart Quintet: Classic Bebop Saxophone

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Two highly acclaimed jazz saxophonists, Patrick Wolff and Grant Stewart, light up the night with dexterous and exhilarating renderings of the classic two-tenor groups. Alongside a vibrant trio of experienced musicians, Wolff and Stewart pay tribute to the time-honored compositions of Charles Mingus, Al Cohn, Freddie Redd, and Duke Ellington, brought to life in a […]

$20 – $25

Nicole Stromsoe & Amber Gougis: Vintage Inspirations, Soulful Voices

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Songstresses Nicole Stromsoe and Amber Gougis co-headline an evening of original material intermingled with old-school classics. Accompanied only by acoustic guitar and double bass, Stromsoe and Gougis aim to captivate audiences with enchanting vocals inspired by jazz, blues, R&B, and folk. Featuring: Nicole Stromsoe - vocals Amber Gougis - vocals Dorian Michael - guitar Ken […]

$10 – $15

Charles Xavier: Jazz Standards and the Music of SATORI

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Producer, composer, electronic musician, and percussionist Charles Xavier performs jazz standards, as well as compositions by his former band, ’70s jazz ensemble SATORI. Join Xavier and his quartet, who specialize in “unconventional music for unconventional minds,” as they touch on jazz, new age and ambient music, and holiday classics. Featuring: Clifford Brown III - trumpet […]

$10 – $20

Miles Jay ft. Axon Orchestra: Post-Punk Balkan Marching Band

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Ready to forget everything you thought you knew about marching bands? Don’t miss the eight-piece Axon Orchestra’s dazzlingly electrified Red Poppy debut, which promises to use urban and rural musical styles of the Balkans and Middle East to take listeners on a post-punk, postmodern sonic journey like no other. Featuring: Miles Jay - buzuk, bass […]

$15 – $20

Makrú: A Night of Rumba Flamenca, Ska, Reggae & Cumbia

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Makrú’s unifying ethos is more than just talk: This pan-cultural five-piece uses Spanish and English lyrics to blend reality and fiction, and their signature mix of rumba flamenca, reggae, cumbia, and ska promises to bring everyone to the dancefloor. Featuring: Jenny Rodriguez - vocals Raúl Vargas - cajón, vocals Haluk Kecelioglu - oud, violin Bob […]

$10 – $20

Alex Hand Band: A Balkan Jazz Quartet

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

With a setlist that ranges from Bulgarian wedding tunes to hot club jazz, the Alex Hand Band mines the common ground between swing and Eastern European folk dance music–the soundtrack of Western music moving across Balkan borders and being changed by European village music. Featuring: Alex Hand - guitar Kevin Gerzevitz - keys, accordion Gabe […]

$10 – $15

FRESH Exchanges: Dis[rupt]·co·theque ft. Vagittarius Rising

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

In collaboration with FRESH Festival 2017, the Red Poppy Art House is pleased to present FRESH Exchanges, free and by-donation events made to cultivate, cross-pollinate, invigorate, create access, and generate outreach within and outwith the dance, music, and performance communities. Get down, get loose, and get refreshed at the start of FRESH 2017 with Dis·co·theque […]

By Donation

FRESH Exchanges: Experimental Structures ft. Chani Bockwinkel & Keisha Turner

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

In collaboration with FRESH Festival 2017, the Red Poppy Art House is pleased to present FRESH Exchanges, free and by-donation events made to cultivate, cross-pollinate, invigorate, create access, and generate outreach within and outwith the dance, music, and performance communities. These interactive exchanges include Experimental Structures on Tuesdays, January 3, 10, 17. Hosted by Abby […]

By Donation

FRESH Exchanges: Social Practice/Potluck ft. Rachael Dichter & Jesse Hewit

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

In collaboration with FRESH Festival 2017, the Red Poppy Art House is pleased to present FRESH Exchanges, free and by-donation events made to cultivate, cross-pollinate, invigorate, create access, and generate outreach within and outwith the dance, music, and performance communities. These interactive exchanges include Social Practice/Potlucks on Wednesdays, January 4, 11, 18. FRESH Social Practice/Potlucks […]

By Donation

FRESH Exchanges: Alternative Conservatory ft. Brontez Purnell

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

In collaboration with FRESH Festival 2017, the Red Poppy Art House is pleased to present FRESH Exchanges, free and by-donation events made to cultivate, cross-pollinate, invigorate, create access, and generate outreach within and outwith the dance, music, and performance communities. These interactive exchanges include Alternative Conservatory on Thursdays, January 5, 12, 19. Hosted by FRESH […]

By Donation

Javier Navarrette: Afro-Cuban Tribute to Orishas and Ancestors

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Afro-Caribbean rhythm specialist Javier Navarrette and his mighty vocal/percussion ensemble kick off the Poppy’s first show of 2017 with a musical offering to ancestors and the orishas (Afro-Cuban deities), invoking strength, health, and a community united to face challenges that may lie ahead. Featuring: Javier Navarrette Sergio Duran Katiana Vila Jessie Webber Kevin Repp plus […]

$10 – $15

Lavay Smith: Celebrating the Lady Day Songbook

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Lavay Smith, best known as the sultry vocalist and bandleader of the acclaimed Red Hot Skillet Lickers, rings in the first weekend of 2017 by bringing an all-star piano/bass/trombone trio to the Poppy for a night of songs made famous by jazz icon Billie Holiday. Featuring: Jules Broussard - saxophone Danny Armstrong - trombone, vocals […]

$20 – $25

FRESH Exchanges: Experimental Structures ft. Dia Dear & Sebastian Hernandez

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

In collaboration with FRESH Festival 2017, the Red Poppy Art House is pleased to present FRESH Exchanges, free and by-donation events made to cultivate, cross-pollinate, invigorate, create access, and generate outreach within and outwith the dance, music, and performance communities. These interactive exchanges include Experimental Structures on Tuesdays, January 3, 10, 17. Hosted by Abby […]

By Donation

FRESH Exchanges: Social Practice/Potluck ft. José Navarrete, Amara Tabor-Smith & Cat Brooks

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

In collaboration with FRESH Festival 2017, the Red Poppy Art House is pleased to present FRESH Exchanges, free and by-donation events made to cultivate, cross-pollinate, invigorate, create access, and generate outreach within and outwith the dance, music, and performance communities. These interactive exchanges include Social Practice/Potlucks on Wednesdays, January 4, 11, 18. FRESH Social Practice/Potlucks […]

By Donation

FRESH Exchanges: Alternative Conservatory ft. Tessa Wills

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

In collaboration with FRESH Festival 2017, the Red Poppy Art House is pleased to present FRESH Exchanges, free and by-donation events made to cultivate, cross-pollinate, invigorate, create access, and generate outreach within and outwith the dance, music, and performance communities. These interactive exchanges include Alternative Conservatory on Thursdays, January 5, 12, 19. Hosted by FRESH […]

By Donation

Conspiracy of Venus: 30-Member Female Vocal Ensemble

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Three days after the first anniversary of David Bowie’s death, 30-woman vocal ensemble Conspiracy of Venus hits the Poppy for an extravaganza of beloved songs by Tom Waits, Björk, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, the Pixies, and the Thin White Duke himself, as well as original compositions by artistic director Joyce Todd McBride. Drawing inspiration from […]

$10 – $20

Peter Whitehead: Handbuilt Instruments, Heartfelt Vocals

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Among Peter Whitehead’s many custom-made instruments are the Heart Banjo, made from a baking tin; the Lawn Lyre, made from an old lawnmower and a metal oil pan; and the Spoonharp, made from a five-gallon metal drum, a eucalyptus branch, and kitchen spoons. Whitehead’s Red Poppy debut promises to feature vocals, instruments, and sampling for […]

$10 – $20