'Tarimba' is believed to be the African root word of 'tarima', which is the most important instrument and symbol of the Son Jarocho tradition of Veracruz Mexico. TARIMBA is a band comprised of local Bay Area musicians who have embraced the traditional genre of Son Jarocho music from southern Veracruz, Mexico. The members […]
SEEDS OF GOLD: A Community Premiere of the New Documentary Film Join us for the Community Premiere of the yet-to-be released film SEEDS OF GOLD (40 min), followed by an audience discussion with the filmmakers. Seeds of Gold takes us to the Andes of Colombia to share the true story of a […]
An Evening of Soulful Folk: Originals, Covers, Conversation Exploring Americana Singer/songwriter, Amy LaCour, has recently made the Bay Area her home. She has brought along a suitcase full of songs that chronicle her years as a performing musician in New York, LA, and abroad. Described by Urban Network as “a thinking woman's cross between […]
Healing music for a hurting Mission Landing in San Francisco from different parts of the world, Makrú fuses Rumba Flamenca, Reggae, Cuban Son, Cumbia, Ska, and other global beats to create a unifying, positive vibe in the Bay Area through its music. Lyrics in Spanish and English bring reality, fiction, hope and joy together, in hopes of […]
An Evening of Poetry and Music An evening of poetry and sound by Thomas Sayers Ellis and saxophonist James Brandon Lewis. This eclectic duo has been performing together for nearly two years and was recently given the thumbs up by poet Amiri Baraka (for their mixture of free Jazz, GoGo, Be Hip […]
Storytelling, Workshop, and Ancestral Tradiciones Local healers and spoken word artists come together to share their "brujerias."The suggested donation will include medicinal herbs to take home. Admission: $5-10. Event 7:00 pm -9:00 pm. Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors […]
If you love the Red Poppy Art House, then be there for this special evening occasion and make your support known. Hosted by Ethiopian-born songstress and TED Fellow Meklit Hadero, this unique musical program features an interweave of performances by jazz vocalist Tiffany Austin with Grant Levin on piano, songcraftsman Tom Sway, and […]
An informal pena-art-style salon, by Marc Hors Slide show presentation from an itinerant photographic project which moves on bicycles across the American Continent (From Alaska to the Chilean Antarctic) in search of natural, social and cultural values that characterize the countries of the American Continent. A project promoting solidarity, equity, participation and respect among […]
All Proceeds benefit the Red Poppy! Latin Dance Party Benefit for the Poppy Feat DJ Boludo, El Profe, and DJ Guruila, El Estudiante For those of you that know DJ Boludo, then you know what's in store for this dance party. Some of you may recall the epic 2007 dance […]
Hip-Hop Orchestra Taoist composer-pianist JooWan Kim performs with his hip-hop orchestra, Ensemble Mik Nawooj (EMN), a chamber orchestra with a rotating personnel of MCs and an opera singer. Ensemble Mik Nawooj "defies such categories as jazz, classical, and hip-hop" (Oakland Tribune), is "ambitious” (The New Yorker), and is “a cosmic melding of […]
Intimate harmonies from Eastern Europe The Nightingale Trio is a women’s vocal group inspired by folk songs and vocal techniques from the Balkans and Eastern Europe. Nila Bala, Rachel LaViola, and Sarah Larsson met each other as students Yale, singing with the Yale Slavic Chorus. Today, the Nightingales sound fuller than a trio, yet […]
Nearly a year after their first show at last January's MAPP, the Camille Mai Trio returns to the Red Poppy for the release of their debut EP, "We Are No Beautiful Children." Mixed independently at the SF Conservatory, the EP's four tracks are a melting pot of French, Argentine, and West Coast culture, interweaving […]
Since 2003, the MAPP, Mission Arts and Performance Project has produced 63 neighborhood pop-up art happenings of intimate spaces, all without ever formalizing into a non-profit organization, seeking funding, nor establishing a formal staff structure. Across these 10 years, the MAPP has featured thousands of artists, helping to cross-pollinate ideas and launch careers of […]
Jazz Accordion with Hot Rhythm Avoid Friday the 13th blues and come enjoy the Rob Reich Trio's musical wonders. The Trio performs new original music and choice old tunes with graceful humor and effortless virtuosity. Reich grew up studying piano from age three. After graduating with a degree in Music Composition from Oberlin Conservatory of […]
Tales of the Mission: Past, Present and Future Performing for the first time at Red Poppy is flautist, multi-instrumentalist, and arts educator John Calloway, a long-time Bay Area artist with deep cultural and social ties to the Mission. His new ensemble will present a cross-generational mix of jazz, folk and Latin music, with themes related […]
Join us in a Mission Community Celebration of the Posadas, a cultural tradition with a theme of seeking shelter, which speaks to our ongoing struggles in the Mission. The procession will start at 6pm on the corner of 24th and South Van Ness and ends at the Poppy where we will come together for performances, speakers, […]
Long time Chilean Bay Area performers Mochi Parra and Hector Salgado team up with pianist/guitarist/composer Steve Lam, bass player and recent NY New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music graduate Joel Kruzic, drummer Juan Manuel Caipo of Bang Data, and musical guest and former Grupo Raiz member Fernando “Fena’ Torres, for an exciting night of […]
Acoustic global fusion bridging Africa and India Bolo is a dynamic ensemble featuring percussionist/singer Surya Prakasha, bassist and bansuri & ney flute player Eliyahu Sills (The Qadim Ensemble), and multi-instrumentalist Evan Fraser (Hamsa Lila). With a fresh improvisational approach, the group creates songs that will move, uplift and transport. With African-sourced grooves, African and Indian […]
An Evening with Yumi Tomsha, mezzo soprano Mezzo soprano Yumi Tomsha gave her New York debut recital in 2008 at Bargemusic, the magical 'floating concert hall.’ As an oratorio soloist, she has been featured in works including Bach’s St. John Passion and Mass in b minor, and Vivaldi’s third Dixit Dominus and Gloria. Yumi […]
The Adam Shulman Quintet presents “Strays” The Music of Billy Strayhorn Adam Shulman has been a staple of the San Francisco Jazz scene since he moved to the city in 2002. Before the move, Shulman was a student at UC Santa Cruz where he studied with the great Smith Dobson and the trumpeter/arranger Ray […]
The Red Poppy is pleased to announce and evening with poet, playwright & multi-instrumentalist Avotcja and ensemble Modúpue. Avotcja has been published in English & Spanish in the USA, Mexico & Europe. She is a popular bay area D.J. & the Founder & Co-Director of "The Clean Scene Theater Project/Proyecto Teatral de la Escena Sobria." She teaches […]
This is our "Funders from Under" campaign. We are looking for 100 people to donate as little as $10 throughout the day. You can come to the Poppy anytime from 10am-10pm to make your donation, pick up a complementary glass of champagne glass and appreciate the artwork from Mona Caron, Dustin Fosnot and Sebastian Alvarez. […]
The Beth Custer Ensemble is a veritable crème de la crème of Bay Area musicians and has been delighting audiences for fifteen years from across the US to abroad. Their unique blend of styles underscores the depth of the lyrics and recent projects include a commission by SF Cinematheque to compose and perform live scores from […]
Gautam Tehas Ganeshan sings classical Carnatic music with distinction, innovation, and an inimitable personal style. A member of the first group of resident performing artists at the Red Poppy back in 2007, Gautam has galvanized the local scene as the director of the Sangati Center and as a musician with his ear to the ground. […]
Red Reels Presents: 'Blood Brother' and the installation Florecer, Blossoming and Living with HIV: Overcoming Stigma Through Art. 'Blood Brother' tells the story of Rocky Braat, a young man from a fractured family and a troubled past who met a group of HIV positive children living in an orphanage while traveling through India without a […]
Carnival of Joy! a celebration of Hoagy Carmichael Led by Asher's tenacious trombone and rich vocals, this all-star ensemble from New York City's vibrant early jazz scene presents a hot and charming celebration of one of the first great American singer-songwriters, Hoagy Carmichael. Audiences should expect an evening of original songs inspired by and reverently […]
Come celebrate the opening reception of the Red Poppy's current art installations. This reception is free and open to all ages. PROGRAM: 3PM - 4PM: Join the kids and parents at Family Art as we will decorate a few hopeful "sky-houses" by artist Mission Condition artist Dustin Fosnot and launch them into the sky! 4PM […]
In this workshop, we will share public health research that shows that recent Latino/a immigrants have better health than their American-born children. We will discuss the need for decolonizing our diets through reclaiming ancestral foods, recipes, cooking techniques, and remedios. Our ancestors ate a plant-based diet, with a heavy reliance on nixtamal corn, beans, wild […]
Traveling in Black Colors featuring PitchBlackGold, Holly Saucy & J. Mitchell Ka Mau, also known as Pitch Black Gold, along with Holly Saucy and J.Mitchell will be taking audiences on Africlectic journeys through poetry, genre bending sound and visual experiments. For the last ten years Ka Mau has lived in Bali, Indonesia using the art […]
Django Jazz meets South African Township jazz Experience a unique fusion between the raw energies of Southern African Township jazz,gypsy jazz, New Orleans jazz and acoustic sounds from around the globe. South African borngypsy jazz guitarist and composer Louis Matthee created the group in 2010 with a debut album "Gypsy Jive" featuring this unique blend […]