From Afro-Mexican to Americana, from Soul to Son Jarocho, from Roots to Rock and Hip Hop, Las Cafeteras take folk music to the future. They are a sonic explosion of Afro-Mexican rhythms, electronic beats and powerful rhymes that remix roots music as modern-day troubadours. All ages and family-friendly.
Lizzie No is a folk rock band, a singer-songwriter, and a revolutionary artist in the Black Womanist tradition.
Sgt. Splendor is fueled by chemistry, curiosity, and serious musicianship. Vargas delivers vocals with clarity, bite, and an unflinching sense of timing, while McFadden’s shape-shifting guitar work draws from gritty rock, funk, blues, and flamenco. That approach has landed them on festival stages such as BottleRock, MEMPHO, High Sierra, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and Olympia Funk Fest, as well as tours and shared bills with Samantha Fish, Fantastic Negrito, Joan Baez, The Nth Power, Tab Benoit, and Mike Dillon’s Punkadelick.
Join the bay area sea shanty band, the Shark Alley Hobos, as they celebrate their favorite movie JAWS! The Hobos will perform their critically acclaimed musical tribute to JAWS “Off The Deep End”, followed by a screening of the original celluloid masterpiece. Come dressed as your favorite character for the costume contest and get ready to answer questions for the trivia contest. Join the Hobos at the Sweetwater Music Hall for an evening of music, film, prizes, popcorn and screams in celebration of the 1975 horror classic. Free, all ages show!
Jesse Ray Smith is a California-based singer-songwriter whose music blends elements of Americana, heartland rock, and indie folk.
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Shoplifters United bring to life the brilliant songs of legendary group The Smiths with an energetic live show and highly accurate sonic recreations of beloved album tracks and deep cuts.
Join multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Che Prasad and his band the Shark Alley Hobos for a performance of his critically acclaimed album Shiva Me Timbers.
Aki Kumar left his native home in Mumbai, India for the United States with the intention of working as a software engineer. Then he discovered the sounds of the blues, and his life changed dramatically. A masterful harmonica player, soulful vocalist, band-leader, drummer and producer, Kumar is a man of many talents and one of the most prolific artists in the SF Bay Area today. He has successfully blended retro Indian music into his presentation, making for a unique, electrifying, multi-cultural mash-up that sounds like no one else, yet never loses touch with the inspiration it draws from the blues. A veteran of the San Jose music scene for two decades, Kumar was hailed as “…King of ‘Bollywood blues’ music” by SJ Mercury News (2022) and received the Metro Silicon Valley Gold Award for Best Band (2024).
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