Las Migas brings a contemporary, all-women vision of flamenco shaped by more than 20 years of touring and musical exchange. The Spanish ensemble honors the form’s emotional directness and rhythmic fire while opening its sound to modern arrangements, strong visual identity and influences gathered across performances in more than 50 countries. The program draws from […]

Lucy Kaplansky brings a career shaped by both folk music and psychology to The Freight. She began singing in Chicago clubs as a teenager, then joined New York’s community of songwriters alongside Suzanne Vega, Steve Forbert, the Roches, and frequent duet partner Shawn Colvin.Kaplansky stepped away from an early musical rise to earn a doctorate […]

Tito Puente Jr. carries the high-voltage joy of his father’s music into a celebration of mambo, salsa and Latin jazz. Rather than preserving that legacy at a distance, he renews it onstage through driving percussion, dance-floor energy and a repertoire that joins beloved Puente classics with music of his own. Puerto Rican flutist Nestor Torres […]

Uruguay-born percussionist, singer, composer, producer, and bandleader Edgardo Cambón celebrates 40 years in the Bay Area with Gracias Bay Area. His musical journey began with tango performances on Uruguayan television, continued through Europe, and reached California in 1986, where he became a vital presence in the region’s Latin music community.Cambón’s Afro-Cuban percussion and vocals have […]

Choir! Choir! Choir! turns the audience into the show for Un-Silent Night, a fully interactive holiday sing-along. Directors Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman teach the parts, the room supplies the voices and familiar seasonal songs grow into the sound of hundreds of people singing together. The program mixes holiday classics with pop favorites in a […]

Zoë Ellis and Janice Maxie Reid lead a participatory holiday gathering filled with interfaith and non-denominational carols, comedy, and personal stories. Audience members of all ages are invited to sing, dance, interact with the hosts, and sometimes join them onstage.Ellis’ musical path spans light opera, gospel, R&B, soul, hip-hop, house music, and a cappella improvisation, […]

Cherish the Ladies brings four decades of Irish music, song, and step dancing to a festive Celtic Christmas program. The Grammy-nominated ensemble helped open new paths for women in traditional Irish music while building an international career spanning 18 albums and thousands of performances.Flute and whistle virtuoso Joanie Madden leads Mary Coogan on guitar, Mirella […]

The Fretliners bring their When the Kettle Sings tour to The Freight, carrying forward the acoustic tradition of telling hard truths through song. The Colorado band has earned New Artist honors at both Telluride and RockyGrass through commanding musicianship, close harmonies, and an immediate connection with audiences.Drawing from bluegrass, Americana, folk, and rock, the group […]

Vienna Teng writes songs that stay with listeners like conversations remembered years later. Her warm mezzo and piano-centered craft have moved through string-laced intimacy, hushed jazz, ambitious folk-pop and shimmering electronica, giving each album its own world while keeping lyric and emotional detail at the center. The concert draws from a catalog whose songs have […]

The Art of the Oud offers an intimate solo evening with Cairo-born virtuoso Joseph Tawadros. Playing the fretless, pear-shaped lute central to Middle Eastern music, he draws on the Arabic modal system of maqam while opening his original compositions to Baroque, jazz and folk influences. The program moves from fast, technically dazzling passages to lyrical, […]

Väsen’s Mikael Marin and Olov Johansson bring more than 37 years of musical partnership to Swedish traditional music. Their playful, almost telepathic interplay creates a language that feels ancient and modern at once, rooted in the dance tunes and instrumental traditions of Uppland while remaining open to new directions.The musicians first met in Uppsala in […]

Indian slide-guitar master Debashish Bhattacharya and saxophonist George Brooks make their long-awaited debut as a duo after years of friendship, writing, recording, and rehearsal in Kolkata and California. Both appeared as featured soloists on John McLaughlin’s Grammy-nominated Floating Point, and their collaboration links Hindustani classical music with modern jazz and world fusion.They are joined by […]