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What we’re about
Meet other local fans of jazz, blues, and world music while enjoying live performances by top-notch musicians.
The San Francisco Bay Area is home to an amazing live music scene, with an assortment of venues that provide an intimate and affordable way to experience music as it's meant to be: spontaneous, inventive, and alive.
There's so much music happening in the Bay Area, there is something available every weekend for every taste and budget.
So join us, and use this Meetup group to connect with other music fans. We're mainly about listening to live jazz, but we also post blues shows, as well as tango, flamenco, world music, and cross-genre. In addition, we occasionally post theater events and films that have a music-related plotline or other "hook."
If you know about a show you'd like to see listed, feel free to suggest the event to Meetup organizers for hosting, or you can post the show on the "Discussions" page and invite your fellow Meetup members to attend with you.
Hope to see you at an upcoming show!
Paula M. - Lead Organizer, Live Jazz (& Blues) Meetup Group
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Jazz manouche from an eight-piece bandNeeds location
It's been some years since our Meetup group has seen the terrific band Barrio Manouche - so we're overdue for another listen! And this concert is in a new setting for us.
This band combines the instrumentation and signature of jazz manouche with modern jazz, flamenco, and Latin-American rhythms in a wide-ranging repertoire of adaptations and original compositions.
The group consists of:
Javi Jiménez - Guitar and vocals
Ross Howe - Guitar
Cyril Guiraud - Saxophones & caxixi (percussion)
Magali Sanscartier - Violin, vocals and percussion
Luis Jiménez - Cajon and percussion
Ivan Rondon - Bongos, vocals and flute
Gary Johnson - Upright and electric bass
Fanny Ara - Dance, palmas, castanets and vocalsCOST: Ticket prices range from $20 to $40 depending on when you buy them. General admission seating, on folding chairs. Buy your own tickets.
TICKET LINK:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/barrio-manouche-2024-tickets-877554478067ADDRESS: 1 Pinnacle Path, Berkeley
VENUE NOTE: This is a long-running Berkeley house concert series with amphitheater style seating among the redwoods. Parking is on the street.
MOBILITY NOTE: Attendees must go up a 35-step staircase to access the concert site. There is a handrail that people can use when navigating the staircase.
TRANSIT OPTIONS: The concert site is located about 2 miles from the downtown Berkeley BART station or the North Berkeley BART station - so attendees who typically rely on mass transit may want to book a ride-share from BART or get a ride from BART from a fellow Meetup attendee. Google Maps shows a couple of bus lines that go from the BART stations to the Pinnacle Path area, but I haven't determined yet how often they run.
HOW TO FIND ME: Look for me at the concert site at about 4:30 p.m. (a half hour before showtime). I'm 5 feet tall, WF, with short salt & pepper hair and glasses (see photo with Meetup profile). Also, I'll send my phone number to RSVPers prior to the event.
AUDIO/MORE INFO: https://www.barriomanouche.com/music/
MORE INFO about the concert site, logistics, etc:
https://www.facebook.com/1pinnaclepathREMINDER about our Meetup group's policy regarding no-shows:
https://www.meetup.com/livejazz/discussions/6755397672418033/chat/ - Juke Joint at Riggers Loft!Riggers Loft Wine Company-R&B Cellars, Richmond, CA
We saw Juke Joint in February and they got us all dancing. Riggers Loft is our monthly hangout by the edge of the Bay, on their patio with 180° views. Great place to gaze out, dance, eat and drink. We usually group and line dance. Can't dance -- just wiggle ;-) Riggers Loft is a wine distributor with fine wines and limited menu. If you don't care for wine and dancing this meetup is not for you. https://www.riggersloftwine.com/eat
Press release: Juke Joint is a fantastic 6-piece horn band, playing tribute to the classic Soul and R&B music of the 1960s and 1970s. Performances include tunes by such legendary performers as Otis Redding, James Brown, Wilson Pickett...some of the greatest dancing (and listening) music ever written! https://jukejointband.com/demos.htm select Demos.
Lloyd Willhite - lead vocals
Roger Bergen - lead guitar and vocals
John Bergen - bass
Barbara Speed - sax, flute and vocals
Cayce Carnahan - trumpet, flugelhorn
Ben Laufer - drummerTickets: I have a reservation for 8 on one table but you have to pay the $5 cover charge at the door. Tell them you're with Digne's meetup group.
Meetup is a social organization not an event calendar. If you tend to not join the social part, you will be dropped from the group. In general, our members are avid jazz fans, middle age and up, enjoy socializing with food and drink, and we show-up on time. Please have good intentions when you rsvp; 'No-Shows' are no good. If your plans have changed please select Edit RSVP at bottom of page to take yourself off the Attendee List.
Riggers Loft has a fine wine selection and limited menu. It has a strict virus protocol, so make sure you're in good health and wearing your mask if County requires it. This is an outdoor venue but if it rains/windy they'll us move indoors. Please bring cash to tip the musicians.