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2023 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: PLEASE READ.
We announce Kirtan, Sufi and Spritual music events in the SF Bay area and beyond. We occasionally host our own kirtan and spiritual music events.
Unfortunately, organizers are not able to attend many of the events. Please use your own discretion to contact other attendees to meet at the events.
Due to the evolving situation with Covid-19 virus and variants, each county is applying new policies - please check each venue's covid policy before attending in-person events.
Check the latest CDC information here:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/global-covid-19/global-response-strategy.html
you can find many more kirtan events below:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/166399253494846/
Some kirtan events are now in person and some are indoors as of February 2023
Contact the venues and check their covid guidelines for your own safety before attending.
If you are musicians who lead kirtan or organize spiritual music event please message me with time, date, location and description including admission / suggested donation amount/ ticket link. ( we do not charge commission).
To be effective, please contact me 4-6 weeks before the event.
I will try my best to post them in event section. We announce various kirtans, sufi and South Asian sprituality related events in the SF Bay Area. Unfortunately, organizers are not able to attend many of the events. Please use your own discretion to contact other attendees to meet at the events.
If you want to meet the co-organizers please attend Thursday night Kirtan at Bhakti SF. or contact Bhakti SF Address: 1227 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (650) 772-8226 or message me via meetup.
Our focus is personal spritual experience and non-religious.
If you would like to read about Bhakti movement's origin and development in South Asia please read:
We apply zero tolerance policy for Discrimination, Harassment and Bullying on line and offline. Please read:
We want the Meetup site to be an online community where people are respectful and respected.
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Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Jai Uttal: Kirtan ( San Francisco)Castro Room, San Francisco, CA
### Jai Uttal: Kirtan (In Person: San Fran)
Saturday, May 24, 7-9pm
$44.52 TICKETS
This meditative practice of calling to the divine creates a bridge between the individual and the eternal, opening the heart and welcoming the spirit. By singing these prayers and expressing a full range of emotions through our voices we join a stream of consciousness and devotion that has been flowing for centuries.
VENUE: The Castro Room, 97 Collingwood St, San Francisc
- Ananda Rasa Kirtan with Mr David and Band Tiburon CANeeds location
### Ananda Rasa Kirtan with Mr David and Band Tiburon CA
Sunday, June 1, 6 - 8 pm
$20–$40 Suggested Donation REGISTER Space is limited—please reserve your spot early.
Ananda Rasa Kirtan, led by vocalist/multi-instrumentalist David Estes is rooted in traditional Sanskrit chants sung to original melodies in Indian raga scales and explores the ecstatic and mystical moods of Bhakti in call and response chanting with the audience. Additional musical influences included Sufi Qawwali and roots reggae. David grew up in India and spent several years immersed in the daily practices of singing Kirtan, Sanskrit text chanting, meditation and seva as a full time Ashram resident.
VENUE: Private home in Tiburon. The address will be provided upon registration and donation via confirmation email.
