2022 Swedish Soprano “Jenny Lind” Opera Concert at Yerba Buena Gardens

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SF’s Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2023 (May 6 – Oct. 28)

The 2023 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival hosts a full lineup of free outdoor music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, and children’s programs. The Festival opens on Saturday, May 6 at 1:00pm with John Santos Sextet + The Afro-Peruvian Coalition.

Now in its 23rd year, the Festival will run each and every week and weekend until October 28 and is located between Mission and Howard Streets and Third and Fourth Streets in downtown San Francisco.  

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2023

May 6 – October 28, 2023
Yerba Buena Gardens, Mission btwn Third and Fourth, SoMa, SF
FREE

Directions & Parking | Admission-Free Seating | Performance Times | See the Full Calendar

Thursday, June 23, 2022
SF’s Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2023 (May 6 – Oct. 28)

The annual Jenny Lind Concert is a beloved and long-running Yerba Buena Gardens Festival tradition that showcases the most extraordinary young sopranos from Sweden. This year’s program introduces Tessan-Maria Lehmussaari, the 2020 recipient of the Jenny Lind Stipendium, an honor now presented by the Swedish Royal Academy of Music and Folkets Hus & Parker. The Finnish/Swedish vocalist has worked with Drottningholm’s Baroque Orchestra, the Royal Swedish Opera’s Young Opera, and Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, among others. She is accompanied by multi-talented Finnish-born pianist Silja Inkeri Levander. Presented with the Honorary Consulate of Sweden. the Jenny Lind Concert offers a thrilling peek at the future of opera.
Program & Artists
Welcoming by program MC – L. Frank
Opening Prayer – Kanyon Sayers-Roods
Poetry – Kim Shuck
Music – Sweetlodge Sistaz
Song & Dance – Winnama Ba-Kay Yachma Pomo Dancers
Photo Opp
Dance and More – Sewam American Indian Dance
Music – Twice as Good Blues Band
Closing Prayer – L. Frank

Hands-on Activities with Artists:
Celeste Aguilar – Beaded Bracelets, Necklaces
Nizhoni Ellenwood – Medicinal Plants, Weaving
Ernesto Hernandez Olmos – Ceramic Amulets
Meyo Marrufo – Styrofoam Block Printing
Monique Sonoquie – Twine Cordage, Books
The NCAF is presented in partnership with American Indian Contemporary Arts, with major support by the San Francisco Art Commission.

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