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SF’s Giant Benefit Concert for Ukraine (w/ 500 Free Sunflowers)

On March 12, Golden Gate Park hosts a free humanitarian relief concert for Ukraine
By - posted 3/9/2022 No Comment

A free humanitarian relief concert for Ukraine will be held Saturday, March 12, in Golden Gate Park.

A coalition of organizations led by Sunset Piano, Illuminate, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department and the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council will host an extraordinary event called “Slava Ukraini!” (Glory to Ukraine!) at the Golden Gate Bandshell on the Music Concourse from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 12.

#SF4Ukraine event seeks to raise $20,000 to provide desperately needed relief for the nearly 2M refugees fleeing Ukraine 

The free concert seeks donations to benefit World Central Kitchen (WCK), which has been working on the ground throughout Ukraine and surrounding countries to feed displaced persons since the start of the crisis. Donations in support of this effort can be made to sf4ukraine.org

Slava Ukraini! (Glory to Ukraine!)
A Musical Benefit for Humanitarian Relief
Saturday, March 12, 2022 from 12-4pm
Golden Gate Bandshell, Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park
FREE – please direct support to World Central Kitchen

Free Sunflowers: Sunflowers, the national flower of Ukraine, will be passed out to the first 500 guests arriving for Saturday’s show.

Musicians will include Sunset Piano all-stars Allison Lovejoy, Elektra Schmidt, Fabio King’s Tropical Jam, Paulo Sultanum, Kevin Gerzevitz Trio, and Serene. In addition, the event will feature Ukrainian singer Anytchka, and traditional Ukrainian Dance by the Zoloti Maky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble. Poetry by Matt Gonzales, Agneta Falk Hirschman, and Mauro Ffortissimo. The event will be MC’d by Sunset Piano’s Dean Mermell and special guests.

This event will serve as a launch for a series of shows supporting the Ukrainian relief effort. Nearly a dozen shows, featuring almost 40 performers are scheduled for the month of March in the Bandshell and all will raise funds for WCK and Ukrainian relief.