2024 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents “Jesús DíAz Y Su Qba” (SF)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

When it comes to Afro-Cuban percussion, Jesús Díaz is Bay Area royalty. Whether he’s recording with Grateful Dead rhythm wizard Mickey Hart’s Planet Drum, laying down grooves for Santana or leading his own potent combo QBA, Díaz has been a creative force on the West Coast for some four decades. He arrived in the United States from Havana as part of the chaotic 1980 Mariel exodus, seeking freedom and opportunity. Since settling in Oakland in the ‘90s, the percussion virtuoso, songwriter, vocalist and educator has taken full advantage of both, performing with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie and Andy Narell to Tito Puente and Celia Cruz. As bandleader in his own right he’s honed a dance-centric repertoire with his powerhouse 10-piece QBA, which features the cream of the Bay Area Latin music scene while specializing in the scorching Havana style known as timba.

Jesús Díaz
East Garden, Yerba Buena Gardens, 3rd St. between Mission and Howard Sts., SF
FREE

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2024

May 4 – November 2, 2024
Yerba Buena Gardens, Mission btwn Third and Fourth, SoMa, SF
FREE

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2024 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Programming Highlights

All events are free and take place outdoors in Yerba Buena Gardens, off Mission Street between 3rd and 4th Streets, and the Yerba Buena Children’s Garden located at Howard & Fourth Street.

SEPTEMBER 2024

• 5th Annual African Arts Festival – September 7
• YBG Dance Day – September 28

OCTOBER 2024

• San Francisco Indigenous Peoples Day – October 14

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.