Local Sirens: Women In Music Performance Series at The Parks at 5M (SF)
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The Parks at 5M | The Parks at 5M on Minna & Mary St. in San Francisco, CA
Event Details
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Women’s Audio Mission presents Local Sirens: Women In Music Performance Series in partnership with CAST.
Featuring Skip the Needle, STONI, & a live DJ at The Parks at 5M on Minna & Mary St. in San Francisco, CA!
Date : July 21st, 2022
Time : 5:30 PM – 9PM
RSVP: https://wam.rocks/localsirens0721
FREE – ALL AGES
Parking is limited. We advise you arrive by public transportation or rideshare service.
We also encourage bringing a picnic blanket for seating and layers for windy/foggy weather.
Public park rules apply.
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SKIP THE NEEDLE
Skip the Needle is a supergroup featuring bassist/vocalist Vicki Randle, guitarist/vocalists Katie Cash and Shelley Doty, and drummer/vocalist Kofy Brown, whose members bring a wealth of musical experience to the table, including Randle’s nearly 20-year run as the percussionist/vocalist with Branford Marsalis‘ band on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and her more recent extended stint as a backing vocalist in Mavis Staples‘ live band. Skip the Needle delivers impressionable original tunes deeply rooted in social justice with tight harmonies, shredding guitar solos, and searing lead vocals, like “Sly Stone, Jimi Hendrix, Chrissie Hynde, and Chaka Khan” jamming together.
Watch them perform “We Ain’t Never Going Back” and “Black Lives“.
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STONI
Flaunting vicious flows, and a player-like persona, STONI can hold her own with some of rap’s top tier artists. Born and raised in Oakland, the California native grew up with a passion for poetry and writing. Already making a lasting impression with her unofficial release “Kirk Franklin Freestyle” with friend Rayana Jay, Stoni is gearing up to take not just the Bay Area but the whole industry by storm.
Check out Stoni in action here.
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Local Sirens is a free, all-ages quarterly performance series that celebrates exceptional Bay Area women and gender-expansive musicians and artists. Local Sirens has presented the work of 75+ women and gender-expansive artists and reached over 7,500 attendees at local venues including Brava, The Rickshaw Stop, Dolby, The New Parish, and more.
Local Sirens is made possible thanks in part to grants from the San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the Fleishhacker Foundation, and the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation.
Thank you to Brookfield Properties, who recently completed 5M in SoMa, including The Parks at 5M, The George apartment building, 415 Natoma office building, and 447 Minna, which it donated to CAST for arts and cultural uses.
“Arts and cultural events are woven into the tapestry of 5M and we’re excited to host the Women’s Audio Mission concert series,” said Brookfield Properties Sr. Development Director Swathi Bonda. “Performances like Local Sirens, and myriad other events involving food, fitness, dance, and more, will be an ongoing part of the all-ages programming that brings the community together at The Parks at 5M.”
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.
Cost: FREE
Categories: *Top Pick*, In Person, Live Music
