Previous events

Jan25

La Gente, Saria Idana & Jeff Desira live @ Casa Sanchez

Casa Sanchez, 2778 24th Street, San Francisco, California


La Gente return to the heart of La Mission for an underground dance party at the one and only San Francisco
institution: Casa Sanchez. Doors are at 7:00 we will be playing two sets from 8-10pm. Also be sure to 
get some comida autentica Mexicana by Ayulta. We will also be featuring some special guests and there will 
definitely be communidad de MAPP and The Red Poppy Art House. This will be a great night to support local 
music as well as supporting local Latino entrepreneurs!

TBA Age limit: All ages

Jan12

La Gente & The Seshen REMIX live @ The Boom Boom Room

The Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore St @ Geary, San Francisco, California

La Gente and The Seshen team up again for an all night dance party at the Boom Boom Room! 
Our turnout and response for our last performance was amazing. But there were many people who 
were not able to make it out due to terrible SF weather. Here is a second chance to catch this collaboration!
Not one to miss!!!!

The Seshen Website: http://www.theseshen.com/

Presale $10, Door $15 Age limit: 21+

Dec28

La Gente & Non Stop Bhangra live @ The New Parish

The New Parish, 579 18th Street , Oakland, California

 
La Gente reunite with The one and only Dholrhythms for thier monthly dance, musica art and culture event
NON STOP BHANGRA!!! This is La Gente's first offical show in Oakland in a looooong time so we look forward
to seeing all of our East Bizzle folks! 1-LOVE
Non Stop Bhangra Website
New Parish Website 

TBA Age limit: 21+

Dec13

La Gente, Robin Applewood, Sol Tevél, Santos Perdidos & Rasa Vitalia @ The Brick And Mortar

Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street , San Francisco, California

 
La Gente + Rasa Vitaliajoins forces with three of our favorite Bay Area groups:
Robin AppleWood, Sol Tevél & Santod Perdidos
This night is also the CD release party for both groups.
There will be sure to be some epic
collaborations with all three groups! More info to come! 1-LOVE

Robin AppleWood Website
Sol Tevel Website
Santos Perdidos Website
Brick and Mortar Website
Rasa Vitalia Website: http://www.RasaVitalia.com

$10 presale, $12 at the door Age limit: 21+

Nov30

La Gente & The Seshen live @ Boom Boom Room

Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore St @ Geary, San Francisco, California


La Gente return to our favorite SF Venue. The Boom Boom Room!
We Will be joining forces with one of my favorite up and coming innovative Oakland groups: The Seshen!
The Seshen Website

The Seshen is a 7-piece Bay Area-based band whose songs mix live and
electronic elements. Their music utilizes electronic textures to
suggest complex emotions and vivid imagery but also to blur the
distinction between the abstract and the familiar. The Seshen takes
influences from electronic music, hip-hop, pop, R&B, dub, and indie

rock to create beat-driven compositions with a strong emotional core.
The band consists of bassist/producer Aki Ehara, drummer Chris
Thalmann, keyboardist Mahesh Rao, percussionist Mirza Kopelman and
synchronizer/sampler Kumar Butler, who provide the sonic backdrop for
vocalists Lalin St. Juste and Akasha Orr.

TBA Age limit: All ages

Nov14

La Gente acoustic live @ Off The Grid North Beach

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Joe Dimaggio Playground, Lombard @ Powell, San Francisco, California


La Gente return to North Beach Off The Grid for a free live performance! 
Come out for the music and have some amazing food from local Chefs!

FREE! Age limit: All ages

Nov10

San Francisco International Arts Festival presents: La Gente live @ Festival lounge Cabaret

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Joe Goode Annex, 401 Alabama Street, San Francisco, California


San Francisco International Arts Festival Presents:

Festival Lounge Cabaret


La Gente will closing the night with special guests: Rasa Vitalia, Dan Moses, and MC Orukusaki!
featuring: 
La Gente

Paul Flores & inkBoat, 

Anneliese Messner with Elektra Schmidt & Others

 

Front Row Reserved Table Seating: $50 (including appetizers)

Reserved Table Seating $35, General Admission: $25

Box Office: www.sfiaf.org or call 800-838-3006

More Info: 415-399-9554

 

This cabaret includes a brilliant line-up of Bay Area performance artists including La Gente,
hip-hop performance artist and playwright Paul Flores and members of inkBoat (full details
of performances to be announced). Front row reserved table seating includes appetizers from
local restaurants including La Mediterranee and Jasmine Tea House. There will also be a silent
auction and an open bar as a part of the evening’s entertainment. 

 

The cabaret will be hosted by the fabulous Ms. Rhodessa Jones.

 

Proceeds from the event will go towards underwriting the cost of inkBoat and Flores to attend the
National Performance Network’s Annual Meeting in Philadelphia in December. inkBoat will be one
of four companies performing at the gathering. They will present "The Crazy Cloud Collection" that
premiered at SFIAF as part of an NPN commission in 2010 and then went on a national tour in 2012.
The company is looking to the NPN Meeting for additional national touring and residency opportunities.

 

Front Row Reserved Table Seating: $50 (including appetizers) Reserved Table Seating $35, General Adm Age limit: All ages

Nov1

La Gente live @ OFF THE GRID Telegraph Berkeley

Off The Grid Berkeley, Telegraph Ave & Haste St, Berkeley, California

 
Every first Friday of the Month La Gente has created a high energy dance party at San francisco's
Fort Mason OFF THE GRID. We will now be taking our event across the Bay for our first ever Berkeley
OFF TEH GRID. As always we will bring our own brand of Reggae/Cumbia/Hip-Hop/Rock to 
the East Bay. 1-LOVE

FREEEEEEEE Age limit: All ages

Oct27

Halloween ARTE Y TAPAS festival: La Gente + Jordan & The Ritual + Lovage Cooking

Studio 352, 352 Clement @ 5th Ave., San Francisco, California

 
ARTE Y TAPAS Saturday 27 October at STUDIO 352
Doors at 7pm, Show 7:30 until LATE!

MUSIC - Resident performing artists La Gente and Jordan & the Ritual are back for a special Halloween performance,
also featuring a showcase of Bay Area singer songwriters and groups.

TAPAS - Handmade tapas by Lovage Cooking include Boudin Balls: spicy Cajun-style "dirty rice" croquettes filled
with mozzarella, grassed beef sausage, and dungeness crab, fresh picked Sonoma apples dipped in caramel and
fairtrade chocolates, plus house made sangria, vin brulé, and more!

VISUAL ART - Local art on exhibition tba!

STUDIO 352 is a private recording and rehearsal space in a turn-of-the-century Victorian. ARTE Y TAPAS brings
out the speakeasy feel with great food, drinks, art covering the walls, and some of the best live musical collaboration
in the city.

Get on the guest list online: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/282445
$5 presale or $10 at the door donation

La Gente: http://www.lagentemusicsf.com/fr_home.cfm
Lovage Cooking: http://www.lovagecooking.com/about.cfm
Jordan & The Ritual: http://www.myspace.com/theritualband

$5 Presale, $10 at the door Age limit: All ages

Oct19

La Gente, Kate Kilbane & The Cellar Doors, and Karolina Lux live @ Funhouse Lounge

Funhouse Lounge, 2432 Southeast 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon

 
La Gente, Karolina Lux and Kate Kilbane join forces for an eccletic night of music, theatre and madness. This 
is La Gente's first show in Portland so all my Northern folks spread the word!! 1-LOVE

Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/454165764606751/?fref=ts

TBA Age limit: All ages

Oct13

Rafael Sarria hosting O'FaSho! @ Disco Volante

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Disco Volante, 347 14th St. , Oakland, California

Event link: http://www.facebook.com/events/338622696230563/?fref=ts

O'Fasho is a monthly benefit show that takes place every second Saturday @ Disco Volante in Oakland.
It features:
 DJ LadyRyan (Soulovely || BUTTA)
DJ Ai.Lo ((The Formula || Isa Collective)
DJ Trinity (Good Times || Living Room Project) 
And wil be hosted by lead singer of La Gente Rafael Sarria and special guest MC Orukusaki.
This month the event will benefit:
Sins Invalid is a performance project that incubates and celebrates artists with disabilities,
centralizing artists of color and queer and gender-variant artists as communities who have
been historically marginalized. Our performance work explores the themes of sexuality,
embodiment and the disabled body. Conceived and led by disabled people of color, we
develop and present cutting-edge work where normative paradigms of "normal" and "sexy"
are challenged, offering instead a vision of beauty and sexuality inclusive of all individuals
and communities.

http://www.sinsinvalid.org/mission.html

Donation to benefit "Sins Invalid" Age limit: 21+

Oct12

La Gente Live @ Casa Sanchez

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Casa Sanchez, 2778 24th St (between Hampshire St & York St) , San Francisco, California

La Gente return to the heart of La Mission for an underground dance party at the one and only San Francisco
institution: Casa Sanchez only $7. Doors are at 7:00 we will be playing two sets from 8-10pm. Also be sure to
get some comida autentica Mexicana by Ayulta. We will also be featuring some special guests and there will
definitely be communidad de MAPP and The Red Poppy Art House. This will be a great night to support local
music as well as supporting local Latino entrepreneurs!

Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/228535327274104/?fref=ts

$7 Age limit: All ages

Sep27

Rafael Sarria & Michelle Navarette live @ OFF THE GRID Haight st

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OFF THE GRID Haight market, Stanyan @ Waller, San Francisco, California

 
Michelle Navarette & Rafael Sarria reunite for a acoustic set for the OFF THE GRID festival, haight 
street location. We will be playing two sets from 7-8:30. This performance is free and make sure to 
try some of the amazing local food trucks!! 1-LOVE

FREEEEEEEE Age limit: All ages

Sep22

La Gente & Bang Data, Raw-G & Dholrhtyhms Live @ The Independent

The Independent, 628 Divisadero, San Francisco, California

                                                                    Saturday September 22nd
                                                                        La Gente & Bang Data
                                                                                       Live @
                                                 
                                                                                                    
La Gente & Bang Data Join forces again, this time at one of our favorite San Francisco venues, 
The Independent. The last time these musicians shared the stage at the Indepedent we were called 
The People and Orixa! We will also be reunited with our de Young Global Villagers RAW-G & Dholrhtyhms.
This show is also lead singer Rafael Sarria's bday parranda with cladestino secret after party immediately
after the show. 1-LOVE

The Independent Website
Bang Data Website
 

TBA Age limit: 21+

Aug18

Arte Y Tapas feat. La Gente, Jordan & The Ritual, Lovage Cooking

Studio 352, 352 Clement @ 5th Ave., San Francisco, California

 
ARTE Y TAPAS returns to STUDIO 352 (352 Clement at 5th) Saturday August 18th! La Gente + Jordan & the
Ritual bring their Reggae, Soul, Salsa, Rock, Hip-Hop, San Francisco Psychedelic, R&B madness back to the
stage, sharing the bill with special guest performers Michelle Navarette, Robin Applewood, and Joshua Coffy,
tapas bar by Lovage Cooking, visual art exhibition, guest MC's and more! Studio 352 is a private 
recording/rehearsal space in a turn-of-the-century Victorian; ARTE Y TAPAS brings out the speakeasy
feel with food, drinks, art covering the walls, and some of the best live musical collaboration in the city.

Doors 7pm. This event will go LATE. Don't miss it!

Get on the guestlist online with Brown Paper Tickets for $5 or $10 at the door donation

Presale ticket link:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/261859

$5 presale, $10 at the door Age limit: All ages

Aug16

La Gente live @ Off The Grid Fort Mason

Fort Mason, 1 Fort Mason Marina Blvd, San Francisco, California

 
La Gente return to Off The Grid for our monthly performance series. We will be joined by our secret
special guest. Soon to be announced when we think you are ready to handle it!!!

FREEE!! Age limit: All ages

Aug10

Global Village, Jean Paul Gaultier live @ de Young Museum

The de Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, California

 Friday August 10th
La Gente
will be performing @
The de Young Museum
as part of the "Global Village" Performance series
in conjunction with The current "Jean Paul Gaultier" exhibit

"Global Village"
Global Village is a multi-disciplinary music and dance performance piece that will take place on August 10th
at The de Young Museum in conjunction with the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit curated by Rafael Sarria &
La Gente Productionz. For over thirty five years Jean Paul Gaultier has created an artistic legacy that
deconstructs our preconceptions of identity and culture as well as abrasively juxtaposing contradictory
and complimentary visions of beauty and absurdity. In these performances we will attempt to reflect this
vision using sound and motion.

In the same way that Jean Paul Gaultier has fused aspects of older classic fashion sensibilities with
modern, urban and street styles, we will utilize classic forms of music and dance and marry them to
modern innovative genres. We will focus on music and dance as poignant tools to highlight the cultural
diversity of Gaultier's influences and contrasting cultural identities. We also plan to feature Bay Area
artistic movements that subvert traditional forms of dance and music in order to attack our narrow
definitions of gender, constantly reinventing our masculine and feminine roles.

This collaboration will feature members of La Gente, Dholrhythms Dance Company, Sascha Jacobsen
& Trio Garufa, Raw-G, Nicole Klaymoon's The Embodiment Project, DJ Lady Ryan, and La Mixta Criolla.
They will be performing everything from Reggae to Bhangra to Cumbia to Tango to Hip-Hop, to modern
dance, to Soul and Electronic compositions

This event will be part of the Friday Nights at the de Young from 6:00-8:45pm and is FREEE!!!

  1. La Gente:
    Led by Rafael Sarria this Bay Area based group has forged an original high energy musical style and
    performance fusing Colombina Cumbia, Hip-Hop, and Jamaican Reggae. The group has toured
    internationally and continues to spread a message of cultural unity.

  2. Dholrhythms Dance Company:
    Dholyhthms is an organization dedicated to promoting the artistic and cultural heritage of India through
    the beautiful Bhangra and Giddha folk dances of Punjab, India

  3. Sascha Jacobsen & Trio Garufa:
    Sascha Jacobson is a bassits and composer who with his group "Trio Garufa" has created a progressive
    and eclectic sound based of traditional Argentine Tango blended with electronic compositions.

  4. Nicole Klaymoon's The Embodiment Project:
    As part of a new generation of artists that work in urban dance forms, EP pays tribute to the forgotten
    struggles of pioneering street dancers as well as promotes a visionary perspective on traditional modern
    dance.

  5. DJ Lady Ryan:
    Dj Lady Ryan is a Dj and Jazz vocalist who draws from Soul, Jazz, House and Hip-Hop in every
    performance. She recently performed and promoted the SF Pride 20912 woman's stage.

  6. Raw-G:
    Born and raised in Gaudalajara Mexico, Raw-G brings her own cross-cultural, multi-lingual politically
    charged Hip-Hop to the ensemble. Her passionate and aggressive performances challenge our musical
    and gender preconceptions of Hip-Hop culture.

  7. La Mixta Criolla:
    La Mixta Criolla is a music and dance ensemble inspired by the rich and diverse musical culture of
    Puerto Rico and the wider Caribbean. The band's repertoire of originals and funky renditions of classic
    pieces, features a variety of swinging Latin Caribbean grooves.



FREEEEEe! Age limit: All ages

Aug4

La Gente live @ MAPP (Mission Arts Performance Project)

The Mission, All Over the Mission, San Francisco, California

 

La Gente return to MAPP August 4th. We will be performing at 4 different MAPP venues. 
Mapp will be sprawling over 20 venues as well as public spaces, street corners, bart stations, cafes, bars, taquerias,
homes all over La Mission. The event features taking common spaces and for one chaotic evening transforming them
into whatever we want including free live music, Spoken word, Performance art, Film screenings, BBQ's, garage sales,
unorthodox conversations and happenings.

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

Website: http://www.sfmapp.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/MAPPmission

Freeeeee! Age limit: All ages