Grammy® Winner John Santos live at the SF International Arts Festival Fundraising Party

Join the San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) on Wednesday November 11, as the organization unveils the line-up for SFIAF 2010 and throws a party to raise funds at Jelly's Night Club, located on the Embarcadero at Pier 50 (with plenty of free parking!). Meet some of the artists who will be participating in the Festival next year, dance to the wonderful music of Orqesta Borinquen led by Bill Ortega with a host of special guests including multi-Grammy nominee John Santos on Congas, John Calloway on flute and Wayne Wallace on trombone. Also enjoy performance art, good food and drink specials with the Festival’s artists, staff and board members.

SFIAF 2010, the seventh annual festival, will take place from May 19-30 and will be headquartered amidst the scenic surrounds of the Fort Mason Center. Since the first festival in 2003 SFIAF, in collaboration with 65 presenting partners, has successfully coordinated and presented over 100 performing arts ensembles representing 40 countries from four continents, as well as numerous visual arts exhibitions, films and residency activities.

SFIAF Executive Director, Andrew Wood said of the event, “Our board of directors thought it would be a good idea to combine unveiling next year’s festival with a party. For more than 18 months we’ve been working with our presenting partners and the artists to organize and raise money for the 2010 Festival, so we wanted to celebrate the fruits of our labours and we invite everyone to join us. It’s going to be lots of fun!”

Funders For 2010 to date SFIAF and its Presenting Partners have been funded in part by the Trust for Mutual Understanding, the FACE Foundation, Western Arts Federation (WESTAF), the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, the San Francisco Arts Commission, the Wells Fargo Foundation, the Potrero Nuevo Fund, the Fort Mason Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Foundation and the Maggie Alysee National Center for Choreography (MANCC).