San Francisco world events

Joan Soriano

Wednesday, May 22 8:00p

Yoshi's Jazz Club and Japanese Restaurant, Oakland

Born in the rural countryside near Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, Joan Soriano fashioned his first guitar from a tin can and fishing line and has never looked back...

Enrico Rava Tribe ft. Gianluca Petrella

Thursday, Jun 13 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

A European jazz patriarch universally esteemed by his New York peers, Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava has collaborated with some of the music’s most creative figures, from Steve Lacy and Roswell Rudd...

Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra

Friday, Aug 30 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

There is a change in the weather and sound for Ottmar Liebert’s release entitled ‘Dune.’ Magic men are said to be drawn to the desert sands...

Alexander Abreu & Havana d'Primera

Friday, May 31 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

There were a good 20 excellent albums in the first eight years of the 21st Century, but very few people would deny that the amazing creative momentum of the 1990s ran into a brick wall in early 200...

Fatoumata Diawara

Wednesday, Jun 19 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Perpetuating Mali’s rich musical tradition, Fatoumata Diawara presents a joyous mix of the vibrant and understated, combining songs about love, politics and empowerment...

Dr. L. Subramaniam Global Fusion with Larry Coryell

Thursday, Jun 20 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Subramaniam, India’s violin icon, “The Paganini of Indian Classical music”, “the God of Indian Violin” is the serenity of an Indian musician combined with the magnetism of a western “star”...

Vieux Farka Touré

Saturday, Jul 13 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Following the groundbreaking and critically adored "Toure-Raichel Collective" project with Israeli superstar Idan Raichel of 2012, Vieux Farka Toure, 'The Hendrix of the Sahara,' will release an ac...

The East-West Collective

Tuesday, Jun 18 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

The EAST-WEST COLLECTIVE will commence its première tour of North America on June 14 at the Vision Festival in New York...

SILA - SuperAfrican: CD And Comicbook Release Extravaganza

Saturday, Aug 24 8:00p

The Chapel, San Francisco

A Native of Kenya, SILA is known for spearheading a polyrhythmic renaissance and establishing a reputation for dynamic live performances!...

Hamed Nikpay

Sunday, Jun 9 7:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

A fusion vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter, Hamed Nikpay has been a pioneering & experimental artist for over a decade...

Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Friday, Jul 26 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Since its original conception by producer Aaron Levinson in 2000, the Grammy Award Winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra (SHO) has established itself as a standard bearer of contemporary Latin music...

SEVA KIRTAN - Snatam Kaur, Jai Uttal, C.C. White, Shimshai & Wavy Gravy

Monday, May 27 7:00p

Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco

SEVA KIRTAN - May 27th - Palace of Fine Arts Theater in S.F. featuring: Snatam Kaur, Jai Uttal, C.C...

Pino Daniele

Friday, Jun 21 8:00p

SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco

Italian pop star, singer, songwriter and guitarist Pino Daniele has helped define the music of his native Italy by embracing a global array of traditions...

Les Nubians

Friday, Aug 2 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Les Nubians is an Afropean, Urban, R&B Grammy-nominated duo composed of sisters Hélène and Célia Faussart from Paris France. In 1985 the sisters moved with their parents to Chad, Africa...