Pirate Festival

June 16 - 17, 2018 (Saturday – Sunday)

Vallejo Waterfront Park,

298 Mare Island Way,

Vallejo, California 94590

Take a ferry to the Vallejo waterfront for the Northern California Pirate Festival, with entertainment, food & craft vendors, and family fun.

Featuring over 500 costumed actors, crafters and musicians, the Northern California Pirate Festival is the largest pirate event in the United States. Produced by a group of theatrical and outdoor event professionals, the annual fest is equal parts Mardi Gras, state fair, living history, and pegged-leg eye-patch-wearin’ fan fest that appeals to children and adults alike. With four stages of continuous entertainment, rows of nautically inspired handcrafts, gourmet foods, micro-brewed beers, and ship to shore canon battles, visitors will encounter proper British Naval Officers to alluring mythical mermaids throughout. All are encouraged to join in the fun by donning a costume and practicin' yer pirate speech. So bring yer whole crew!

Cost: $20

https://www.norcalpiratefestival.com/

Free Haight-Ashbury Street Fair

Sunday, June 10, 2018, at 11am to 5:30pm

Ashbury & Haight

San Francisco, CA

Find 200 vendors of food and hippie crafts, a kids’ area, and local bands at the Haight-Ashbury Street Fair on Haight between Ashbury and the park.

HASF Stanyan Street Stage Band Lineup:

11:00AM – 11:20 -- DICK & JANE

11:40 – 12:05PM -- REVENANT

12:25 – 1:05 – BATTLE OF BANDS WINNER TBD

1:25 – 2:05 – RABBIT HOLE ORCHESTRA

2:25 – 3:05 – THE MERMEN

3:30 – 5:00 – JACKSON SAINTS & FRIENDS

Cost: Free

http://haightashburystreetfair.org/

Guided Thai Massage Workshop

Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Yoga Belly

455 Castro St,

Mountain View, California

Susan is back for another evening of easy, fun and fantastic feeling massage. No experience necessary.

You must attend with a partner: you will only work with that partner.

To bring: a partner, yoga mat, throw blanket, layers, a pillow, a water bottle

Cost: $25/person payable to

Venmo SusanHolland181

Square $usanHolland

Paypal hollandsusan@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/1618404584945752/

Lisa Gonick & the Damfino Players in FREE Performance

Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT

Jane Warner Plaza

17th Street

San Francisco, CA 94114

Come dance and listen to lovely music of a by gone era! Ragtime, Swing, Blues,Vintage- Early Jazz and Novelty tunes to warm the cockles of your soul & burn the soles of your feet!

Featuring Cliff Moser on Guitar and Miss Lisa Gonick on Uke and Vocals. Joined by Virginia Tichenor on Piano, Jeff Green on Banjo and Jamison Smeltz on Reeds. Wonderfully listenable and absolutely dance-able!

Cost: Free

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/live-in-the-castro-lisa-gonick-the-damfino-players-free-performance-tickets-44157175300

Dream Folk + Sound Bath by Lucia Lilikoi

Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 7 PM - 9 PM

The Center SF

548 Fillmore St,

San Francisco, California

Lucia’ music comes from a place where dreams are created. Her songwriting is an homage to our connection with the elements, water, earth, fire. And her voice is both soulful and ethereal, she calls her genre "dream folk”. Lucia will be sharing new songs, that are calls and prayers to the natural forces to guide and protect us.

About the Sound Bath:

Lucia's Sound baths are spontaneous, improvised prayers to the universe and mantras that invoke the sacred in common places. Lucia uses an array of instruments and sound making devices that she has collected throughout her journey as a musician and she also uses a looping pedal, harmonizing her voice and instruments into ethereal and primal soundscapes. The sound bath is a tool to travel inwards, to listen to one’s breath, feel the subtle body, and surrender. When we enter altered states through sound, the brain generates alpha and theta brainwaves that allows for a state of meditation, deep reflection, and daydreaming. When we support the nervous system to relax, the body is able to recalibrate and heal itself. Come and receive, relax, and replenish!!

Cost: Pre-Sale: $30 // At the Door: $35

https://www.facebook.com/events/2508479169376713/

Hot Club Faux Gitane

Saturday, June 9, 2018, 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM

The Back Room

1984 Bonita Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94704

Hot Club Faux Gitane is an acoustic swing band like no other you've ever heard! They draw inspiration from the Gypsy jazz tradition pioneered by Django Reinhardt and his Quintette du Hot Club de France, with acoustic guitars and double bass providing the rhythmic core. But the band sets itself apart by featuring mandolin, bassoon, and vocals, with the occasional clarinet and melodica.

This unique instrumentation, along with inventive and often witty arrangements, bring new vitality and freshness an old favorite genre. Hot Club Faux Gitane also augments the traditional Gypsy repertoire with original compositions, jazz standards, and even Latin tunes — all played in their unique style. This upbeat, toe-tapping music will have you at least bopping in your seat, if not dancing in the aisles!

Hot Club Faux Gitane is: Shelly Bort (vocals), Gary Williams (mandolin), Dave Wells (bassoon, clarinet, vocals), Billy Gay (guitar and vocals), Eric Johnson (guitar), and John Ady (double bass).

Cost: $15 - $18

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hot-club-faux-gitane-tickets-45924501420

Redwood Tango Ensemble: “Prizefighter” Record Release

Friday, June 8, 2018 at 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM PDT

Red Poppy Art House

2698 Folsom Street

San Francisco, CA 94110

Oakland’s Redwood Tango Ensemble celebrates the vinyl release of Prizefighter, wildly imaginative contemporary tango music written by bandoneonist and composer Charles Gorczynski and developed by the band over the last two years. A deeply personal and adventurous set, the ensemble presents the album in its entirety, along with other contemporary tango works by Diego Schissi, Julian Peralta, Daniel Ruggiero, and Astor Piazzolla.

FEATURING:

Charles Gorczynski – bandoneón

Elyse Weakley – piano

Mia Bella D’Augelli – violin

Ishtar Hernandez – violin

Anton Estaniel – cello

Daniel Fabricant – double bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Redwood Tango Ensemble (RTE) is a contemporary tango sextet from Oakland, California. Led by composer and bandoneonist Charles Gorczynski, the ensemble has developed a signature style and sound within the world of tango composition, writing honest and imaginative music that challenges conventional notions of genre and musical identity. RTE is a tango group in its lifeblood, and its sound and sensibility also reach into new music, chamber music, and modern jazz.

Cost: $15 - $20

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/redwood-tango-ensemble-prizefighter-record-release-tickets-45830243492

BodyFest 2018

June 8 – 10, 2018 (Friday – Sunday)

Lupin Lodge

20600 Aldercroft Hts,

Los Gatos, California 95033

Free your body and mind through music, art, dance, performances, games, and contests, all done without clothing! Saturday activities peak with the afternoon Nude Olympics where everyone competes in fun and easy games and challenges. Then later that day slow down with body painting, mud painting, water games, massage, or just hanging out! While at Lupin Lodge enjoy the hot tub, swimming pool, courts, trails, and restaurant. Bring your friends! Make new friends! Stay in one of the comfortable yurts, pitch a tent or just come for the day. Are you new to this?... come and try this safe, fun, non-sexual, way of exploring body-freedom. This is a participatory, high-energy event, so please be up to this if you attend.

Friday Night, June 8 - Talent Show

Saturday Night June 9 - Stand-up Comedy

Cost: $75.00 Friday - Sunday PLUS $60.00 for meals.

https://www.facebook.com/events/221106758473361/

Point Reyes Campout Yoga & Hiking Retreat

June 8 -10, 2018 (Friday – Sunday)

Point Reyes, CA

There’s something about walking on open landscapes that awakens something deep in us.

* Adventure: hiking, the coast

* Nourishment: healthy creative meals

* Home: coast campground

* Spirit: yoga, meditation, starry nights, ocean

* What’s unique: the breathtaking California coast

There’s something about hiking on open trails that can awaken something in us we haven’t felt since we were young. It is similar to the feeling we get when we roll out our yoga mats, breath a little, sweat a little and get quiet. There is sense of freedom and ease we find when we are able to be quiet and move our bodies the way they are meant to move. Spend an epic weekend with community in the world-renowned Point Reyes National Seashore. We will reconnect with what is real around us and within in us. We’ll dig deep, hike and adventure.

This retreat is a backpacking trip and involves hiking 2-3 miles to the camping location with your camping gear. It is a moderate hike, but please check in with yourself to make sure you are up for the adventure (it’s completely worth it!). Camping gear is not provided but we can connect you with affordable rentals.

Cost: $450

http://yogascapes.com/yogaretreats/point-reyes-campout-yoga-hiking-retreat-2018

SD GypsyFest 2018

June 8 -10, 2018 (Friday – Sunday)

DeAnza Springs Resort

1951 Carrizo Gorge Rd

Jacumba Hot Springs, California 91934

San Diego GypsyFest is a brand-new world music festival featuring dozens of bands of all genres coming together to celebrate all things gypsy! The second annual San Diego GypsyFest took place on Saturday June 10, 2017 at the De Anza Springs Resort in Jacumba, CA (one-hour East of San Diego), San Diego GypsyFest, in addition to a robust band lineup, also features independent performers and street musicians, live art/artists, various gypsy entertainers and performers, and houses many new and independent vendors! Get ready for a wild party including great food, loud music, and gypsy art!

While DeAnza Springs Resort is technically a "clothing optional," we chose the location because of the beautiful scenery and accommodations. That said, we're not encouraging GypsyFest patrons to be naked. There will likely be some members of the resort that are there and practicing nudists, but we encourage all festival-goers to be respectful. Festival attendees may choose to wear desert festival attire. Shoes are also strongly recommended.

Cost: Starting $40/person, including camping

http://sdgypsyfest.com/