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Water + Salt Album Release Show

The Golden Bull, 412 14th St., Oakland, CA

Album release party featuring Eileen Torrez with a full band and two other powerful local women-led projects: Secret Secret and Coraza. DJ Neamatode will be spinning all evening between acts and we will have plenty of merch and prizes for those who can make it in person. Event will be livestreamed @eileentorrezmusic on instagram.

CCCSF: 2023 Hungry Ghost Festival

Portsmouth Square, SF

☆ Join us on Saturday, August 26th as we celebrate the Hungry Ghost Festival presented by CCC. ☆ Experience an evening of art, performances, and a "Ghost King" parade that's not to be missed! ☆ The Hungry Ghost Festival offers a powerful opportunity to heal and connect through art and rituals. ☆ Rooted in Chinatown community, this event also brings together artists, collaborators, and partners from indigenous, immigrant, and queer communities, creating an inclusive and dynamic celebration of unity.

💚 The event is free & family-friendly, and will take place at Portsmouth Square and Chinatown-Rose Pak Station.

🎫 Visit ghost-festival.org for more details, to RSVP for free tickets, and sign up to volunteer! Stay tuned for more details.

"Song Service" at The Lost Church

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The Lost Church Santa Rosa, 850 4th St, Santa Rosa

Stanroy Music Center Presents Song Service, an intimate evening with three artists passing the spotlight. Expect insights into the craft of the song from inspiration to final form. *Every Third Thursday

Artist Jennaé aka TeloMirror flips through multiple instruments while creating soundscapes full of colorful melodies and abstract stories. Known to express anything but traditional bluegrass on the electric banjo, she enjoys genre bending and keeping things weird. Her live performances and studio material (under the names Seek the Freek and TeloMirror) are a blend of experimental songwriting, instrumentation, and visual art. Spontaneously shapeshifting back and forth from solo to full orchestration, the live experiences are unique to the occasions. https://www.imajennaetion.com/2listen https://instagram.com/telomirror

Eileen Torrez is a captivating songwriter whose dynamic vocals and nuanced guitar work bridge the gap between folk-rock, indie pop and soul. Always poignant, often playful, her clever and deeply personal lyrics tell stories of finding joy in survival and peace in the throes of destruction. She remains curious about meaning and writes love and anger with equal reverence. You can learn more about her music at www.eileentorrez.com.

Pete Riley https://www.instagram.com/petewoodmac_/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av9Pb44Ejrs

$12

Coryphantha @ Kilowatt Bar w/ Peña and Room 308

The Kilowatt, 3160 16th St, San Francisco

back in action with @coryphantha_band at the end of the month! cannot wait to rock with @nico.penya and @room308_ at @kilowatt_bar_sf for a ⚡️FREE⚡️night of coastal grooves and sleek cross-genre fusions. Not only are we all cute asf but the talent is going to be oozing out of the doors on this one. Accompanied by the sweet sweet sounds of @neamatode throughout the night 🌚🌙🥀~ hope you can make it! #bayareamusic #bayareaindie #sanfranciscobands #sfindie #bayareanightlife #oaklandbands

Hamilton Porch Concert

Hamilton Place, Oakland

Join Oakland bands Eileen Torrez, Coraza and Tangled Arms for an evening of live music, as part of Coraza's socially distant porch concert series. Bring a chair and a friend.

We're doing a really special show in Berkeley on Saturday April 28th at The Backroom.

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2184701158424227/

We will be showcasing the songs the way they were always intended to be heard: Up close and in your lap!

Mark your calendars, stock up on your favorite beverages, and pull up a couch! This show is ALL-AGES so bring the family.

Have a listen to some of the tunes if you like! https://emilyzisman.bandcamp.com/

The fabulous Eileen Torrez opens the evening for us.

Eileen's aim is to create songs that are intimate and life-changing, but that also speak the truths of oppression and have a political impact. She believes that music from the heart, with both calming melodies and lyrics that are genuine and vulnerable, can heal us as individuals and as a society.

Check out her beautiful music at https://www.eileentorrez.com/

Grab 'Em By The Songs Songwriter Showcase

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The Uptown Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA

First Tuesdays at The Uptown Nightclub (1928 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA), Grab 'Em By The Songs is a FREE monthly songwriter series featuring Bay Area songwriters performing songs in the round. November lineup:

Emily Zisman is a folk-Americana singer-songwriter born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. As a writer, she takes her cues from artists like Dar Williams, Joni Mitchell, and Ani DiFranco. She sings of our vulnerabilities and fears, love and fight, crafting her lyrics into song with her soulfully-folk voice evocative of Emmylou Harris.

Willa Mamet hails from Vermont and lives with her piano in Oakland. She likes all the words and long walks on the beach. Oh, and music.

Born and raised in Corrales, New Mexico, Eileen Torrez has made the Bay Area her home and the artist-activist community her family since 2013. Her music blends folk, pop, R&B and jazz into unique melodies layered over the sweetness of her nylon-stringed guitar. She released her debut album, Honey, and Zest, in 2016. As an organizer and social worker, Eileen weaves themes of resilience, community, anti-capitalism and women's empowerment into her songwriting. She is a poet mentor with Youth Speaks and is passionate about building strength and community through art. You can learn more about Eileen on her website, www.eileentorrez.com, or follow her @eileentorrezmusic.

Little Spiral @, a.k.a. Suzanne Yada, is a piano-pop singer-songwriter who writes at the intersection of technology and heart. She mixes her indie pop, classical, blues and electronic influences with her background in poetry, media, and the internet to create clever little piano pop songs for the digital age. Fans of Tori Amos, Amanda Palmer, Mary Lambert, Fiona Apple and Regina Spektor will feel right at home in the @ Little Spiral @ galaxy.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1316005181831363/

Breaking Ground

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We Work Mid-Market, 995 Market Street , San Francisco, CA

Come out to our intimate Halloween Eve Showcase in San Francisco, CA, for a night of live performances from four local womxn, in costume! Enjoy wine, themed desserts, and more.

This event is 21+ COSTUMES ARE ENCOURAGED!

PERFORMANCES FROM: QUEENS D. LIGHT, ASTU SIMMI EILEEN TORREZ.

SOUNDS BY DJ SOLSTICE.

WeWork Mid-Market (Powell St. Bart is the closest bart stop & in walking distance to the WeWork Mid-market location).

https://www.facebook.com/events/329482294181033/