The Eclectic

04/27/2024

The Eclectic spans multiple blocks/streets in South Pasadena, mainly around Mission Street between Meridian and Fair Oaks

🗺️ Check the event map online to find addresses to specific stages and attractions:

https://theeclectic.rocks/attend/

Printed handout maps will also be available on site, at participating businesses and outdoor stage and attraction locations!

04/27/2024

A new stage has appeared!! will be hosting a stage downstairs at of kinsale!

Will Fox 5pm-6pm
Turn of the century Americana Roots Music of deep Delta Blues , Folk, and Gospel influences.

Vernon West 6-7pm
an indie rock artist from Boston whose fresh and authentic voice is complimented by his dedication to creating soulful and honest music. Vernon has performed frequently on both coasts, garnering him a unique approach to his alternative jazz rock style. Vernon’s ability to gently yet urgently evoke our emotions while maintaining an overall hopeful outlook makes his set one you must experience yourself.

Happy’s Birthday 7pm-8pm
Happy’s Birthday has carved out a unique space in the local music community by providing theatrical performances with whimsical and vivid storytelling. Their unique sound combines elements of folk and indie with the bite of post-hardcore and experimental rock to create a colorful and zany array of songs.

Melinda West 8pm-9pm
By slamming together European street accordion and blending it with her soulful voice, Melinda creates a passionate, fiery elixir of live music. Bringing in the rambunctious sounds of Amy Winehouse, Gogol Bo****lo, and other spicy-soul-folk influences, Melinda is a seamstress of melodies, who improvises keys, accordion, or guitar over her intense yet emotive songs

Mitch Campbell 9-10pm
Mitchel blends styles of jazz, funk, rnb, and pop to create unique songs using his looper, keyboard, and voice. Originally from Boston, Mitchel has been a bandleader for years before moving to California to pursue his own musical career.

Daydream Time Machine 10-11pm
based out of Pomona, Daydream has been transmitting their psychedelic reverberations since 2015. Inspired by life and its swinging pendulum of highs and lows, Daydream encapsulates past, present and future reflections of love, growth and self-destruction one sonic dream at a time.

Brown Chairs 11-12pm
a new age folk punk band who dabbles in the blues. The clashing writing styles of the lead singer and lead guitarist bring about a dichotomy of sound akin to liquid rage poured over warm honey.

04/27/2024

Good morning South Pasadena!! ☀️ See you soon!

04/26/2024

FREE Artmobile Shuttle Bus!🚌🎨🎸☀️

Our free Artmobile Shuttle runs from 2:30-10:30pm and makes 3 stops:

🚌 one at Meridian and El Centro
🚌one at Mound and El Centro
🚌one at the Arroyo Seco Golf Course parking lot, where there is additional free parking.

🕚 The shuttle will come by each stop in 20 minute increments.

04/25/2024

Why drive and park? Ride your bike to the Eclectic this Saturday and secure it safely at our free bike valet service hosted by South Pas Active Streets!! 🚲🔒🚲

South Pas Active Streets is working to strengthen our city through events and advocacy around safe and accessible streets. Active transportation improves our quality of life and we strive toward more community participation by hosting School Bike Buses, Walking Tours, Bike Clinics and more!

04/25/2024

At the Gold Line Stage Sponsored by Transtech, located at 913 Meridian, you will find...

3 pm: .band
This indie pop-rock Asian-American quintet of high school students from the San Gabriel Valley has shining artistry that far surpasses the members’ chronological ages.

4:15 pm: South Pas Transit Authority
One fateful day in November of 2008, nine people got together and squeaked and squawked out some Chicago tunes... and the band was born.

Christina Gonzales – Lead Vocals
Nadia Hillman – Vocals & Percussion
Ryan Hulbert – Drums & Vocals
Timothy Hillman – Lead Vocals, Keyboards & Guitar Dan Beutter – Bass Guitar & Vocals
Stephen Sturm – Acoustic & Electric Guitar & Vocals Scott Barton - Trombone
Hal Kyle – Trumpet & Flugel Horn
Martin Matthews – Soprano, Alto, Tenor Sax & Flute

5:30 pm: David Plenn Band
If you said that owner and singer-songwriter-guitarist David Plenn’s self-titled debut solo album took a lifetime to make, you would not be wrong. Comprised of 10 beautifully crafted, emotionally affecting original songs, the album is the soulful culmination of a musical career that began in the late ‘60s, when 16-year-old Plenn was in the band Thumper, which was signed to a deal at Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss’ Hollywood-based label A&M Records…

7 pm:
Top Shelf Brass Band started in Riverside, CA in 2012. Since starting in 2012, the band played in festivals all over the US and Europe and has made their way in Los Angeles playing for television, commercials, and celebrity shows.

8:30 pm:
While described by the press as a “fire breathing guitar hero” or nicknamed “Spain’s King of Twang” by Guitar Player, 2013 Latin Grammy winner Diego García goes for a more poetic phrasing to define himself: a 3-in-1 guitarist deeply in love with his instruments – which he secretly calls “his ladies.” Renowned for his fingerpicking technique, incredible versatility and distinctive ‘twang’ sound, his music is an unusual fusion of classical Spanish guitar, Latin rhythms, country, rockabilly, jazz…and even surf music.

04/24/2024

The lineup is live now on the Eclectic site! 🎸 Plan your day in South Pasadena!: https://theeclectic.rocks/line-up/

04/24/2024

On the Stage at 853 Mission, you will find...

5 pm:
Thee Holy Brothers are Willie Aron and Marvin Etzioni, a hip band built on great songwriting and close harmony singing.

6 pm: Grant Langston Band
His music a blend of California h***y tonk, Texas boogie, with some dirty southern rock thrown in for flavor. Langston is mash-up. Born and stamped with a Alabama southerness that won’t wash away. Living in California now, and taking that tradition to heart. Equal parts Lyle Lovett, Billy Gibbons, Jamie Johnson, Glen Campbell, and Dwight Yoakam.

7 pm: The Eldermen
The Eldermen are a musical group of wise elder men whose music transcends the boundaries of traditional genres. They believe that music is a conduit for the divine order of things – a way to spread love, peace, and harmony, stage by stage and song by song. In addition to embodying light and consciousness, the Eldermen do so with an added layer of humor and light heartedness. Their music and live performances are never to be missed.

8 pm: Adamson, Mitchell, Light, & Jones
is a veteran of the SoCal music scene. Growing up in a musical Greek and Mexican family, she began playing piano at the age of 8. After graduating from Creative Studies at UCSB she played in several local Santa Barbara bands opening for the likes of The Motels, X, Romeo Void, and Fear. Upon relocating to L.A., she switched from piano to guitar and played in a duo with long time friend, Che Zuro, for over 15 years. Tisa now headlines her own shows featuring original music accompanied by Grammy Award winning guitarist, Randy Ray Mitchell. They are frequently joined by local friends.

04/23/2024

On the Griffin’s stage at 1007 Mission, you will find...

4 pm:
In an era of computer-made, beat-driven music, Grand Canyon is the antithesis of modern music. However, by focusing on musicianship and timeless songwriting, and drawing on the inspiration of the classic sounds and arrangements of the 70s, it is the kind of music that will be wafting through the canyons for a long time.
“Had Stevie Nicks ditched Fleetwood Mac and joined Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers circa Damn the Torpedoes, this heartland-rock anthem might’ve found a home
on Side A, sandwiched between “Even the Losers” and “Shadow of a Doubt.” A flashback to the glory days of Seventies pop-rock, “Standing in the Shadows”
lights up with coed harmonies, electric-guitar jangle and California cool.” -

5:30 pm:
A Pasadena-based up and coming classic rock band that has been playing all over LA. High Flight emanates the soul and the explosive energy of classic rock.

7 pm:

9 pm:
Soundtrack to your life from a band of brothers in Los Angeles. An indie/alt/pop/rock band.

04/23/2024

At the Jeweled Universe stage at 1016 Mission, you will find...

1 pm: Lorin Hart, Mike Berman, Charlie Lowrey, & Brent Hahn
“Lorin Hart is like Buddy Holly’s girlfriend, a downtown cowgirl and her songs sound like the fairgrounds” - Tom Waits

Steve Gillette calls veteran musician Mike Berman’s latest album “a cycle of original songs that echo those exciting days when the folk revival began to produce young writers and bands in the burgeoning folk-rock explosion of the Southern California sixties scene... Mike’s songs uphold that tradition and are evidence that the California sound is alive and in good hands.”

2 pm: Diana March
The owner of has gotten back to her true love of performing.

2:30 pm: Andy Kimbel
Impressive guitar work with the influences of traditional blues, folk, R&B some very fancy finger style and a touch of New Orleans style roots music.

3:30 pm:
Catharine Beck, Jimi Yamagishi, and John Bossman

4:30 pm: alarmamusic1
A progressive native and Latin electronic music performance. Singing bilingually, positively, and inspirationally, Alarma performs nice flowing mix of native indigenous music, Latin music and EDM.

5:15 pm: David Haerle & Edendale
A singer-songwriter-guitarist whose music has been described as “welding guitar-driven rock to a shimmering California sound.”

6:15 pm:

7:15 pm: Wild Peacock Preservation Society
Hailing from the Foothills of Arcadia, CA, the Wild Peacock Preservation Society uses classic rock and roll to tell stories to audiences around the country.

8:15 pm: Chuck Williams

9 pm: Flamenco Souls
A Latin-infused Jazz dance Band featuring Classic Latin Jazz, Salsa, and Cumbia hits.

04/23/2024

At the School House Stage in the parking lot at 911 Fairview, you will find…

3:30 pm:
Tropical surf rock band from LA.

4:30 pm: Brett Farkas Band
Brett Farkas is a multi-genre solo artist, bandleader and session musician who is based in Los Angeles. Growing up outside Detroit, Michigan, Brett became steeped in the Motor City’s revered musical lineage of Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, Rock ‘N’ Roll, and Punk. There, he learned alongside the local masters and honed his craft by playing throughout the midwest. Since relocating to Los Angeles in 2003, he has carved a distinct reputation of being a vigorous performer and a sharp instrumentalist, having performed around the world at such prestigious festivals and venues as, Montreux Jazz, Lollapalooza, Coachella, North Sea Jazz, Austin CIty Limits, Ravinia, Fuji Rock, Paradiso, Outside Lands, Antibes Jazz, Sasquatch, CMJ, SXSW, Byron Bay East Coast Blues, and the Vienna Opera House.

5:30 pm:
JonesHouse’s latest album is a mid-century sugar-coated collection of Pop Pop Pop inspired by Petula Clark, 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, and Lulu.

All members of JonesHouse have played hundreds of live shows, tours and studio sessions. Collectively, that list includes: Adele, Poe, Stevie Wonder, Avenged Sevenfold, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, The Carpenters, Harry Dean Stanton Band, Holland-Dozier-Holland, It’s A Beautiful Day, Million Dollar Quartet, Sara Bareilles, Tracy Chapman, Will I. Am, and more.

6:30 pm: Zos!Mo
Singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, & playwright based in Los Angeles.

7:30 pm: .Lyon
A Swing Jazz quartet based in Los Angeles specializing in jazz music from the early 20th century as well as original vintage sounding songs. Paige Herschell on vocals, melodica & kazoo, Jenna Colombet on violin and vocals, Katie Cavera on Bass, vocals, banjo and Dani Vargas on guitar.

8:30 pm:
Love, Magnolia is a teen rock, pop, punk, and indie band from Los Angeles, California. They have amassed a small but dedicated following by playing local shows around LA County.

04/22/2024

At the stage at 1110 Mission, you will find...

3 pm: H.O.B.
A local band featuring the singing of Adam Cramer, David Shannon on slide guitar and harmonica, Norm Ayotte on guitar, Douglas Johnston on drums, and Blue Trimarchi on bass.

4 pm: Jimbonaires

5 pm:
Campagna has had a long, and oddly enough eclectic career. From playing the blues clubs as a teenager with the likes of Freddie King and Elmo Weatherspoon, to performing and recording with Industrial music pioneers Psychic TV, to playing with Indian and African musicians... Some of Campagna’s credits include writing songs with former partner Deborah Ash for Chaka Khan, Jennifer Holiday, and Maxine Nightingale. He has performed extensively from Italy to India to Canada and back home.

6 pm:
A tropical surf rock band from LA.

7:15 pm:
Double Batch Daddy is a Culver City-based trio “roots jazz goes to the beach.”

04/20/2024

At the Jazz Stage located at 1000 Fremont, Suite 120, you will find...

4:30 pm: Riner Scivally & Blake White
Riner Scivally on guitar and Blake White on bass - look forward to jazz standards, Bossa Nova themes, original pieces and some pop hits. Scivally is noted for his warm tone and funky solos, and White has been a major contributor to the jazz community and has worked extensively to represent the true meaning of jazz.

5:30 pm: Greg Porée Duo
Porée’s first break in the music business came when he was asked to be musical director for Sonny & Cher. Work for other musical icons soon followed — including Gladys Knight & the Pips, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and Diana Ross. He can be heard on landmark albums for Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, and Ozomatli. Porée has since shifted his focus from studio work to composition, infusing innovative style and personality into every piece. His music revolves around classical guitar, but at a Greg Porée live performance you might also find violin, accordion, or vibraphone filling out the band.

6:30 pm:
Sophie began playing the piano at age five, and at age 14 taught herself to play the guitar. Surrounded by music, Sophie grew up singing all over the house. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Wild Rivers, Noah Kahan, and Maggie Rogers, Sophie uses songwriting as a form of storytelling, writing primarily acoustic ballads with melancholic lyrics.

04/20/2024

At the Hotbox Vintage stage (1125 Mission, down the driveway) you will find...

4 pm:
As a singer/songwriter, The Wren pairs vulnerable lyrics with intimate vocals and guitar in an attempt to tell stories that help listeners feel less alone.

4:45pm:
A singer-songwriter, producer-engineer, and music educator. Since coming out as nonbinary, they have a renewed zeal for writing and sharing vulnerable and sincere songs in their own style of genre-expansive folk. Arend believes songwriting is a practice of self-discovery, and sharing songs is a radical act of community-building.

5:30 pm:
Meder singer/songwriter who delivers energetic stage performances combined with intricately crafted guitar and wordsmithery. This experience encompasses an eclectic array of sounds that breathe new life into genres ranging from traditional folk to experimental music.

6:15 pm:
A singer-songwriter whose style ranges from intimate ukulele-driven folk to anthemic indie rock. Following after Fiona Apple and Alanis Morissette, Gerhardt writes in the tradition of fiery femme rock artists, but with a distinct spiritual bent, inspired by Sufjan Stevens and Audrey Assad.

7 pm:
Strangely divergent musical influences — European/Russian vs. Folk/Americana/Southern Rock — mix into an eclectic stew of styles. Marina Gutman is from Moldova. Paul McCarty is from New Orleans. They embrace the differences as their life stories and world views mix into a wild, poetic, non-dual brew of lyrics. Their music is mainly folk rock with diverse influences, from bluegrass to ballads, to Appalachia, to rock & roll, to gypsy & Russian.

7:45 pm: .cadiz
There’s something Didion-esque about Cadiz’s storytelling as she crafts deeply personal vignettes that reveal greater narratives about the world we live in. has likened her to early Emmylou or Bob Dylan and compared her to “an earthbound Joanna Newsom, Cadiz has a voice that grabs you within seconds.”

04/19/2024

On the Kutzer Stage at 901 Fair Oaks Ave. (), you will find...

3 pm: ( + )
Stepwise is a Celtic folk duo consisting of Liam Lewis (mandolin, guitar, fiddle, voice) and Olivia Breidenthal (fiddle and voice). They perform a mixture of traditional Irish songs with tight vocal harmonies and traditional and original Irish tune sets.

4 pm: Elliott Cane Quintet
Inspired by ‘60’s “Blue Note” style jazz, as well as by the music of Tito Puente and Mongo Santamaria, The Elliott Caine Quintet plays original compositions, as well as the works of Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, et al.

5:15 pm: &
True Blue is a Los Angeles-based bluegrass string band. The band’s leader, Andy Keathley, is an award-winning flatpicker who’s been at the forefront of the Southern California bluegrass scene for over a decade. They perform classic bluegrass, fun modern favorites, and genre-bending original music. True Blue is bluegrass music in its purest form, with three-part harmony singing and virtuosic instrumental performance.

6:30 pm:
Hailing from Pasadena and inspired by the French word for “workshop” or “studio,” The Ateliers feel that each person is in the process of being created and can work to make their life and the lives of others more healthy and beautiful. Expect a variety of musical instruments and styles, a warm blend of vocals, and a powerful display of their love of music.

7:45 pm:
The jazzy folk and blues duo Nathan & Jessie create music with a spirit of beauty, spontaneity, dance, and jazz improvisation. Their unique, all original music is complete with resonator guitars and accordion, along with an interesting interplay between male and female vocals. The upbeat tunes they write reflect the cultural, emotional, and inspirational images of their life experience and are rooted in the spirit of jazz, improvisation, storytelling, language, and humor.

04/19/2024

Multiple Stages, the Artisans’ Alley Vendor Pop-up, a Kids Zone, Art Activities, a Beer/Wine Garden, Food Trucks & more await you at the 14th Annual Eclectic Music Festival & Arts Crawl happening next Saturday, April 27th!

On the patio stage at 805 Fair Oaks, you will find...

4:30 pm:
Legendary songwriter Steve Gillette calls veteran musician Mike Berman’s latest album, “Where I’m From,” “a cycle of original songs that echo those exciting days when the folk revival began to produce young writers and bands in the burgeoning folk-rock explosion of the Southern California sixties scene... Mike’s songs uphold that tradition and are evidence that the California sound is alive and in good hands.”

5:15 pm:
Music is not just a passion but a method of relaxation for Randy Miller, whether he is playing his guitar by the warm glow of his fireplace or listening to eclectic folk music.

6 pm:
Music native Stephen Feldman is an LA-based songwriter and folk artist. Deeply insightful yet welcoming and accessible, his music offers a healing sound elixir for our bittersweet world.

6:45 pm:
“Folk singer-songwriter Aireene Espiritu works in the elemental substance of vernacular American music with an uncanny ease. Whether blues, hillbilly, soul, folk or R&B, the Philippine-born Espiritu demonstrates masterly command of each. Her original compositions mix deft lyrical construction and classic form just as impressively.” -

7:30 pm: aka Scott Memmer
A self-proclaimed guitar pick nerd, singer-songwriter Scott Memmer has been playing guitar for over forty years, and writing songs since 2014.

04/18/2024

Save the date!! The free and family-friendly Eclectic Music Festival & Arts Crawl returns on Saturday, April 27th!

On the backstage you will find…

4:15 pm:
Kristin Mooney and Claire Holley began singing together, had an immediate vocal chemistry, and soon began writing together. After hearing them perform at McCabe’s, Greg Herzenach approached them, and with his help—and a handful of stellar musicians—powdercoat made an EP.

5:15 pm: & Ed Tree
Cynthia Brando is a Los Angeles singer songwriter and music industry guest writer. She has played notable shows at House of Blues in Hollywood, music festivals, and tours across the country. Ed Tree was born in New Orleans and grew up in south Mississippi at the three way intersection of Country music, The Blues, and New Orleans R&B. He has produced 150+ albums, including 2 top five Billboard Blues chart releases, and has played the New Orleans Jazz Fest and The Grand Ole Opry.

6:15 pm:
Joel Rafael has been making music for over 50 years, and has chronicled his life and the world around him with passionate songwriting rooted in the folk tradition.
“Joel Rafael’s songs are filled with passion and compassion; passion for social justice and compassion for those among us who have to struggle for a place at the table of American prosperity. His voice is unmistakably his own, big, warm, and strong, and a conductor for the human emotions that connect us all.” - Jackson Browne.

7:15 pm: JaKL
Los Angeles-based singer/songwriters Jaynee Thorne, Karen Tobin, and Leslie Barker have joined forces, talents, songs, and harmonies to create a compelling vocal blend. Their sound is acoustic, organic, and unique. Their well-crafted original songs, as well as choice selections from other esteemed writers, involve the listener in their meticulous arrangements and this labor of love…

8:15 pm:
The Salty Suites played their first show together in a high security prison for the criminally insane. Thirteen years and four independently released albums later, they are happy to report they have managed to remain a close-knit dysfunctional family of misfits.

04/09/2024

🎸🖌️ This year’s poster design by Peter Wilson

03/28/2024

Did you catch that hailstorm on Sunday afternoon? It came in the middle of the Eclectic Preview Party that was held at The Daily in South Pasadena and threatened to upstage the speaker at the time. But fear not, team Eclectic will not be deterred! The annual fundraiser that helps "keep the music fre...

03/19/2024

The Eclectic Friends of the Arts and the South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce invites the community to shake it up at the highly anticipated Eclectic Preview Party. This is one of the biggest fundraisers of the year that allows the community to help “keep the music free”, as Eclectic founder, Brad...

03/19/2024

🚨 Tickets are going fast: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-eclectic-preview-party-creative-community-awards-2024-tickets-859771418457

03/17/2024

Eclectic Music Festival Fundraiser | Help keep the music free: Enjoy live performances, food, beer/wine, auction!

03/17/2024

🚨South Pasadena’s Eclectic Music Festival & Arts Crawl is Saturday, April 27 from 3:00pm – 10:00pm.

📣 FREE & FAMILY FRIENDLY!
🎸11 stages + 60 musical artists
🛍️ Artisans’ Alley vendor pop-up
🧒 KidsZone
🎨 Art Activities
🍺Beer/Wine Garden
🍔 Food Trucks & more!

🎸🎶🍻🎷🎨🕺🎻🍷🎶

Produced by the , this free and family-friendly music festival returns to South Pasadena for its 14th year in 2024!

More info: https://theeclectic.rocks/attend/

South Pasadena's Annual Music Festival & Arts Crawl | Apr 27, 2024 | LIVE MUSIC-ART-VENDORS-FOOD-BEER

03/12/2024

Keep the music free! 🎸🎶 Join us at the 2024 Eclectic Preview Party

The Eclectic Friends of the Arts and the South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce invite you to shake it up with us at the Eclectic Preview Party:

Enjoy live performances, food, beer/wine, auction, 2024 poster reveal, and creative community awards!

⏰ Date and time:
Sunday, March 24, 2024
1 PM – 5PM PDT

📍Location:
The Daily
1119 Fair Oaks Avenue
South Pasadena, CA 91030

🎟️ Tickets:

Eclectic Music Festival Fundraiser | Help keep the music free: Enjoy live performances, food, beer/wine, auction!

05/02/2023

📣 THANK YOU 📣

To our sponsors, retailers, restaurants, musicians, vendors, volunteers, festival goers, beer-pourers (and beer drinkers!), poster placers, heavy lifters, hand holders, and everyone else who made the 13th annual Eclectic Music Festival & Arts Crawl a SUCCESS!

📸 Full Photo Gallery will be published soon on www.TheEclectic.Rocks

04/29/2023

At Griffin's of Kinsale, you will find...

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An indie/alt/pop/rock band with influences that stem from The Killers and U2 to the 1975, marshmello, and cinema scores. Two brothers, Daniel (vocals, keys, guitar) and Isaac (drums, keys, backing vocals), formed the band shortly after their family had proudly opened a pub.

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In an era of computer-made, beat-driven music, Grand Canyon is the antithesis of modern music. However, by focusing on musicianship and timeless songwriting, and drawing on the inspiration of the classic sounds and arrangements of the 70s, it is the kind of music that will be wafting through the canyons for a long time.

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Matt Carless, James Younger, Glen Eddy, Mark Dreskin, and Pete Foley. Their live sound has been compared to Ween, but is always evolving.

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04/28/2023

You know about the lineup, about the artisans, about the merchants and businesses… but do you know about the food that will be at The Eclectic?! Don’t miss these and many more…

Norma's Tacos:
Mexican food that is not to be missed - find them on the east side of Fremont & Mission.

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Their truck will be serving up classic American diner food - find them on the west side of Fremont & Mission.

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Oysters & poke - find them near Mission Wines (1114 Mission).

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Vegan popsicles crafted with organic, Kosher, and non-GMO verified ingredients - find them on Mission near Mound.

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Fries, burgers, lemonade - find them on Mission near Mound.

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Gourmet artisan cookies - find them near ARTISANS' ALLEY by the South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce.

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Mouthwatering pizzas - find them at the Gold Line.

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Premium wagyu sliders - find them on Mission between Fairview & Mound.

04/28/2023

Upstairs at (1010 Mission), you will find...

Group:
Following immense success as a musical director and guitarist - he has worked with Sonny & Cher, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Ozomatli, and more - Greg shifted his focus from studio work to composition. The music revolves around classical guitar, but at a Greg Porée live performance, you might also find violin, accordion, or vibraphone filling out the band.

The Riner Scivally Trio:
Riner Scivally on guitar, who is noted for his warm tone and funky solos.

Blake White on bass, who has been a major contributor to the jazz community and has worked extensively to represent the true meaning of jazz.

Kendall Kay on drums, who is one of the most in-demand drummers on the scene today.

Mark Towns Latin Jazz Trio:
Mark Towns is a virtuoso torchbearer of guitar-driven instrumental Afro-Caribbean Jazz, composing and performing music which blurs the lines between Latin Jazz, Flamenco Jazz, Salsa, Funk, and Fusion. With grooves inspired by traditional Latin Jazz artists Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, and Cal Tjader, Towns guitar work and arrangements combine the technical sophistication of Jazz and Flamenco with the down-to-earth feel of the Blues and Rock from his Texas upbringing to create something brand new.