Blue Bear Holiday party!! 🐻💙 Sunday Dec. 8th 1-5pm @ Music City (1353 Bush St, SF)
Featuring your favorite teachers performing live! all ages welcome
$10-$20 donations accepted at the door
 
 

Adult Band showcases – September 17 and 18 @ Music City, 1353 Bush St., SF, 7-11 pm. 

$10-$20 suggested donation at the door.  All ages. 

It’s a Birthday Bash on Sunday, Sept 22nd for Hank Williams featuring Blue Bear instructor Hank Maninger’s band Nashville Honeymoon

Ivyroom @ivyroom 🌿 860 San Pablo Ave, Albany
$10 presales – www.ivyroom.com
$12 tickets at the door

Doors open at 2 pm, show starts at 3 pm! 🪕

 

DJ 101 + Intermediate Class Showcase at Monarch

September 11  + September 12 

@ 7:00pm11:30pm

21+ donations at the door

Haight St. Fair

September 15 @ 11:00am7:00pm

FREE

Two All Star Bands (Lazarus and Little Rascals) are playing sets at the Haight Street Fair this year, at the Children’s Alley stage. The Haight Street Fair is on Sunday 9/15. Timing of the sets is still tbd, likely the early afternoon. Blue Bear has a booth at the corner of the Children’s Alley. All ages welcome. Come say hi!

Excited to announce on Aug 30th a happy hour with Reza Azul @reza_azul ✨

They will take you on a musical journey about several early female rock pioneers who played a major role in defining the sound and style of the contemporary Rock genre including 🎸
Big Maybelle
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Big Mama Thornton
Lillian Briggs
Ruth Brown
Tina Turner
 
Please join us for an afternoon of great music and drinks located at El Rio @elriosf for free! ✨
Elvis Presley Tribute Show  – 70th anniversary of the legend of the King
Sunday, July 28
Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St, San Francisco
Doors 7:30pm / Band 8-10pm
$10 general admission / $50 admission with t-shirt, includes $30 donation to Blue Bear School of Music
21+ only
 
Elvis Presley Tribute Party celebrates 70th anniversary of the events in July 1954 that turned a shy boy into the King, with All Star group of 11 musicians and singers, benefiting Blue Bear School of Music. Musicians: Hank Maninger and Nashville Honeymoon, including Lynne Maes, Joe Kyle Jr., Leor Beary, and augmented by guest Marc Capelle on keyboards. This year’s lineup of amazing guest performers is: the HowellDevine blues band (Joshua Howell, Pete Devine, and the aforementioned Joe Kyle Jr.), versatile soulful rocking vocalist Lydia Walker, former punk rocker turned honky-tonker Johnny Dilks, world famous drag king Leigh Crow as Elvis Herselvis, and rock journalist Ben Fong-Torres.
 

 

Saturday, June 22 at 12pm.
Fort Mason Firehouse, 2 Marina Blvd., San Francisco

Incredible live music at the most beautiful spot on earth, right on the SF bay! In addition to gorgeous views and awesome tunes, we’ll have delicious food and drinks, and a silent auction featuring unique finds and rare goodies!

Special guests:  Larry Batiste, Spencer Layne, Jim Peterson and many wonderful teen musicians from Blue Bear’s All Star Band program.  

About: Winner of 3 grammys and the first-ever NPR Tiny Desk contest, he’s a Bay Area legend and institution. He’s toured with everyone from Sturgill Simpson to Chris Cornell, collaborated in the studio with the likes of Sting and E-40, launched his own Storefront Records label, performed at Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, Newport Folk, Bryon Bay Blues, and nearly every other major festival on the map, and founded the Revolution Plantation, an urban farm aimed at youth education and empowerment. 

Ticket Link – http://fantastic.cbo.io

General admission tickets are $75, VIP tickets (with a guaranteed seat!) are $125, and children 12 and under are $40.

And we have a very limited number of VIP tables available. The tables seat four, include food and bubbly, and are directly in front of the stage. These won’t last long!

As with all of our events, all of the funds raised directly support Blue Bear’s outreach programming, and bring free music education to San Francisco kids. So you’ll be doing a good deed while you’re enjoying fine food, music and views!

 

 

Excited to announce that on Sunday 6/2 at @bluebearmusic in Mission Bay, we will be having a very special performance of traditional Chinese music presented by Gangqin Zhao (Melody of China) and students!
 
Time: Doors open at 1:30, shows starts at 2pm.
Location: 660 Mission Bay Boulevard North, SF.
 
More info: Free traditional Chinese food will also be served. Hope you can join us!

 

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