Monday: SF Mayoral Candidates Discuss Music and Nightlife (with performances by Bob Mould and Zoë Keating)
September 29, 2011
Bob Mould – “City Lights (Days Go By)”
The vibrancy of the San Francisco music scene doesn’t just depend on the talents of the City’s many musicians. City policies and practices can have a serious impact on local artists’ quality of life and on the venues where they perform. Things like the enforcement of noise ordinances, the availability of affordable housing, gentrification, and venue and event permitting matter, and when you’re voting for San Francisco’s next mayor this November, we hope you’ll be informed about where the candidates stand on these and other important issues.
To that end, we’re happy to co-sponsor a Recording Academy/CMAC-hosted forum featuring candidates for Mayor of San Francisco discussing music and nightlife-related issues. The event is free, and it takes place Monday, October 3rd at The Fillmore (6pm doors, 6:30 start). If you’re leery of just hearing people talk about music, though, you’ll probably be excited to know that there will also be live music! In addition to the forum, there will also be performances by Bob Mould and Zoë Keating!
Again, admission is free, but you have to RSVP here.
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The Bay Bridged Presents: A Treasure Island Music Festival Happy Hour with Melted Toys, ChuCha Santamaria Y Usted, Elephant and Castle (DJ set)
September 28, 2011
If you are like us, you probably enjoy the following things: local bands, free shows, mixtapes, and the Treasure Island Music Festival. On Friday, October 7th, we’re throwing a party combining all of these elements as something we’re calling “Buried Treasure,” a free Treasure Island Music Festival pop-up concert and mixtape exchange taking place at San Franpsycho’s flagship store (1314 Grant Avenue, San Francisco) in North Beach.
On the music front, we’re psyched to have performances by locals Melted Toys and ChuCha Santamaria Y Usted, as well as a DJ set by Elephant and Castle. On the mixtape front, we’ve partnered with the San Francisco Mixtape Society to throw the event. Bring a mixtape around the theme “Buried Treasure” to exchange with other attendees. The person with the best mixtape will win a pair of passes to the Treasure Island Music Festival!
This free happy hour event should be a great way to kick off your weekend and get psyched for Treasure Island (and maybe even win a couple of TIMF passes!). We’ll see you there!
Buried Treasure
A Treasure Island Music Festival Popup Concert and Mixtape Exchange
Melted Toys
ChuCha Santamaria Y Usted
DJ set by Elephant and Castle
Friday, October 7, 2011
San Franpsycho Store (1314 Grant Avenue, San Francisco)
Doors 6pm, FREE, 21+
RSVP on Facebook
Bring a mixtape to exchange for a chance to win passes to the Treasure Island Music Festival!
Melted Toys, “Rose Again” by The FADER
Chucha Santamaria Y Usted – “Fiebre Tropical”
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Rock Make 2011: Call for volunteers!
September 6, 2011
Rock Make 2011 is just around the corner (Saturday, September 17th!). We would not be able to accomplish events such as Rock Make and Phono del Sol without the generous help of our volunteers — on that note, we are putting out an official call for volunteers for Rock Make 2011!
Volunteer roles for this year’s festival will include donation taking, guest interaction, bartending and other general assistance. If you are interesting in helping out on the 17th, please email volunteers@thebaybridged.com as soon as possible with your name, phone number and email. We look forward to working with you!
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Announcing the lineup for the 2011 Rock Make Street Festival: Tartufi, Battlehooch, Birds & Batteries, Bare Wires and many more set to perform!
August 11, 2011
The Bay Bridged, Tartufi, and Cookie and the Dude are proud to announce the lineup of local bands and artists performing at the fourth annual Rock Make Street Festival, returning to Treat Avenue at 18th Street in San Francisco on Saturday, September 17th from 12pm to 7pm (Facebook event).
Widely celebrated as the Mission’s only free, all ages, all day celebration of local independent music, arts, crafts, and food, Rock Make 2011 will feature two stages of local indie bands, over 100 arts and crafts vendors, and local food vendors. Without further ado, the following acts will be at this year’s Rock Make event:
Performing at Rock Make 2011:
Tartufi
Battlehooch
Birds & Batteries
Bare Wires
Phantom Kicks
James and Evander
Cannons & Clouds
Sean Smith
ChuCha Santamaria Y Usted
Mist Giant
Vons De Qua
SF Rock Project’s House Band
Vendor applications are currently being accepted at RockMake.com. Building on three great years of acclaimed events, this year’s Rock Make boasts several new benefits for vendors to make the festival even more successful. These include:
- A revamped festival layout maximizing foot traffic between our two stages of music
- A vendor appreciation program that rewards festival attendees for purchasing items from vendors
- The opportunity to pick your preferred booth location in the application process
- The opportunity to reserve a corner space giving you double the vending area on site
Only a limited number of spaces are available, so reserve yours today!
Thank you to our sponsors, Faultline Studios, InPlay Products Inc, and Purebred Productions, Good Vibrations, El Rio, The Verdi Club, and Rock Band Land. Affordable, high-value sponsorships are currently still available for the festival.
You can also see photos and video from previous festivals and listen to mp3s from all of this year’s performers on the Rock Make web site.
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Photos & Recap: Regional Bias 2011 with Royal Baths, Little Wings, White Cloud, Sea of Bees
August 9, 2011
Regional Bias 2011 took place Saturday night, and we couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. All four bands ruled, with the only bittersweet element being the knowledge that Royal Baths’ electrified high-point-among-high-points set was their last in SF for the foreseeable future. If you came, thank you for your support! If you missed it, catch up with this photo set from Nicole Browner, Anna Gazdowicz, and Todd Wanerman.
Thanks again to everyone involved in RB 2011: To our performers, Little Wings, Royal Baths, White Cloud, and Sea of Bees. To our DJs, Peter Arko, Joe Hayes, and Kevin Meenan. To our artists, Tanner Griepentrog, Lionel Guzman, Charlie Homo, Joshua Rampage, Jared Silbert, and Michael Thurston. To our food providers, Rosamunde Sausage Grill and Rocky’s Frybread. To Outside Lands and Treasure Island for their generous raffle prizes. To our tireless staff and volunteers for their assistance throughout the night. Last but not least, thank you to Brian Gorman and everyone at The Verdi Club, which remains one of the best kept secrets in SF live music. (Seriously, how are all ages shows not happening there every night?)
Our next live event is the 2011 Rock Make Street Festival on Saturday, September 17th. Vendor applications are still being accepted at RockMake.com. Have we not announced the performing bands yet? Stay tuned…
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Counting down to Regional Bias: Why your support is so important!
July 29, 2011
We’re a little over one week away from our annual Regional Bias concert (and our fifth birthday party!), taking place on August 6th at the Verdi Club in San Francisco (7pm, $10-20, tickets on sale now!). As we’ve said before, even though Regional Bias is a fundraiser, our top priority is making it a really fun, special night for everyone who attends. To that end, we’ve got four great bands performing — Little Wings and Royal Baths, White Cloud, and Sea of Bees — as well as DJs, art, and more.
Entertainment value aside, though, there’s another reason to buy tickets to Regional Bias to which we’ve already alluded. Your tickets help support the work of The Bay Bridged, our fiscally-sponsored nonprofit project dedicated to championing the best of Bay Area indie music. This year, we’ve continued to grow our support of local music, throwing a brand new free festival in Phono del Sol, and beefing up our blog coverage of local indie music with more posts about more bands. That’s in addition to our upcoming annual Rock Make Street Festival, other concerts we help promote and produce, and a whole bunch of other projects (online and offline) that we have currently in the pipeline.
Your support, by attending Regional Bias, will help us continue to do all of these things and more. It means the world to us to champion the amazing and wide-ranging collection of talented musicians who call the San Francisco Bay Area home, and we greatly appreciate any help you can offer. But even if the “out of the goodness of your heart” pitch doesn’t work, just know that Regional Bias 2011 is going to be a great night of excellent local music that you won’t want to miss. We’ll see you there!
All the best,
The Bay Bridged
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SATURDAY: Phono del Sol Music and Food Festival, with Aesop Rock, Mirah, Man/Miracle, and more!
July 15, 2011
Final reminder time! The first annual Phono del Sol Music and Food Festival is THIS SATURDAY, JULY 16TH from 12pm-6pm! If you enjoy great music and great food, we’ll see you in San Francisco’s Potrero del Sol Park for this FREE, all ages, all day festival organized by The Bay Bridged and Tiny Telephone.
Phono del Sol features live music from six great local performers — including Aesop Rock, Mirah, Man/Miracle, Magik*Magik Orchestra, Religious Girls, and Appetite (Sacramento) — as well as MC Beth Lisick, food trucks curated by Off the Grid, Tiny Telephone studio tours, and much more.
We fully expect Phono del Sol to reach capacity, at which point we’ll be unable to let anyone else in. Be sure to arrive early in the day and see all of our great performers! Doors open at noon!
The band shell at Potrero del Sol is one of the City’s great hidden gems, and it’s an ideal spot to enjoy some great local music and food. We’ll see you tomorrow for Phono del Sol!
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Countdown to Phono del Sol: sample all of the performing artists!
July 11, 2011
As you should know by now, this Saturday, July 16th, The Bay Bridged and Tiny Telephone are throwing the first annual Phono del Sol Music and Food Festival in San Francisco’s Potrero del Sol Park. There are a lot of reasons to be excited about this FREE, all ages, all day festival, and we’ll be counting down those reasons all week long.
Today, let’s focus on the six great local acts that make up the live music portion of Phono del Sol. Below, learn a little bit more about all of the performers.
Aesop Rock
It’s been four years since acclaimed hip hop artist Aesop Rock released a solo album, but he’s been hard at work on a boatload of new projects. Along with Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz (who will both be in attendance at Phono del Sol), Rock is one-third of Hail Mary Mallon, who recently released Are You Gonna Eat That? on Rhymesayers. Additionally, Rock has been working with Kimya Dawson on songs for her album, as well as a joint project with the singer-songwriter. Finally, there’s the much anticipated next Aesop Rock solo album, which is also forthcoming.
What will Rock play at Phono del Sol? New stuff? Old stuff? You have to be there to find out.
Hail Mary Mallon – â€Smockâ€
Mirah
Our other coheadliner is another longtime favorite, Mirah, whose terrific 2011 album with Thao Nguyen was the duo’s first, but the latest in a long line of great releases from this talented singer-songwriter. A longtime member of the K/Northwest scene, Mirah’s now based out of SF, and we’re happy to have her moving voice and keen, heartfelt songwriting on the local team.
Man/Miracle
Oakland’s Man/Miracle have been extremely busy lately, but we’ll wait until we publish an interview with the band later this week to talk about all of the latest developments. What we can say is this: over the years, we’ve watched these talented guys blossom as a group and release a killer album in The Shape of Things, but, above all, their live shows have always been a kinetic burst of energy to behold.
