Black Music Month Festival is a dynamic, multigenerational festival celebrating Oakland's finest performers in jazz, hip-hop, blues, gospel, Latin, funk, and beyond, presented at Oakland's historic Geoffrey's Inner Circle.
Featuring: The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol & Her Sextet Lady Bianca Derick Hughes Eddie M. Juan Escovedo CMG David Jackson Charles Spikes Miss Faye's Babies Hosted by Traci Bartlow
Joe Warner - Piano & Musical Director Dante Roberson - Drums Heshima Mark Williams - Bass Domingo Balinton - Bass Angelo Luster - Alto Sax Marcus Stephens - Tenor Sax Christopher Lowell Clarke - Trumpet
The fourth annual Black Music Month Festival will feature the premiere of the commissioned work Black Artists of The Bay: Icons & Unsung, a musical celebration of Black music in the Bay Area and the artists who created it, including departed icons, unsung heroes, and living legends. Faye Carol & the featured festival artists will share an afternoon of unique and original renditions of both hit songs and deep cuts alike by Bay Area artists, icons and unsung, such as The Pointer Sisters, Sylvester, Freddie Hughes, Sly & the Family Stone, Walter Hawkins, Sugar Pie DeSanto, and many more. The evening will also include an oral history of Black music in the Bay Area and a roll call tribute to departed artists from our community. Join us for a powerful, soulful celebration of our music, history, legacy, and culture. Geoffrey's offers a full bar and delectable soul food plates.
