** FinkFest 2024 **

** FinkFest 2024 **

Saturday June 22, 7pm (doors 6:30pm)

Dresher Ensemble Studio

2201 Poplar Street Oakland, CA 94607

All are welcome, admission by donation at the door

Friends, mentors, collaborators, and esteemed colleagues of the late Bay Area guitarist John Finkbeiner convene for an evening of music in tribute to his distinctive musical voice, in remembrance of him on what would have been his 50th birthday.

Featuring a new work composed for a 10-piece electric guitar choir by Lisa Mezzacappa, and jazz, dub reggae, Caribbean and experiemental musical tributes composed and arranged by Aaron Bennett and Charles Sharp, Cory Wright, Darren Johnston, Sheldon Brown, Jason Levis, Scott Larson, and Myles Boisen.

Performers:

Goggle Sax Quartet

Darren Johnston, trumpet

Scott Larson, trombone

Cory Wright, woodwinds

Sheldon Brown, woodwinds

Charles Sharp, woodwinds

Aaron Bennett, tenor saxophone

Myles Boisen, guitar

John Schott, guitar

Morris Acevedo, guitar

Karl Evangelista, guitar

Eric Vogler, guitar

Noah Phillips, guitar

John Shiurba, guitar

Nathan Clevenger, guitar

Chris Welcome, guitar

Eli Crews, electric bass

Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass

and others to be announced...