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Tickets on Sale Now for Blue Bear Live V
Trombone Shorty
& Orleans Avenue
Zigaboo Modeliste
Why is music education so important?
Trombone Shorty and Blue Bear students explain!
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BLUE BEAR LIVE V
A Benefit for Youth Music Education
Trombone Shorty
& Orleans Avenue
Plus Special Guests
Zigaboo Modeliste
And More
Opening Performances by
Blue Bear Youth Bands
Friday, May 14, 2010
Bimbo's 365 Club
1025 Columbus in San Francisco
Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
Tickets: $75 GA / $150 VIP
VIP tickets include complimentary Cajun cuisine courtesy of renowned restaurant Town Hall, exclusive, non-reserved VIP seating opportunities, commemorative
concert poster and VIP pass.
Blue Bear Member Tickets: $60
Available at front desk or by phone (info)
Proceeds support Blue Bear's music
programs for
more than 600 under-served San Francisco Bay Area youth
More info >>>
For this year's annual benefit concert, we're bringing a taste of New Orleans to San Francisco! Blue Bear Live V will feature Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, a band that is earning the respect of veteran musicians, as well as acclaim and accolades for their dynamite live performances, with special guest Zigaboo Modeliste, legendary, pioneering drummer of seminal funk group The Meters, and more.
Please join us for this incredible party that enables Blue Bear to continue developing numerous innovative music education programs serving hundreds of under-served, and deserving, youth throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. More info >>> |
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Be a True Rock Star!
Play guitar, learn to sing, write a song, join a band!
Blue Bear's spring quarter schedule offers classes for all ages and skill levels in guitar, bass, mandolin, voice, theory, songwriting and more, plus our popular Band Workshops.
Check out these hot classes:
Registration is underway now. Call Blue Bear at 415.673.3600 or click here to get started.
Classes begin the week of Monday, April 12.
It's time to play!
Summer Camps: Truly Cool Music School
 Registration is underway now for Blue Bear Summer Camps - exciting adventures in rock, songwriting and more for girls and boys in grades 4-11. This summer Blue Bear is again offering our week-long music day camps in both San Francisco and Marin. More info >>>
Register online - it's easy!
Scholarship Application Deadline: April 15
Now is the time to apply for Blue Bear Scholarships! Scholarships for musicians and singers ages 12-25 are awarded by annual audition. Applications are due April 15, auditions take place in early May. Scholarships are awarded on a variety of factors including the skill and accomplishment you demonstrate, the talent we perceive, and your interest and commitment to the study of music. Scholarships can be used for Blue Bear classes and lessons anytime over the course of one year beginning the summer after auditions are held. More info >>>
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See Some Real Guitar Heroes in Action!
 Blue Bear Showcases
Sunday, March 28 to
Wednesday, March 31
Cafe Du Nord
2174 Market in San Francisco
Two stages featuring rock, blues, jazz, soul and R&B bands and more
Proceeds benefit Blue Bear
All ages welcome - Dinner menu available - Full cocktail bar for 21+
When they enrolled in Band Workshops, many Blue Bear students wondered what it's like to actually play in a band. They'll find out first-hand when they take the stage at the Blue Bear Showcases! We're very pleased to host our quarterly showcases at Cafe Du Nord. Many nationally renowned artists play at this landmark San Francisco venue, so these showcases are an especially wonderful performance opportunity for our students - some of whom will be playing onstage for the first time. More info >>>
Connect with your Blue Bear community and enjoy four fun-filled evenings of music, dinner, drinks and dancing! You might even be inspired to join a band. |
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Blue Bear Calendar
It's time to play! (webcal)
Spring Registration
Blue Bear Spring Quarter Registration
Now through April 15
Registration for everyone
Blue Bear Showcases
Blue
Bear Showcases
Sun March 28 . 7:30pm
Mon March 29 . 7:30pm
Tue March 30 . 7:30pm
Wed March 31 . 7:30pm
Cafe Du Nord
2174 Market, San Francisco
Band Workshops play live!
Blue Bear Short Seminars
Blue
Bear Short Seminars
Mon April 5 . 6:30pm
Wed April 7 . 6:30pm
Thu April 8 . 6:30pm
Sat April 10 . 10:30am
Fort Mason Center
San Francisco
Guitar, bass, drums, vocals!
Master Artist Seminar
The Fundamentals of Funk with Stu Hamm
Sat April 10 . 11am
Fort Mason Center
San Francisco
Back by popular demand!
Spring Classes
Blue Bear Spring
Quarter Classes
Starting April 12
Ten-week session begins
Blue Bear Live V
Blue Bear Live V - Benefit for Youth Music Education
Fri May 14
Bimbo's 365 Club
Don't miss the most rockin' funky benefit party of the year! |
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Staff, Teacher and Student Gigs
Enjoy great music! (gigs)
More Cow Bell
More Cow Bell
Blue Bear student Mera Granberg
Sun March 28 . 6pm
Mojito
1337 Grant, San Francisco
All ages show!
Dr. Mojo
Dr. Mojo
Blue Bear board members and students Kathleen Leake,
Dominic Haigh, Rick McFarland
Thu April 1 . 9pm
Peri's
29 Broadway, Fairfax
Free show!
Thu April 8 . 9pm
JJ's Blues
3439 Stevens Creek, San Jose
Thu April 15 . 9pm
Cafe Van Kleef
1621 Telegraph, Oakland
Damn Near Dead
Damn Near Dead
Blue Bear alumnus Alex Sears
Sat April 3 . 9pm
Abbey Tavern
4100 Geary, San Francisco
Tiger Cat and Mark Farina
Tiger Cat and Mark Farina
Blue Bear staff Justin Flores and Cole Odin and teacher Randy Clark
Mon April 5 . 8pm
Yoshi's San Francisco
1330 Fillmore, San Francisco
DJ Record Stealer Wheeler
DJ Record Stealer Wheeler
Blue Bear staff
Tanya
Wheeler
Mon April 5 . 9pm
Casanova Lounge
527 Valencia, San Francisco
No cover!
CoverGrrlz
CoverGrrlz
Blue Bear students Melne Murphy and Rachel Burgoyne
Sat April 24 . 12pm
Stockton Asparagus Festival
Downtown Stockton
Opening for Blue Oyster Cult! |
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