Art + Soul Oakland Festival – Saturday, August 3 and Sunday, August 4, Noon - 8:00 p.m. Sat., Noon - 6:00 p.m. Sun., Downtown Oakland, Frank H. Ogawa Plaza and surrounding streets. The festival that launched downtown Oakland’s transformation into the Bay Area’s hottest dining and arts scene, Art + Soul Oakland will sizzle this year with two art- and music-packed days featuring live jazz, rock, indie, punk, honky-tonk, gospel, metal, world, Latin, folk, R&B and blues music performed by national recording artists and top local talent. The musical line-up for Saturday includes Lisa Loeb, Tristan Prettyman, The Rescues and Vintage Trouble. Oakland-based Amikaeyla and ConFunkShun join Soul/R&B powerhouse Leela James on Sunday. There will be hundreds of artisan booths; gourmet global cuisine and mobile food trucks; and for kids, carnival rides, music, art activities and costumed characters. For more information, please visit artandsouloakland or (510) 444-CITY.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:09:22 +0000