Mbira dzaSoko at The Annex Sessions, brought to you by SunJams and Javier Navarrette
Event description
“The Annex Sessions" Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 6-8:30pm will continue our music series held at El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex (The Annex)
Mbira dzaSoko
Featuring:
Salani Wamkanganise
Kelly Takuda Orphan
Kanukai Chigamba
Michelle Marufu
And Special Guests!
Join us for an unforgettable concert of traditional Zimbabwean mbira music. Mbira is the sacred instrument from Zimbabwe which is over 1,000 years old. Don't miss this spectacular night of joy and celebration. Come out, participate, and immerse yourself in the vibrant music of Zimbabwe!
Mbira dzaSoko performs celebratory and spiritual mbira music from Zimbabwe, led by Zimbabwean mbira maker, teacher and performer Salani Wamkanganise, alongside his partner Kelly Takunda Orphan (The KTO Project*), as well Zimbabwean artists Kanukai Chigamba and
Michelle Marufu (Chinyakare Ensemble*), plus special guests TBA.
The Natural Grocery Company is proud to present this series in partnership with SunJams and Javier
Navarrette Music Productions.
SunJams is committed to funding children's music education in underserved public elementary schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program.
All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 - any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing music to our community! As always, your donation to SunJams 501(c)3 may qualify as tax exempt.
Javier Navarrette Music Productions continues to bring live music to several venues around the Bay Area. Javier has been a professional musician and music educator in the Oakland Unified School District for the past 20 years. Over the past few years Navarrette has produced outdoors events that have proven instrumental in enabling musicians to deal with some of the fallout of the pandemic and shutdown that followed.
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COVID RELATED SAFETY MEASURES
Please be safe. Feel free to wear a mask if you prefer.
TICKETS
Tickets are encouraged, we are happy to offer you a reserved seat (limited seating available) if you RSVP with a donation that will go towards paying for the music. Tickets are NOT required for this venue, you can simply come in, order food and beverages at the Annex counter.
The Annex
The Annex is a lively space for shopping, dining and relaxing. As the newest part of The Natural Grocery Company, the values are the same: a passion for vibrant community, healthy organic food and respect for the planet.
"The Annex Sessions" is sponsored by the Natural Grocery Company in its commitment to serve the local community and help in the recovery of the local art scene.
Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner 7 days a week, inside the Annex you’ll find: A Cafe, Juice Bar, Deli, Wine & Beer, and more.
The Annex building itself embodies our values: a few of the sustainable features are: extensive re-use of materials from the pre-existing structure, use of recycled materials from local vendors, and reliance on the solar energy we produce here, supplemented with other clean energy sources.
DONATIONS
SunJams is committed to funding children's music education in underserved public elementary schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program.
In addition, we need to raise funds to continue bringing you this exciting new ( launched in April 2022) live music program. All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 - any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing music to our community! As always, your donation to our 501(c)3 may qualify as tax exempt.
Please DONATE HERE
DURING THE SHOW
We will be taking cash or check donations at check-in, during intermission & at the end of the show.
TIME
The Annex is open every day, please check their website for hours (https://naturalgrocery.com/annex/).
The show will begin at 6:00 PM and conclude by 8:30 PM.
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