Mónica María and Katiana Vilá & Friends at The Annex Sessions, brought to you by SunJams and Javier Navarrette

“The Annex Sessions" Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 6-8:30pm will continue our music series held at El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex (The Annex) 

Mónica María & Katiana Vilá

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Mónica María is a vocalist, multi instrumentalist and composer.  She has been a performing artist in the Bay Area since 2002 and released her debut album of original music "Nuevos Caminos" in 2020.  She is an alumna of SFSU with a BA in Vocal Jazz and World Music.  After many years of studying and performing salsa, cuban son, latin jazz and other Latin music genres, she developed a love for son jarocho (traditional music from the south of Veracruz, Mexico) which has become the genre music which she is most dedicated to.  Mónica María's original compositions are a blend of these musical and cultural influences, yet also reflect her Californian roots.  She has had the joy and honor of collaborating with many musicians here in the bay and in Mexico such as John Calloway, Anthony Blea, Jesus Diaz, Jackie Rago, Laura Rebolloso, Pablo Emiliano Garcia and Jeronimo Gonzalez.  MonicaMariaMusic.com

Katiana Vilá is a vocalist, percussionist, songwriter and producer from the California Bay Area. Her sound serves as a bridge between her ancestral roots and her Californian upbringing. She enjoys creating and interpreting songs on the Colombian Cuatro, and plays a variety of Latin and Spanish percussion instruments sparked by her passion for traditional and popular songs from these regions and her years spent studying and traveling. All these elements come together to create a unique world that reflects on the past and provokes the future.  She is a

recent graduate from the Berklee College of Music in Valencia, Spain where she received her Master's in Music Production and Performance and with her newfound skills is ready to keep creating more music and learning how to fine tune her capabilities as a self-producing and performing artist all over the world.

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.

 Follow Javier Navarrette on Facebook , Instagram and YouTube. 

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.