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Pacifica Performances, 1220 Linda Mar Boulevard, Pacifica, CA (2026)

08/28/2026

Vitamin Em - Saturday, August 29, 2026 7:30 PM
A special twofer offer for this show only! Buy one ticket, and bring another person with you for free!

THE HALL! in Pacifica, Mildred Owen Concert Hall
20 minutes south of San Francisco – on the coast

Vitamin Em is a collective of some of the top musicians in the Bay Area – creators and performers with well-established careers, drawn to collaborate with each other in new and exciting ways. The goal – to create joyful, uplifting, and moving performances of original and diverse music.
The band, founded in 2016 by violist Emily Onderdonk, includes Grammy®-nominees and award-winners who bring a wealth of experience, creativity and fearless improvisation to each performance. Members are steeped in an abundance of musical traditions – jazz, funk, blues, Klezmer, indie, rock, Balkan, fiddle, classical – and it shows. This band of strings, bassoon and accordion delivers its wonderfully eclectic body of first-class music with a fun-loving spontaneity and infectious enthusiasm.
Vitamin Em has appeared around the Bay Area as featured artists with Mason Bates and Mercury Soul, Berkeley Symphony & Friends, Crowden Music Center’s Sundays @ 4, Epworth Community Concerts, NPR’s Says YOU! and at the Piedmont Piano Company, Throckmorton Theater, Pt. Richmond Jazz, The Back Room, Piedmont Center for the Arts.
Vitamin Em musicians can also be found performing, recording or touring with artists like Jon Batiste, The Who, Beyoncé, Santana, Bob Weir, Hot Club of San Francisco, Brothers Comatose, Wayne Shorter, the Klezmatics…or with the San Francisco Opera and Ballet orchestras, at SF Jazz, and recording movie soundtracks at Skywalker Sound. Composers in their own right, Vitamin Emmers have contributed works to the SF Symphony, the SF Chamber Orchestra, Turtle Island Quartet, Cirque du Soleil, and many others.

Online ticket sales at www.pacificaperformances.org Close Friday at 12:30 PM
Additional Tickets Available 30 min. before the show at the Box Office.
Member $20 Non Member $25 12 and under $12
Doors open 7:00 PM, shows start promptly at 7:30 PM, please arrive on time.

Please note:
Refreshments will be served before the show and through the end of -- intermission. Refreshments are not served after intermission.
Per our ABC licensing requirements alcohol must be always kept inside the hall. No outside wine and beer are allowed.
We have increased our hall ventilation. Dress warmly on a cold day

Mildred Owen Concert Hall (“THE HALL!”) in Pacifica.
Pacifica Performances - www.pacificaperformances.org
20 minutes south of San Francisco – on the coast
1220 Linda Mar Blvd Pacifica CA 94044 (650) 355-1882

Some Upcoming Concerts
(Full 2026 Concert Schedule at)
www.pacificaperformances.org
8/29/26 Vitamin Em
Sat 7:30pm Classical instruments but not classical music. Big hit at last year’s debut.
9/12/26 Melba’s Kitchen Big Band
Sat 7:30pm All-female jazz band
9/19/26 Orquesta La Moderna Tradición
Sat 7:30pm Based right here in Paciﬁca!
10/3/26 *Dave Crimenn
Sat 7:30pm Dave’s known for imitating some old rock idols.
But he’ll also be doing some of his originals.

Concert

08/14/2026

Back pOrchEstra
Saturday, August 15, 2026 - 7:30 PM
THE HALL! in Pacifica Mildred Owen Concert Hall
Buy one ticket and bring another person for free!
Special this show only!
Original and vintage Roots Rock, Americana, Country Blues,
Singer/Songwriter and Western Swing with rich acoustic tones…
These guys play all sorts of Americana, country blues, old rock ’n’ roll etc

20 minutes south of San Francisco – on the coast

Back pOrchEstra offers Indie and roots rock and the American Roots that inspired it (country blues, Americana, singer-songwriter, cajun, western swing, TexMex and Louisiana music). This combo, sprung out of the pandemic in 2020 and going back to the basics, started with just guitar & drums, then fiddle, and grew into a string band that delivers rich acoustic tones and has developed a unique, catchy, funky, moody sound, drawing from the varied past and delivering originals and reworked classics by Hank Williams, Taj Mahal, Dan Hicks, JJ Cale, Big Al Anderson, Big Bill Broonzy, Jimmy Reed, Joseph & Cleome Falcon and Bobby Charles. Comparisons have been made to the music of NRBQ, The Band, Asleep At The Wheel, Dan Hicks, Buddy & Julie Miller, Jesse Ed Davis and Levon Helm.
Their debut album, “Voices In My Head (Genre Whiplash)” arrived in 2022 and has songs from all over the map… originals with 60s, 80s and 1920s roots, plus Roots Rock, Americana, country blues, Western Swing, and Cajun, music and made the Top 100 Albums at Alt.Country Specialty Chart.
Guitarist Tim Eschliman (who has played with Etta James, Commander Cody, New Copasetics) leads this ensemble, which features drummer Bowen Brown (who has played with John Lee Ho**er, Tommy Castro), fiery violinist Candy Girard (who has played with Tanya Tucker, Clint Black and Jerry Garcia), Beau Beaullieu (who has played with California Honeydrops) and Jackson Allen (who has played with Narada Michael Walden).
They were a lot of fun when they played The Hall last year!
Doors open 7:00 PM, shows start promptly, please arrive on time.

Online ticket sales at www.pacificaperformances.org
Close Friday at 12:30 PM
Additional Tickets Available 30 min. before the show at the Box Office.
Member $20 Non Member $25 12 and under $12
Doors open 7:00 PM, shows start promptly at 7:30 PM, please arrive on time.

Please note:
Refreshments will be served before the show and through the end of -- intermission. Refreshments are not served after intermission.
Per our ABC licensing requirements alcohol must be always kept inside the hall. No outside wine and beer are allowed.
We have increased our hall ventilation. Dress warmly on a cold day

Mildred Owen Concert Hall (“THE HALL!”) in Pacifica.
Pacifica Performances - www.pacificaperformances.org
20 minutes south of San Francisco – on the coast
1220 Linda Mar Blvd Pacifica CA 94044 (650) 355-1882

Some Upcoming Concerts
(Full 2026 Concert Schedule at)
www.pacificaperformances.org
8/15/26 Back pOrchEstra
Sat 7:30pm These guys play all sorts of Americana, country blues, old rock ’n’ roll etc.
8/22/26 Carmen Ratti Band featuring Jill Dineen
Sat 7:30pm Longtime bluesman has played The Hall for years
8/29/26 Vitamin Em
Sat 7:30pm Classical instruments but not classical music. Big hit at last year’s debut.
9/12/26 Melba’s Kitchen Big Band
Sat 7:30pm All-female jazz band
9/19/26 Orquesta La Moderna Tradición
Sat 7:30pm Based right here in Paciﬁca!

Concert

08/13/2026

Orquesta La Moderna Tradición
Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 7:30 pm

Founded in San Francisco in 1996 by master Cuban percussionist and dancer
Roberto Borrell and violinist, composer and arranger Tregar Otton, Orquesta La
Moderna Tradición has spent 30 years thrilling dancers and concert audiences
with a sound both deeply rooted and unmistakably alive.

Violins and woodwinds weave through driving Afro-Cuban rhythms in the classic
charanga tradition, while original compositions and timba-infused arrangements
give the orchestra a contemporary edge. A performance can move effortlessly
from the stately beauty of danzón to the buoyant pulse of cha-cha-chá and the full
force of modern Cuban dance music.

Led by Tregar Otton and internationally respected percussionist and educator
Michael Spiro, the ensemble has performed across the United States and
internationally. Its repertoire combines original music with Cuban classics, equally at home in a seated concert, festival setting or dance hall.”
Tickets are available on our website: https://pacificaperformances.org/orquesta-la-moderna-tradicion-6/

08/08/2026

Melba's Kitchen Big Band
Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 7:30 pm
MELBA’S KITCHEN is the all women big band celebrating Black women musical geniuses Melba Liston and Mary Lou Williams, and their friends. Based in the East Bay, the band has performed multiple times at YOSHI’s, the Freight and Salvage, and San Francisco’s de Young Museum, as well as SFJAZZ Miner Auditorium, the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, and the National Women’s Music Festival. MELBA’S KITCHEN creates a signature atmosphere of kindness, joy, political action, and fun. Tickets are available now on our website: https://pacificaperformances.org/melbas-kitchen-big-band-2/

08/07/2026

Clif Payne - Sat, Aug 8, 2026 - 7:30 PM
Classic Sinatra grooves, and contemporary soulful R&Bish grooves. Accompanied by Frank Martin, piano; Daniel Fabricant, bass; David Rokeach, drums
THE HALL! in Pacifica
Mildred Owen Concert Hall
20 minutes south of San Francisco – on the coast

Clif will be paying homage to Frank Sinatra’s “Live At The Sands” album on this night. Instead of doing a strict recreation of “The Live At The Sands” album, which was one 90 minute show without a break, Clif will do classic Sinatra grooves during his first set. After intermission, Clif will perform songs with contemporary soulful R&Bish grooves. Clif says: “I think people forget that Sinatra was a huge supporter of soul music in R&B and he even did a tour and a TV special with the Fifth Dimension!”.
Veteran singer Clif Payne, who had success with his album Welcome To My World a few years ago (highlighted by a very well-received vocal duet with Freda Payne on “No Payne, No Gain”), performed two special sets at San Francisco’s Bird & Beckett Books and Records. The venue, an intimate setting that often hosts live bands and poetry readings, was sold out for the show and proved to be the perfect place for Clif Payne’s singing.
The night featured the vocalist performing a set apiece of songs identified with Frank Sinatra and Stevie Wonder. Rather than make the mistake of trying to imitate the musical giants, Clif Payne presented the tribute in his own style and musical personality, finding fresh ways to sing the wide-ranging songs. As Sinatra might have said, “He did it his way.”
Clif Payne was joined by a versatile and skillful rhythm section comprised of pianist Frank Martin, bassist Daniel Fabricant, and drummer David Rokeach. The first set consisted of songs from Frank Sinatra’s repertoire. From the start, the singer displayed a very appealing voice and plenty of enthusiasm. He was energetic on a slightly faster-than-usual version of “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and the classic sw***er “Come Fly With Me,” putting a lot of feeling and joy into the lyrics. After a concise “I’ve Got The World On A String,” he created a conversational version of “It Was A Good Year” that was often purposely out-of-tempo and as much spoken as sung. Fabricant’s bowed bass was an asset. “You Make Me Feel So Young” was taken a capella with the singer just accompanying himself on tambourine, displaying the power of his voice with power and wit. “Luck Be A Lady” was given a powerhouse treatment, “Put Your Dreams Away” was quietly expressive, and this half of the show concluded with an assertive and optimistic interpretation of “That’s Life.”
The second set explored some of the songs of Stevie Wonder. Bassist Fabricant switched from acoustic to electric bass and the rhythm section went from swinging Sinatra tunes to becoming funkier. They began this part of the show with an instrumental version of Wonder’s “I Can’t Help It.” Clif Payne was exuberant on “Sir Duke” (Stevie Wonder’s tribute to Duke Ellington), quite passionate on “Golden Lady” and particularly soulful during “Knocks Me Off My Feet.” On heartfelt interpretations of “Knocks Me Off My Feet” and “If It’s Magic,” he showed a deep understanding of Wonder’s lyrics. Clif Payne clearly enjoyed himself during an infectious “Overjoyed” and a boisterous “Master Blaster.” On the final number, “Superstition,” he stretched out with some inventive scat-singing, gave each of the musicians a chance to solo, and concluded with a gospel-lish groove that excited the audience.
It made for a fun night of first-class music from an appealing singer and a top-notch trio that were consistently successful in paying tribute to the timeless songs of Frank Sinatra and Stevie Wonder.

– Scott Yanow, jazz journalist/historian
Doors open 7:00 PM, shows start promptly, please arrive on time.
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE BOX OFFICE SAT 7:00 PM
AND ONLINE www.pacificaperformances.org FRIDAY UP TO 12:30 PM
Member $20 Non Member $25 12 and under $12
Doors open 7:00 PM, shows start promptly at 7:30 PM, please arrive on time.

Please note:
Refreshments will be served before the show and through the end of -- intermission. Refreshments are not served after intermission.
Per our ABC licensing requirements alcohol must be always kept inside the hall. No outside wine and beer are allowed.
We have increased our hall ventilation. Dress warmly on a cold day

Mildred Owen Concert Hall (“THE HALL!”) in Pacifica.
Pacifica Performances - www.pacificaperformances.org
20 minutes south of San Francisco – on the coast
1220 Linda Mar Blvd Pacifica CA 94044 (650) 355-1882

Some Upcoming Concerts
(Full 2026 Concert Schedule at)
www.pacificaperformances.org
8/15/26 Back pOrchEstra
Sat 7:30pm These guys play all sorts of Americana, country blues, old rock ’n’ roll etc.
8/22/26 Carmen Ratti Band featuring Jill Dineen
Sat 7:30pm Longtime bluesman has played The Hall for years
8/29/26 Vitamin Em
Sat 7:30pm Classical instruments but not classical music. Big hit at last year’s debut.
9/12/26 Melba’s Kitchen Big Band
Sat 7:30pm All-female jazz band

Concert

07/31/2026

Vitamin Em
Saturday, August 29, 2026 at 7:30 pm

Vitamin Em is a collective of some of the top musicians in the Bay Area – creators and performers with well-established careers, drawn to collaborate with each other in new and exciting ways. The goal – to create joyful, uplifting, and moving performances of original and diverse music.
Tickets are now available on our website: https://pacificaperformances.org/vitamin-em-2/

07/30/2026

Jim Moore and Friends Featuring – Judy Cruces, Jenny Debevec, Johnny Boy
- Saturday, August 1, 2026 - 7:30 PM
A Paciﬁcan who’s played here for years!

THE HALL! in Pacifica - Mildred Owen Concert Hall
20 minutes south of San Francisco – on the coast

Jim Moore is a Pacifica singer/songwriter, working and teaching in Pacifica. Jim’s songwriting credits include tunes recorded by Bobby Hendricks of the Drifters, and soul singer Jerry Brooks.

Jim Moore is a local singer/songwriter working and teaching Guitar, Bass, Uke, Singing and Songwriting in Pacifica.
Jim’s songwriting credits include tunes recorded by Bobby Hendricks of The Drifters, soul singer Jerry Brooks. Jim worked with, wrote for, and produced Kristy Lee Cook from American Idol fame, She recorded a couple of songs he wrote for her: “Silverbird” and “Cry for Me”.
At Christmas time, you can hear his song “Haulin’ Mistletoe” (MCA Records) sung by David Sexton on radio stations all around the world.
Jim’s passion is singing and songwriting, but he also loves to perform and play guitar. Although he writes in many styles, his heart is in Rockin’ Rhythm and Blues.
Jim Has performed with or opened shows for Chubby Checker, Tommy Castro, Jim Nichols, Little Charlie & the Night Cats, Chris Cain, Mitch Woods, Curtis Salgado, Lloyd Jones, and Leah Lysee.
Jim has performed at local bay area venues such as Biscuits & Blues, Lou’s Pier 47, JJ’s Blues Club, Half Moon Bay Brewery, Nicks of Pacifica, Winter’s Tavern, Angelica’s of Redwood City, The Redwwod City Blues Festival, The Pacifica Fogfest, The HMB Pumpkin Festival, and The Hall.
For more information, check out Jim’s website.

Online ticket sales at www.pacificaperformances.org - Close Friday at 12:30 PM
Additional Tickets Available 30 min. before the show at the Box Office.
Member $20 Non Member $25 12 and under $12
Doors open 7:00 PM, shows start promptly at 7:30 PM, please arrive on time.

Please note:
Refreshments will be served before the show and through the end of -- intermission. Refreshments are not served after intermission.
Per our ABC licensing requirements alcohol must be always kept inside the hall. No outside wine and beer are allowed.
We have increased our hall ventilation. Dress warmly on a cold day

Mildred Owen Concert Hall (“THE HALL!”) in Pacifica.
Pacifica Performances - www.pacificaperformances.org
20 minutes south of San Francisco – on the coast
1220 Linda Mar Blvd Pacifica CA 94044 (650) 355-1882

Some Upcoming Concerts
(Full 2026 Concert Schedule at)
www.pacificaperformances.org
8/1/26 Jim Moore & Friends
Sat 7:30pm A Paciﬁcan who’s played here for years!
8/8/26 Clif Payne (w/ Frank Martin, Daniel Fabricant & David Rokeach)
Sat 7:30pm Clif did a great Stevie Wonder show last year.
Who knows what he’ll do this time?
8/15/26 Back pOrchEstra
Sat 7:30pm These guys play all sorts of Americana, country blues, old rock ’n’ roll etc.
8/22/26 Carmen Ratti Band featuring Jill Dineen
Sat 7:30pm Longtime bluesman has played The Hall for years
8/29/26 Vitamin Em
Sat 7:30pm Classical instruments but not classical music. Big hit at last year’s debut.

Concert

07/17/2026

The Bobby Young Project Saturday, July 18, 2026 7:30 PM
The real deal! From Oakland, Bobby plays the blues.
A special twofer offer for this show only! Buy one ticket, and bring another person with you for free!
AVAILABLE AT THE BOX OFFICE SAT 7:00 AND ONLINE FRIDAY UP TO 12:30 PM
THE HALL! in Pacifica
20 minutes south of San Francisco – on the coast
Mildred Owen Concert Hall

For over fifty years Bobby has had a love affair with music, and the guitar. He is strongly influenced by the likes of Hendrix, Clapton, Alvin Lee, Leslie West, Sly Stone and Freddie Stone. Bobby has played and recorded with a long list of people including; The Natural Four, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Richard “Dimples” Fields, John Lee Ho**er, Maria Muldaur, Jimmy McCracklin, Craig Horton, Snooky Flowers, Cool Papa, Archie Lee Ho**er, Zakiya Ho**er, and Alabama Mike.
Bobby also had the honor of doing guitar work on the Cd’s “From Clarksdale To Heaven – Remembering John Lee Ho**er“, and “John Lee Ho**er, Face to Face“. The “BYP” is made up of, Bobby Young – guitar/vocals, his son Nick Young – guitar, Michael Rogers – bass, Latrosse Harris – drums, and Gig Anderson – keyboards. The band works often with the John Lee Ho**er Foundation for their “Blues In The Schools” fundraisers, and in 2016, The Bobby Young Project was named “Blues Band Of The Year“, and they were nominated for the same honor in 2017, and 2018 by the Northern California Entertainment Music Awards.
“That’s the best I’ve heard “Red House” since Jimi died”
— John Lee Ho**er, After hearing Bobby with Deacon Jones at Jacks, San Francisco.

Member $20 Non Member $25 12 and under $12
Doors open 7:00 PM, shows start promptly, please arrive on time.

Online ticket sales at www.pacificaperformances.org
Close Friday at 12:30 PM
Additional Tickets Available 30 min. before the show at the Box Office.

Please note:
Refreshments will be served before the show and through the end of -- intermission. Refreshments are not served after intermission.
Per our ABC licensing requirements alcohol must be always kept inside the hall. No outside wine and beer are allowed.
We have increased our hall ventilation. Dress warmly on a cold day

Mildred Owen Concert Hall (“THE HALL!”) in Pacifica.
Pacifica Performances - www.pacificaperformances.org
20 minutes south of San Francisco – on the coast
1220 Linda Mar Blvd Pacifica CA 94044 (650) 355-1882

Some Upcoming Concerts
(Full 2026 Concert Schedule at)
www.pacificaperformances.org
7/25/26 *George Kahumoku
Sat 7:30pm multi-Grammy award winner for Hawaiian music and slack key guitar.
8/1/26 Jim Moore & Friends
Sat 7:30pm A Paciﬁcan who’s played here for years!
8/8/26 Clif Payne (w/ Frank Martin, Daniel Fabricant & David Rokeach)
Sat 7:30pm Clif did a great Stevie Wonder show last year.
Who knows what he’ll do this time?
8/15/26 Back pOrchEstra
Sat 7:30pm These guys play all sorts of Americana, country blues, old rock ’n’ roll etc.
8/22/26 Carmen Ratti Band featuring Jill Dineen
Sat 7:30pm Longtime bluesman has played The Hall for years

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07/14/2026

Carmen Ratti Band
featuring Jill Dineen
Saturday, August 22,2026 at 7:30 pm
Recently signed to Momojo Records, the Carmen Ratti Band featuring Jill Dineen continues to build on its growing reputation with a sound that blends soulful blues and heartfelt songwriting.
Tickets are now available on our website:
https://pacificaperformances.org/carmen-ratti-band-6/

07/07/2026

Back pOrchEstra
Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 7:30 pm

Original and vintage Roots Rock, Americana, Country Blues,
Singer/Songwriter and Western Swing with rich acoustic tones…
Tickets now available on our website: https://pacificaperformances.org/back-porchestra-2/

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