michael franti

& spearhead

black london

davey d

SUNDAY august 3

DOORS: 12PM

SHOW: 1PM

michael franti & spearhead · black london ·

michael franti & spearhead · black london ·

Michael Franti & Spearhead

  • Michael Franti is a globally recognized musician, activist, and award-winning filmmaker celebrated for his high-energy live shows, inspiring music, worldwide philanthropic efforts, and unshakable optimism. Over his multi-decade career, Franti has earned three Billboard No. 1 hits with the uplifting anthems “Sound of Sunshine,” “Say Hey (I Love You),” and “I Got You,” along with six Top 30 Hot AC singles, 10 Top 25 AAA singles, and three Billboard Top 5 Rock Albums. His 13th studio album, Big Big Love, released in November 2023, debuted in the Top 5 on the iTunes Pop Chart behind Taylor Swift. Praised by American Songwriter as “an energizing batch of songs that spotlight the common threads that connect us,” the album features 17 tracks co-written by Franti, showcasing his signature tenacity, inclusiveness, and optimism.

black london

  • Black London is a Bay Area-based collective led by powerhouse musicians and bandleaders—Kev Choice, Mike Blankenship, and Howard Wiley—committed to advancing the excellence and legacy of Black music through performance, recordings, and collaboration. Their roots trace back to UC Berkeley’s Young Musicians Program, later solidified on tour with Ms. Lauryn Hill, where the group performed all over the world. Together, they’ve reimagined classics like D’Angelo’s Voodoo album in a tribute hailed as “a spiritual experience” by the East Bay Express.


    Kev Choice, now a professor at San Francisco State University, blends classical training with hip-hop, jazz, and activism. Mike Blankenship is a producer, pianist, and founding member of the Oakland nonprofit Yeah, Art!, and Howard Wiley, a SFJAZZ Resident Artist, is known for his genre-defying work and projects like The Angola Project. As Black London, they unite to celebrate and evolve the sound of Black musical expression.

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DJ DAVEY D

  • Davey D is a nationally recognized journalist, adjunct professor, Hip Hop historian, syndicated talk show host, radio programmer, producer, deejay, media and community activist. Originally from the Bronx, NY, Davey D’s been down with Hip Hop since since 1977 where he started out as an emcee for two crews TDK [Total Def Krew] out of Co-op City and the Avengers out of the Marble Hill Section of the Bronx. He moved to California and graduated from UC Berkeley.

    Davey D is the co-founder and host of several of the most cited Hip Hop radio and online news journalism projects of all time. Hard Knock Radio (HKR) is an award-winning daily syndicated prime time afternoon show focusing on Hip Hop culture and politics. One of the first of its kind, the show originated in 1999 on KPFA 94.1 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area, and now can be heard in Seattle, Atlanta, Portland, Fresno and is streamed live on KPFA.org, reaching close to a million listeners daily. In 2003, HKR was cited as best on air show by the East-Bay Express and Davey D voted Best On Air Personality. He was awarded The Profiles in Excellence Award by ABC 7 in the Bay Area (2005). He was recently awarded 'Thank You Award' in 2009 for Independent Artist Week.