Point Richmond Music’s
14th Annual Summer Concert Season
Begins Friday 6/12

Point Richmond Music is excited to return for our 14th season! Please mark your calendars for the kick-off to our FREE summer concert series on Friday, June 12thwith SambaDá (Afro-Samba-Funk) and Tom Rigney & Flambeau (American Roots). 

Voted "Best Outdoor Music Series" by the East Bay Express in 2014, our grassroots series brings a wide range of top-notch musicians to the East Bay neighborhood of Point Richmond as a free cultural offering to the community. Concerts are held on the second Friday of each month, June through September, from 5:30 pm to 7:45 pm. The 2015 season will include a final concert on Friday, September 25th. PRM’s outdoor concert venue is located at the corner ofPark Place and Washington Avenue in historic downtown Point Richmond. Please visit www.pointrichmondmusic.com to see the full 2015 line-up.

Local restaurants are open on concert nights, offering a wide array of cuisine. Every concert features an opportunity drawing, face-painting for children and more.

PRM is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit group that celebrates diversity and promotes the arts and community through the universal language of music.

Friday, June 12, 5:30 - 6:30 PM
SambaDá (Afro Samba Funk) www.sambada.com
Dubbed the West Coast’s hottest Brazilian band, SambaDá musically unites the Americas. Based in the rich musical traditions of Brazil, SambaDá also references salsa and cumbia, and blends them playfully with funk and reggae beats.


6:45 - 7:45 PM –
Tom Rigney & Flambeau (American Roots)
www.rigomania.com
Tom Rigney & Flambeau specializes in fiery Cajun and zydeco two-steps, low-down blues, funky New Orleans grooves, & heartbreakingly beautiful ballads and waltzes. Their high energy live show features tight ensemble playing, deeply infectious grooves, and spectacular soloing.

About Point Richmond Music:
Point Richmond Music (PRM) provides free outdoor summer concerts as a way to build community through the unifying language of music. The all-volunteer committee celebrates diversity and promotes the arts. PRM concerts provide a gathering place for people of all ages, ethnicities, and walks of life by featuring musical talent from Richmond, the Bay Area and beyond. PRM exists thanks to the support of local businesses and the volunteers who make it happen. 
In addition to producing its free summer concert series, the group is proud to help support year-round music in Point Richmond through its sponsorship of the Point Richmond Acoustic series and the Point Richmond Jazz series, which run October through May at the First United Methodist Church, and to foster the development of the next generation of musicians through contributions to Washington Elementary School’s music program. Fourteen years of this collaborative effort have been made possible through donations of time and money from local businesses and volunteers. We are grateful to our 2015 sponsors: the City of Richmond, Let's Grow Richmond, Sims Metal and California Delicious to date. Special thanks to Jim DeWitt for providing artwork and to Jay Daniel of Black Cat Studio for designing our posters and t-shirt.

For more information, please visit www.pointrichmondmusic.com and www.facebook.com/ptrichmondmusic.

Coming up on July 10th:

HowellDevine

Blues, www.howelldevine.com
"HowellDevine plays The Music with the original feel, intent and spirit, and you can tell they love the music while delivering some real blues in their own way. The singing and playing is never strained and they play with easy confidence…they don’t have to prove anything. There’s tasty slide, harp and rhythm with relaxed vocals that all blend together for a wonderfully satisfying experience...it knocks me out to hear a group playing such good quality blues today."   
~ Charlie Musselwhite

"What a pleasure to find a young band that really gets the blues...Deep and true to the roots. Really digging this record and so glad they’re on the scene. " 
~ Bonnie Raitt  

"We love them - they are great!" 
~ Elvin Bishop

Big Cat Tolefree

Blues, www.bigcatentertainment.com
From the inner-city limits of beautiful Oakland, California, Big Cat and his Hipnotic Band has single-handedly transformed the West Coast blues and soul sound with his trend-setting music and vocal style. A 3rd generation Russell City blues singer, Big Cat has the skills and sex appeal to stand on his own for decades to come. Big Cat Tolefree opened for The Temptations, BB King and Jimmy McCracklin.

Big Cat has shared his incredible new sound all over, including festivals, premiere concert venues and larger night clubs coast to coast. He’s earned “New Blues Artist of the Year,” “Male Blues Vocalist of the Year” and Europe’s “Best Traditional Blues Artist” all in one amazing year. 

Stay tuned for more Point RIchmond Music Summer Concerts, plus a whole new season of acoustic music shows this fall at the First United Methodist Church of Point Richmond. Thanks for reading!

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