Photos + Review: Sol Blume 2019 at Cesar Chavez Plaza in Sacramento
Tierra Whack (photo: Robert Alleyne) Sol Blume just wrapped up its second annual boutique festival this past weekend in downtown Sacramento with over 6,300 festival-goers vibing out to R&B, soul, and hip-hop performances. The square block, which is home to the historical Cesar Chavez Plaza, was flipped to host the one-day festival which featured GRAMMY-award winning artist Miguel, Jessie Reyez, Tierra Whack, Masego, and much more on two separate stages. As an attendee of last year’s show, I had high hopes coming into this. Previously, being that it was its inaugural year, there were plenty of hiccups that made the overall [...]
What’s Happening This Weekend? A Guide To Shows Around The Bay, April 26 – 28
Friday, April 26 Blisses B, Cougar on a Meth Binge @ Octopus Literary Salon Despite the ferocious name, COAMB make banjo-buttressed ballads that will fill the Octopus. Graham Patzner @ The Lost Church Longtime multi-instumentalist Graham Patzner has lent his stringed savvy to countless bands around the Bay. See him solo in the cozy Lost Church. Tino Drima, Zelma Stone @ Amnesia Grab a pint or two with these two solid local acts, one well-established and the other on their way to being so. The San Francisco New Music Showcase with Scruffy Pup, the Riot Professor, Uncle Riffkin @ Milk [...]
5 artists we’re excited to see at Sol Blume 2019
Snoh Aalegra (photo: Robert Alleyne) Sol Blume is taking over downtown Sacramento’s Cesar Chavez Plaza Center this Saturday for its second annual concert full of good vibes and music. While the headliner, Miguel, may be closing out the show, The Bay Bridged is looking forward to a few of the acts leading up to the main event. Check out the five artists we’re excited to see at this year’s Sol Blume festival. Masego Anyone who made the Brooklyn Circus Fillmore Jazz Fest in 2015 will remember Masego. The self-professed “good-looking guy with Jamaican heritage” put on a performance to be [...]
Ticket Giveaway: Sol Blume 2019 in Sacramento
We've got tickets to give away, and boy is it a big one... Sol Blume in Sacramento, an up-and-coming summer festival happening this weekend. Enter to win a pair of General Admission passes to see Miguel, Jessie Reyez, Masego, Tierra Whack, and tons more aligned to the R&B, hip-hop, and pop spaces on the musical spectrum at Sacramento's Cesar Chavez Plaza. If you're ready for a road trip, read on to the instructions below. In the meantime, get pumped with a playlist. To enter for a chance to win tickets to Sol Blume at Cesar Chavez Plaza on April 27, [...]
Sol Blume announces full lineup for 2019
Sacramento-based music festival Sol Blume is back for its second year bringing the city top names in R&B, soul, and hip-hop music. This one-day, multi-stage event will take place Saturday, April 27 at the heart of downtown Sacramento inside the Cesar Chavez Plaza. This year's lineup is headlined by Grammy Award-winner Miguel which will be his second time performing in the city since 2012! Other names include Jessie Reyez, Queen Naija, Tierra Whack, Raveena, and much more. Check out the full lineup below. Festival co-founders and executive producers Justin Nordan and Fornati Kumeh shared their thoughts on this year's Sol [...]
Road Trip: Sacramento’s Sol Blume Festival brings modern R&B to Cali capital
Downtown Sacramento hosts a dreamy lineup of artists for the first ever Sol Blume festival. The bill is a snapshot of modern R&B at its best, a conglomerate of coast-to-coast talent spanning from the genre's established veterans (the Internet, Jhene Aiko, GoldLink) to rising up-and-comers (Smino and Berkeley's Rexx Life Raj). Our picks for must-see acts? Berhana, Sabrina Claudio, and Kalin White each made their own stamp on music in 2017. Being a feature among caliber acts sets them and their audiences up for a taste on the vastness of R&B — an example that the next soul star can [...]