{"swEvent":[{"ID":3167,"Event":"Godzillafest","Description":"GODZILLA RETURNS TO SAN FRANCISCO! Godzilla is stomping his way back into San Francisco in a big way! The second annual Godzillafest, Giant Monsters All-Out Convention is coming up September 19-21 at the Holiday Inn Golden Gateway. More room, more attractions, more excitement!
This year we have a dealers room with some amazing vendors and artists, including Middle of Beyond, Thirsty Thursday Toys, Vinyl Kaiju Legion, Hyacinthe Raven, Gaz Gretsky, Justin Orr, Anime Link, Kong’s Cave of Collectibles, Nick Pino and Ricardo Delgado, with more to come! We will also have a game room featuring Godzilla and Kong pinball machines and classic Godzilla video games.
Our special guests this year will be actress Tomoko Ai, suit actor/storyboard artist Hurricane Ryu, mo-cap actor TJ Storm and authors Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski, premiering their new book “Godzilla: The First 70 Years”. All guests will be featured in our panel room and will be signing autographs in the dealers room. We also have a special guest dinner/meet and greet at the Fermentation Lab in Japantown Friday night, September 19. There is limited space in the Fermentation Lab, so get your tickets early for this event!
Also, watch out for cosplay, music, Saturday night movies and much more!
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MAESTROS DE LA GUITARRA.
Their performances seamlessly blend flamenco and Spanish guitar traditions, showcasing compositions by Paco de Lucia, Chick Corea, Manuel de Falla, and Federico Garcia Lorca. This fusion creates an unforgettable experience that has been praised by both critics and audiences.
The ensemble has graced prestigious venues worldwide, including the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, the Seoul Arts Theater, and the Tel Aviv Opera House. In Barcelona, they frequently perform at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, a UNESCO World Heritage Site celebrated for its stunning modernist architecture and exceptional acoustics. Experience the passion, rhythm, and artistry of Spain as Barcelona Guitar Trio & Dance brings their electrifying performance to San Francisco for the very first time. Presented by Aranto Productions, this unforgettable evening will take place at the Herbst Theatre, San Francisco.
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The Festival opens with a performance by Pamela Z of Simultaneous, an intermedia composition for voice, electronic processing, chamber ensemble, speech samples, gesture control, and projected video. Also featured is composer Peter Garland's beguiling song cycle Songs of Exile and Wine, performed by vocalist Maria Tegzes and pianist Geoffrey Burleson.
On Night 2, composer Samuel Adams will present music performed by Friction Quartet, violinist Helen Kim, percussionist Haruka Fujii, and pianists Conor Hanick and Sarah Cahill. Adams' piece commissioned by Cahill, which will receive its world premiere, is a tribute to his mentor Ingram Marshall, who is represented on the program with a performance of Dark Waters for English horn by Libby Van Cleve.
Night 3 opens with the world premiere of a new choreographed work by Nancy Karp set to James Tenney's Three Pieces for Drum Quartet. Norwegian composer Kristine Tjøgersen will present Piano Piece, for piano, electronics, and live camera performed by pianist Ellen Ugelvik and visual artist Evelina Dembacke. To close the evening, composer/harpist Zeena Parkins and percussionist William Winant will perform Parkins' Modesty of the Magic Thing, based on the drawings of Jay DeFeo and Lou Harrison’s American Gamelan tuning.
To close the festival, Putu Septa, leader of the ensemble Nata Swara, will perform an intercultural set of music for gamelan instruments and piano with fellow Balinese musician I Kadek Janurangga and ZOFO, the Bay Area piano duo of Eva-Maria Zimmermann and Keisuke Nakagoshi, including music by Ni Nyoman Srayamurtikanti, Brian Baumbusch, and Colin McPhee.
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