In The Flow 3 Festival, produced by area guitarist and entrepreneur Ross Hammond along with a group of volunteers, will post up over twenty music groups at two major locations--Beatnik Studios at 17th & Broadway and new this year, the venerable Lunas Cafe just up the road at 16th & N Sts. Tickets are $10 per day or $30 for a 4-day pass. Tickets go on sale April 20th. Tickets will be available at R5 Records (16th & Broadway/Sacramento) , Watermelon Music (207 E Street, Davis, CA) and online at inticketing.com. All of the artists presented are representatives of Sacramento, Los Angeles, SF/Bay Area and Portland.
In The Flow 3 is a great chance to experience what artists from out West have to offer, says Hammond.
The returning title sponsor of the weekend events at Beatnik is the Greater Broadway Partnership Neighborhood Association, in conjunction with the Jazzhouse and SMF Music.
Pre-fest events at Russ Solomon's R5 Records (corner of 16th & Broadway) and also Records at 1618 Broadway will be announced shortly.
Friday night, May 14 will feature a special night of poetry and music collaborations at Luna's Cafe. The event, hosted by local poet phenom NSAA (a.k.a. Lawrence Dinkins) will be a night of surprises as regional poets trade verses with area jazz and creative musicians. On Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16 In The Flow 3 returns to Broadway for two full days of music and art at Beatnik Studios. This year there will be terrific jazz and improvisational musicians from Los Angeles (Nels Cline, Vinny Golia, GE Stinson, Steuart Liebig, Tom McNalley), Portland, Oregon (Rich Haley), The Bay Area (Phillip Greenlief, Scott Amendola, Darren Johnston, Lisa Mezzacappa), Grass Valley (Randy McKean, Murray Campbell), plus Sacramento and Davis (Ross Hammond, Tony Passarell, Alex Jenkins, Gerry Pineda). Over twenty different groups will be playing throughout the weekend. In addition, there will be a special showing of regional visual artists Mark Fox, Nicole Fox, Milton Bowens, Greg LaTraille and Kathy Blackburn at Beatnik Studios all weekend during the Festival. Monday, May 17 will be dedicated to late Sacramento bassist and In The Flow co-founder Byron Blackburn, as his final recording session will be released at Luna's Cafe. The Labor Day Session CD features Blackburn along with Ross Hammond, Tom Monson, Phillip Greenlief, Jaroba and Tony Passarell. The remaining band members will be playing music from the new CD. The Tom McNalley Trio will also perform. Since November 2009, a weekly jazz/improvisational series at Lunas, Nebraska Mondays, named in honor of the Nebraska-born Blackburn, has grown in popularity.
A detailed 8 page program guide (available in late April at many Broadway and Midtown restaurant/cafe/shop locations , as well as greater Sacramento locations) will give fest-goers both artist bio info and a handy walking map to the neighborhood cafes restaurants and businesses.
Festival Schedule: Friday, May 14 through Monday, May 17
Friday @ Luna's 8pm:
8pm A special evening of music and poetry hosted by NSAA (AKA Lawrence Dinkins) Featuring Electropoetic Coffee, Josh Fernandez, Ruben Reveles, Frank Andrick and many more.
Saturday @ Beatnik Starting at Noon:
L. Stinkbug (GE Stinson, Nels Cline, Scott Amendola, Steuart Liebig) Nahum Zdybel Trio
Reconnaissance Fly
Olive Oil
Fig (Nels Cline and Yuka Honda)
Ambi (Steuart Liebig, Andrew Pask)
Halfmonk (GE Stinson)
Phillip Greenlief
Lovely Builders (Ross Hammond, Scott Amendola)
Gerry Pineda Trio
E2
Vinny Golia
Thin Air Orchestra led by Tony Passarell
DJ Tommy V
Sunday @ Beatnik Starting at Noon:
Tomorrow's Zombies (Tom Djll, Gino Robair)
Rich Halley Trio
Dottie Grossman and Michael Vlatovich
Sacramento Jazz Connection Youth Band
Tim Metz/Joe Berry Trio
Alex Jenkins' Sound Immersion
The Reminders (Vinny Golia, Tom Monson, Ross Hammond, Lisa Mezzacappa) Darren Johnston's Implosion
Lisa Mezzacappa's Bait and Switch
Henry Robinett
Bristle (Randy McKean, Cory Wright, Lisa Mezzacappa, Murray Campbell) Nagual
Harley White Jazz Orchestra
DJ Tommy V
Monday @ Luna's Cafe 7pm:
Tom McNalley
Kevin Corcoran
The Labor Day Session (Byron Blackburn's last recording session) CD release celebration w/ Tony Passarell, Jaroba, Tom Monson, Ross Hammond, Ryan Offield, Phillip Greenlief
DJ Tommy V
