On Saturday September 3, a broad, multi-genre group of area musicians will join together to present a benefit concert for Somalian refugees. “March to the Beat of One Heart” will be held at Antiquite Maison Privee, 2114 P Street in midtown Sacramento. The event runs from 5 pm-11pm and there is $10 minimum donation. The concert, in association with the Midtown Business Association and Swell Productions, will feature ten Sacramento musical acts playing for a common goal of assisting victims of the war and drought-ravaged region. 100% of the proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders, a worldwide humanitarian aid organization, and their efforts in Somalia. Guitarist and concert promoter

Sunday afternoon evening , local artist Rebecca Plack will be performing a solo concert at the “Jewish Voices : Songs from the Old World Tunes from the New” benefit concert at the Center at Twenty-Three Hundred on 2300 , a new multi-use venue in Sacramento known for its exceptional lighting and acoustics. Prior to this upcoming event, Plack has sung at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts and with the Sacramento Opera. Plack has been performing since she was 8 years old and currently teaches voice lessons to young students at a private studio in Davis. The “Jewish Voices” benefit concert will be hosted by the president of the Mosaic Law Congregation, Deborah Gonzales. The Mosaic

 (Sacramento, CA) The sudden recent passing of the Francis House Executive Director and longtime homeless advocate Greg Bunker on December 28, 2010 has put a poignant and resolute exclamation point on the sustaining efforts of the forty year old poverty resource & counseling center. Francis House, holds a number of fundraising events yearly. The upcoming March 18 concert with singer/songwriter and ukulele star Victoria Vox & The Boulder Acoustic Society is the fifth show in their benefit concert series, but the first with a new title inspired by Bunker: "Give Them Hope.” “Greg had just shared his new manta with us—“Give Them Hope”—captured in the ornament gift he first handed out to all o

Americana music fans will be treated to an early Fourth of July concert, as "Celebrate America" premieres June 20. The event, put on by L17 Community Arts Foundation in conjunction with the Camellia Symphony Orchestra will benefit the Central Downtown Food Basket. The Sunday concert will feature the Camellia Symphony Orchestra, a Sacramento-based group in existence for 48 years, and a wide variety of local artists performing at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on the UC Davis campus. "We're really excited to perform and play with the other choirs," orchestra executive director Roberta McClellan said. "We're looking forward to the collaboration." L17 created the Celebrate Ameri

May 31, 2010  — The Annual Walk 'N Rock took place at Raley Field on Sunday, May 30.  The event is organized by Sacramento-based Hope Productions Foundation to support local children’s charities. Hope Productions Foundation anticipates that the morning walk, combined with business sponsorships and Sunday evening’s benefit concert, starring rock legends Heart and Sammy Hagar, will raise nearly $700,000 for local children’s charities. An estimated 30,000 children in the Sacramento area will benefit from the day's activities. “We’re heartened that so many members of our community, including several businesses, have joined together to support local children’s charities,” said Debbie Gabelich,