The sixth annual Switchboard Music Festival brings its eclectic blend of performers and music to San Francisco’s Brava Theater on March 24th from 2-10pm. It's going to be a non-stop, eight-hour musical spectacle presenting composers and musicians who push the boundaries of their respective genres—be it rock, jazz, classical, hip-hop, world, or something less defined. It is a showcase for innovative local music that easily traverses disparate genres—a physical analog for a borderless, digital world. This year’s festival features groups both established and new, from the Bay Area and beyond.

The 2013 Festival features the piano duo ZOFO, whose most recent album, Mind Meld, was nominated for two 2013 Grammy awards; Subharmonic, led by Jazz Mafia’s Adam Theis; Ava Mendoza’s UNNATURAL WAYS; accordionist Rob Reich (of Tin Hat) and his quintet; and clarinetist Michael Lowenstern. The all-day festival will also feature performances by Addleds, Areon Flutes, Billygoat, Build, FutureCities, Ignition Duo, Oakland Active Orchestra, and bass clarinet duo Sqwonk. 

Now in its fifth year, the Switchboard Music Festival will again present some of the Bay Area's most exciting musicians on April 1st at the Brava Theater!

The Switchboard Music Festival is an 8-hour, non-stop music spectacle presenting composers and musicians who push the boundaries of their respective genres—be it rock, jazz, classical, hip-hop, world, or something less defined. It is a showcase for innovative, accessible local music that easily traverses disparate musical worlds, a physical analog for a borderless, digital world. In that regard, Switchboard has joined the likes of New York's famous Bang on a Can Festival, and an international trend toward bridging the gap between art and popular music.

Check out this marathon of talent!

Faun Fables to play at the Switchboard Music Festival.

2:00 -- Danny Holt
2:50 -- The Living Earth Show + Nonsemble 6 and Grains
3:25 -- Jeff Anderle
3:50 -- Dominique Leone's "Les Noces"
4:30 -- Dan Cantrell
4:55 -- Ramon and Jessica
5:30 -- Cornelius Boots & Friends
5:55 -- Beep
6:35 -- Mercury Falls
7:15 -- SFCM Guitar Ensemble
7:40 -- The Hurd Ensemble
8:20 -- Volti
9:20 -- Faun Fables