Oak Park Roots and Branches Walkabout and Concert

The Oak Park Roots and Branches Walkabout and Live Concert Finale is an autumn afternoon opportunity for Oak Parkers and surrounding neighborhoods to partake of the locally-owned shops, cafes and restaurants, and learn about Oak Park through historical photos and text within these venues.

This walkabout is celebrated with free live blues, Americana and jazz on a self-guided Broadway Ave. experience, capped off with a free roots music concert and multi-media live cinema-liquid lightshow at dusk in the Sacramento Food Bank parking lot.

A free passport (available at each of these six locations and online) leads participants through Oak Park businesses on Broadway:
-3:30pm-5:30pm: Red’s Blues Trio at Broadway Coffee
-3:30pm-5:30pm: Reggie Graham Trio at Brickhouse Art Gallery
-4pm-6pm: Ross Hammond at Classy Hippie Tea Co.
-4pm-6pm: Jack Chandler’s Ice Age Jazztet at Arthur Henry’s
-4pm-6pm: Proxy Moon at Old Soul @ 40 Acres

In each portal, visitors can enjoy the wares and ambiance, learn the history of each building and area via Oak Park “Roots & Branches” historical photos and text, and on this day, hear live music from well-known and respected Sacramento area/Northern California regional recording artists. Participant passports will be stamped at each venue by a volunteer docent. Stamped passports will be turned in for a small gift bag (discount coupons from area businesses, CDS, etc.) at the concert finale. Each person will be asked to fill out a short questionnaire about their experience. This event is funded by a Creative Economy Grant from the City of Sacramento.

George Holden’s Live Cinema/Liquid Light Show Experience is an authentic animated multi-media mural concept projected onto the large building wall/screen at night via original live handmade cinema and psychedelic liquid light performance art. Historic Oak Park photos and rare footage will also be integrated into the live performance. Holden is a San Francisco light show pioneer and worked with the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Carlos Santana and many more.