ON THE STAGE - 5:00PM to 6:30PM

Dernière Minute Band

 

Photo by Mark Strauss

Dernière Minute Band
The band Dernière Minute came together at the last minute in 2020 when Virginie Marine (singer), Sergio Ramirez (drums), Charles Holive (keyboard) and Stéphane Blanchard (singer, guitar) decided to answer a call to perform a one-off concert in South San Francisco. Since then Christian Iribarren
joined the team and replaced Charles at the keyboard,
and James Ayres joined with his bass guitar…
for an everlasting “last minute”!
Virginie Marine has been a professional singer with a remarkable career and now performs around the world, and mostly in New York where she moved a few years ago. Dernière Minute’s repertoire includes many well known classics from the Pop/Rock culture from France, the UK and America.
Get ready to dance !"Derniere  Minute" band

   Meet the band! From left to right:

• Robert Iriatborde, Sound Engineer
• Sergio Ramirez, Drums
• Stéphane Blanchard, Guitar, Singer
• Virginie Marine, Singer
• Christian Iribarren, Keyboard
• James Ayres, Bass guitar

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ON THE TERRACE - 11:00AM to 3:00PM

 

BISTRO MOUSTACHE

Bistro Moustache brings Musique française, from Paris to the San Francisco bay area. You'll be transported to an evening of French Café music straight from the terrace of a  Paris Bistro, a Guinguette on the Marne river or a Bal Musette on the banks of the Seine. Just as if Charles Trenet, Jacques Brel, Yves Montant, Georges Brassens, Serge Gainsbourg, Tino Rossi, Edith Piaf, Boris Vian, Django Reinhardt, Gus Viseur and Jo Privat were (re) united together for a magic evening.
The repertoire goes from the classics (Les Feuilles Mortes, C'est Si Bon, Ménilmontant, J'Attendrai, La Foule, Sous Le Ciel De Paris) to more modern (Il Est Cinq Heures Paris S'Éveille, Le Poinçonneur Des Lilas, Vesoul), and even Polkas, Tangos, Auvergne Bourrées and Celtic folk. 

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Photo by Anita Bristow

& Friends Band

& Friends Band brings an all-acoustic set of easy listening tunes from two long time Marin County musicians showcasing folk, folk blues, folk rock, and other popular tunes: some old, some new, some original; many from the '60s and '70s. You get the drift. Also, we will be serving up a set of original music by Marin County native Martin O'Neill. Jerry Draper - guitar and vocals; Jerry started playing music in the '60s and plays acoustic folk guitar; he knows and sings many tunes from different genres of the music spectrum; Jerry has played informally with several with Celtic and folk music bands over the years and formed & Friends Band to continue the music. Martin O'Neill - guitar and vocals; Martin was lead singer in the “Chelsea Sidecar” band, a group of teens who formed the band in the mid-sixties. Over the years Martin formed and played with several local bands to play his original and other popular music.

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National Anthems

"La Marseillaise"
by Violetta Vieux.
Violetta is a successful Fashion Designer and owns a wedding accessories business. Her second passion is music and she loves singing traditional and famous French songs. She usually performs "La Marseillaise" at events organized by various French associations and clubs.
She also sings in many languages including English, French, Russian AND  Romanian.

"The Star-Spangled Banner"
by Danielle Mallein-Noble.
From Sonoma County; she works as a Substitute Teacher in Santa Rosa's public schools, has a Teaching Credential in Physical Education, speaks French, sings in French & English regularly for many of the French Clubs in San Francisco including the Comité Officiel, and is the lead female singer, back-up singer, percussionist & "Momager" for a Country band in Sonoma County called Court 'n' Disaster. ​

 

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