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Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Month

November 11, 2022 from 5:00 pm 9:00 pm

Free

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Month

Schedule

5–7 pm – DJ Benet, Amphitheater

5–8 pm – Off The Grid food trucks, 10th Street

7 pm – All Nations Singers, Amphitheater

7:30 pm – Sonoma County Pomo Dancers, Amphitheater

8 pm – All Nations Singers, Amphitheater

Join us in the OMCA Amphitheater for an evening of powerful drum beats, dancing, and singing in honor of Indigneous Peoples’ Month. All Nations Singers is a legendary Northern Style Pow Wow singing group founded in Oakland by Michael Bellanger and others in 1989. This intertribal Indigenous singing and drumming group will bring that big Pow Wow sound to Friday Nights at OMCA at 7 pm and again at 8 pm. 

At 7:30 pm, enjoy a performance of traditional Pomo dancing and singing from the North Bay’s Sonoma County Pomo Dancers. This group of talented dancers and singers offers an experience of ceremony, prayer, song, and dance straight from tribal community. 

DJ Benet will be playing in the Amphitheater from 6 to 8 pm. 

*Performances are subject to change.

About Friday Nights:

Reconnect with family, friends, and community at OMCA every Friday night. These free events provide a gathering place to come together each week, including live music, hands-on activities, and Off the Grid food trucks. Take advantage of late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions with a Museum ticket, or bring a blanket and lounge in our garden, now open with direct access to Lake Merritt.

Please note, alcoholic beverages must be consumed inside the OMCA campus and outside alcohol is not permitted.

OMCA is committed to providing programs that are accessible, welcoming, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs are available for checkout on a first come, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations, like American Sign Language (ASL), Cantonese, Spanish or another language interpreter, please email [email protected] at least three weeks before the event.

Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid is proudly supported by Bank of America.

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