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Welcome to Make Music Alameda!
Free, public music performances across our beautiful city on international make music day, Monday, June 21, 2027! All genres, everyone welcome, let’s get creative!
Participate
Stay tuned for registration to open for Make Music Alameda 2027 for performers and event hosts!
Make a profile here: https://alameda.makemusicday.org
Get matched! Musicians available and interested to perform may sign up, and businesses and hosts may sign up as an event site to be matched for events.
Check the Listings for music events near you!
Listings
2026 Events Gallery
2026 Make Music Alameda Events were 10 AM – 7 PM Across Alameda!
Highwire 1234 Park St, Alameda, CA 94501 - Sidewalk
10:00-10:10 AM KATHERINE PARK (Acoustic & Interactive)
Katherine Park plays ukulele and sings with Highwire patrons looking on and playing triangle. Photograph by Douglas Despres
Katherine Park plays ukulele with a Highwire patron joining on triangle while a dog looks on with interest. Photo by Douglas Despres
Julie's Coffee and Tea 1223 Park St, Alameda, CA 94501 - Sidewalk
10:10-10:20 AM KATHERINE PARK (Acoustic & Interactive)
A patron at Julies Coffee and Tea garden plays the triangle with Make Music Alameda 2026 organizer Katherine Park as she sings and plays ukulele on the sidewalk. Photo by Douglas Despres
The Fireside Lounge 1453 Webster St, Alameda, CA 94501 - Sidewalk
11:00 AM EDWINA PHILLIPS (Rock)
11:30 AM TRACIE REAMS (Country)
12:45 AM DARIIA (Ukranian Pop Rock)
South Shore Beach Park St / Southshore Dr - Beach
12:00 PM KATHERINE PARK w/ ALISON HART (Music for Ancestors)
Katherine Park dressed in hanbok, strikes the sogo drum while Alison Hart, wearing a shell necklace and dressed in white sings, they sit on a blanket on the beach with offerings of white flowers, food and drinks for acknowledging their ancestors. Photo by Douglas Despres
Books Inc 1344 Park St, Alameda, CA 94501 – Sidewalk
1:00-1:20 PM “Miss Katherine” KATHERINE PARK (Acoustic Singing Story Time, Family Friendly!)
On the sidewalk at Books Inc., Katherine Park holds a ukulele and a triangle while a girl tries playing the instrument. Katherine sings a song story for children who look on with their grownups. Photos by Douglas Despres
Douglas Despres Photography/Katherine Park LLC 1242 Park St, Alameda, CA 94501 Porch / Parking Lot
2:00 PM SHEENA featuring ANDRE SHYNE (Acoustic Pop)
3:00 PM BAY STATION DUO (Americana)
3:30 PM ALISON HART (Neo Soul)
4:00 PM LUZ MENA (Latin American Rhythms)
4:30 PM THE MJ (Rock)
5:00 PM MIKO TOLLIVER (Singer Songwriter)
5:25 PM ELENA w/ Katherine (Piano / Folk)
5:30 PM DARIIA (Ukranian Pop Rock)
6:25 PM MICHAEL JAMES (Roots)
6:45 PM KATHERINE PARK (Ethereal)
Bay Station Duo perform at Douglas Despres Photography in the parking lot. Photo by Douglas Despres
MikO Tolliver sings and plays guitar. Photo By Douglas Despres
Dancer Luz Mena leads a group Latin Rhythms lesson!
Katherine Park and Sheena photographed by Douglas Despres
The MJ performs rock covers on guitar for a crowd. Photo by Douglas Despres
Save the date! Let’s make magic again! Make Music Day will be Monday, June 21, 2027!
Support
Sign up for a performance time as a performer, gather family and friends and make a plan to attend and participate in Make Music Alameda events as audience members, sign up and offer your porch or storefront or courtyard as an event host, print and hang a promo poster, carry chalk and decorate the sidewalks with lyrics and music notes, get creative! Share on socials, or offer to lend a hand when you see a musician loading gear in or out.
Photo by Douglas Despres
Contact
Get in touch with us at alameda@makemusicday.org.
