ahlay blakely - Special Trio Hybrid Show w/ Michael Linder + Moreau Halliburton
Schedule
Wed Nov 19 2025 at 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-08:00Location
2215 Prince Street Berkeley, CA 94705 | Berkeley, CA
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Join Amplify Collective (formally known as Thrive St. Choir) in welcoming Alexandra 'ahlay' blakley to the East Bay for a special night of hybrid live music + participatory singing! EVENT DETAILS:
Date: Wednesday, November 19th
Time: Doors 6:30 -- Show 7:00-9:00
Location: 2215 Prince St. Berkeley, CA
Tickets:
Sliding scale from $22–$66
All sales 100% final with limited
“pay what you can" tickets.
Thank you for finding the sweet spot that's both generous & affordable for you! Your support covers ahlay’s travel and allows this medicine to keep serving the collective.
Tickets will not be sold at the door and need to be pre-purchased - if you arrive without a ticket, staff will instruct you to purchase it through the website below on a mobile device (limited to availability)
To purchase tickets please visit: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/oaklandca
Refund Policy:
Please note that all ticket sales are final, and we are unable to offer refunds. However, if you are unable to attend, you are welcome to transfer your ticket to someone else. Simply provide them with the name under which you purchased the ticket. Please handle any shifts to tickets prior to arriving. Thank you for your understanding.
Recommended items to bring:
Bring whatever helps you feel grounded and comfortable—cushions, blankets, a water bottle, or your favorite thermos of tea. Flowers, especially roses, are always a cherished addition if you feel called. No food will be served at the event.
Community Care:
This event is an indoor event with 200-300 people. Please come without Covid symptoms or any other contagious sickness. You are welcome to mask and distance to your own comfort level.
Parking/Public Transportation:
Public street parking, free after 6pm.
Limited bike parking at venue.
4 blocks walk from Ashby Bart.
**please allow for ample time to park and arrive**
Children:
Children are welcome to attend (for free) and play on the periphery of circle / join the circle in singing (please be mindful of distractions).
Venue Access Information:
Entrance to the venue is at the corner of Prince St. and Fulton St. There are 8 steps into the main entrance. There is an accessible ramp at a separate entrance on Fulton St. Please let a volunteer or staff know upon arrival if you need to use this entrance and we will be happy to help you.
Seating:
Venue has folding chairs (some with padding, some without), pillows, and floor cushions available for you to use, along with limited bench seating in the back. Please feel free to bring any personal seating you need and we will create space to accommodate it. Space is available for wheelchair or other accessible seating needs.
Bathrooms/Scents:
There are accessible bathrooms at the venue, there are no strong scented items used in the building and unscented hand soap.
Questions, please email: [email protected]
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ABOUT:
ahlay (of Scandinavian, Ashkenazi, and British Isles ancestry, living on Coast Salish Lands) carries a repertoire of collective, participatory songs taught in the oral tradition. In this process, ahlay sings a line, and the group responds, echoing it back until the song lives in our bodies and we can sing it together, over and over. These songs are designed for connection, for ease, for being in it together. More often than not, it's an a cappella experience, touched by drumming and, occasionally, other instruments.
For many of us, singing is tied to religious or spiritual spaces—places we've been pushed out of, or run from, or lost. Some of us are living through or have lived through changes in our voices, unsure of spaces where we can reconnect with our singing voices as they evolve. Many of us carry shame around our voices, burdened by a culture that tells us only a select few, like Ariana Grande, are “allowed” to truly sing. But what if singing was never meant to be reserved for the chosen few? What if it was always meant to be ours?
This way of singing isn’t about perfection, performance or how we sound as individuals. It’s about the way it feels in our bodies—the way our voices lift together and our hearts have the potential to open in the shared rhythm of song. It is an act of reclaiming the human birthright to sing, to feel our voices as a natural and powerful technology of connection. We sing to remember what was meant to be forgotten—the power of collective presence. Not explicitly, but inherently: When we sing—especially when we sing together—we are invited to release and transform emotions that long to move.
The songs ahlay carries hold space for the emotions and experiences that often remain unspoken—songs for grief, praise, collapse, death, shame, joy, and the healing of ancestral wounds.
This space is open to all. While the modern community singing movement has often been predominantly attended by those of European descent, we are committed to growing a more diverse, authentic, and inclusive community through authentic relationship and allyship. This container aims to hold awareness of both our shared and divergent histories, along with the social realities we navigate today. No matter your race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, or abilities—you are welcome and wanted here.
To learn more about ahlay and her work—such as her most recent album Anthems for an Apocalypse, WAILS: Songs for Grief, Communal Grief Retreats, Grieving White Supremacy, and Song Touring—visit Healing at the Roots.
MORE ABOUT ARTIST:
ahlay (alexandra blakely) is a dreamer of Whale, Tsunami, and Rain, an apprentice to Lightning, Fire, Octopus and Honey, an artist, singer-songwriter, community organizer and elder in training. She is a descendent of Ashkenazi, Scandinavian and British folk and a commitment to breaking the cycles of intergenerational trauma both caused and endured by her ancestors. This commitment unfolds through the mediums of authentic relationship, song and storytelling, ritual and spell casting in ways that acknowledge our varied and intricate histories and identities, emphasizing a devotion to remembering our symbiotic relationship within the natural world.
ahlay has been deeply involved in community activism, communal grief tending and community singing. She is a lifelong student of decolonization, anti-racism and her own ancestral deracination preceeding diasporas. She gets curious about how the individual psyche, embodiment, shadow and trauma responses can be applied to collective and cultural bodies. She has trained with generative somatics, Education for Racial Equity, Animas Valley Institute, The Work that Reconnects, Holistic Resistance, Francis Weller and Laurence Cole. Her community singing albums encapsulate songs for the community to transform, ask questions, and seek to lead lives in service to the future ones. Her 2025 community singing album, WAILS: Songs for Grief was recorded with a choir of 200 voices.
To stay informed about her ongoing offerings, sign up for her monthly newsletter.
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2215 Prince Street Berkeley, CA 94705, 2215 Prince St, Berkeley, CA 94705-1818, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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