Kirtan & Sacred World Music with Joss Jaffe & Gabriel Harris

Name: Kirtan & Sacred World Music with Joss Jaffe & Gabriel Harris
Start: 2025-12-22T19:30:00-08:00
End: 2025-12-22T21:00:00-08:00
Location: 3707 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, California 95062

Schedule

Mon Dec 22 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

3707 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, California 95062 | Santa Cruz, CA

Please join us for a very special Winter Solstice Kirtan and music ritual with Joss Jaffe & Gabriel Harris.
Joss Jaffe performs as a Vocalist, Tabla player and Multi-Instrumentalist. Joss Jaffe’s music is rooted in his desire to unite people through spirit, love, joy, community and consciousness. His music invites the audience into a space of spontaneous joy.
Gabriel Harris is a musician and sound healer rooted in a lineage of music, healing, and social consciousness. With decades of global musical study—including deep ties to African traditions—his work blends indigenous and modern instruments to create immersive, heart-centered experiences.
About Kirtan:
Kirtan is a spiritual practice of Bhakti (devotional) Yoga, a musically guided call-and-response chanting of Sanskrit mantras of healing and empowerment. It's a musically guided meditation practice that calms the mind, relaxes the body, and energizes the spirit. Some say, it's like singing to your highest self or to your angels or to The Universe or to God (whatever resonates most to your heart as this is a very personal and sacred practice).
Kirtan is not a performance, but a collective group prayer. Together we will use our voices to participate in this uplifting and cathartic experience of chanting mantras.
Come experience the uplifting and heart opening effects of Kirtan, in a safe and supportive evening of sacred mantras and glorious harmony of call-and-response chanting.
No previous yoga, meditation or singing experience is necessary to participate.
All Voices Welcome!
No one turned away due to financial hardship
About Joss Jaffe:
Joss Jaffe performs as a Vocalist, Tabla player and Multi-Instrumentalist. As a composer and producer he has created innovative albums including Svara Mandala, Echosystem and Dub Mantra to critical acclaim. He has toured throughout multiple continents, bringing his music to an international audience. Joss’ work been critically acclaimed by LA Yoga Magazine, the UK’s Om Magazine, and other prominent publications. Joss Jaffe’s music is rooted in his desire to unite people through spirit, love, joy, community and consciousness. Joss creates innovative songs that bring international artists from different cultures and languages into a nexus where new music is discovered. His music invites the audience into a space of spontaneous joy.
About Gabriel Harris:
Gabriel Harris comes from a rich lineage of music, healing, and social consciousness, with decades of experience exploring global musical traditions and performing internationally. His studies of music and sound healing have taken him to Africa and South America, and he has been an integral part of the Bay Area’s traditional African music community for over 20 years. Using a blend of indigenous and modern instruments, he weaves immersive musical experiences for the stage and healing ceremonies.
Gabriel Harris is a musician and sound healer rooted in a lineage of music, healing, and social consciousness. With decades of global musical study—including deep ties to African traditions—his work blends indigenous and modern instruments to create immersive, heart-centered experiences.