SoulPlay Sofa Sessions

Name: SoulPlay Sofa Sessions
Start: 2025-03-09T14:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-03-09T17:00:00-07:00
Location: The Back Room

Schedule

Sun Mar 09 2025 at 02:30 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

The Back Room | Berkeley, CA

We are excited to share this special community concert series, an opportunity for the us to come together in sweetness on a casual and more regular basis.
Introducing... 2nd Sunday Sofa Sessions at the Back Room in Berkeley!
Expect sweet sounds from super talented musicians, a laid back atmosphere, and cuddles on the venue's super cozy all sofa seating,
A perfect way to end a weekend. Come tuck yourself in with us.
UPCOMING LINEUP:
March 9th ~ Lydia Violet
- Lydia Violet is an Iranian-Armenian-American folk multi-instrumentalist, revolution-bringer, culture-tender, grief-worker, and mischief-maker. With her live band, she weaves together her songwriting, folk standards, Iranian ballads, 3-part harmonies, fiddle tunes, banjo, and collective singing into an altar of music for the troubles of our time. She'll be sharing a "stomp 'n sing" with lively back and forth between soulful songs and songs that bring in the audience community singing style, in an inclusive and accessible way.
April 13th~ Ryan Heflin
- Ryan Heflin is a Southern California musician with a sweet, soulful, singer- songwriter sound, making music for the lovers and the dreamers of the world. His music is for those who find themselves longing for poetry amidst the prosaic and h is mission is to “renew people’s sense of wonder, starting always with his own.” With the stirrings of the soul loud, he will share iconoclastic, singer-songwriter words, set to dark, hurts-so-good indie rock vibrations. Both sensual and intellectual, metaphysical and deeply human.
May 11th ~ Rafe Pearlman & Daniel Berkman
- Let's sing together warm our hearts in spirit, song and community! Rafe Pearlman started his singing career with the wolves, ravens and sled dogs of the Alaskan wilderness. His intention with his music is to inspire a vision of a world in harmony and unity, celebrating diversity, sustainability, and equality for all beings. Sometimes a simple song is all it takes to open a connection. He'll be playing with Daniel Berkman, a San Francisco-based composer, multi-instrumentalist, accompanist, singer-songwriter, electronic musician, looper, producer, film and dance score composer and innovator of electro-acoustic music, specializing in the kora (a 21-stringed West African harp).
Connect on Plura: https://plra.io/m/soulplay-sofa-sessions-37?r=misha801

SCHEDULE
Doors Open @ 2:30 pm
Music Starts @ 3:00 pm
with a 15 min intermission in the middle
* Note: event time will change to 5:30 - 8:00 pm starting in April!
TICKETS
$25-$45 ~ There are multiple price options so you can select the one that best reflects your financial ability. We appreciate your support!

VENUE
1984 Bonita Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704
The Back Room is an intimate place for music. Relaxed seating in comfy sofas with all eyes on the stage. There is no beverages or food available but you are welcome to bring your own.
Closest BART Station is Downtown Berkeley, about a 10 minute walk.