The Kuumba Experience: Live Jazz Fusion at Lesher Center

Schedule

Fri Apr 10 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Lesher Center for the Arts | Walnut Creek, CA

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About this Event

Some nights you walk in expecting a performance and walk out having felt something.

This is one of those nights.

The Kuumba Experience: Stixx + Key is an intimate evening where drums and keys stop being instruments and start being a conversation — raw, alive, and completely unrepeatable.

Drummer Jordan McGowan doesn't just keep time. He commands it. After selling out Jazz on the Hill at the iconic Claremont Hotel, Jordan brings his signature energy to Walnut Creek — and this time, he's sharing the stage with someone special.

Making his debut performance, Jamie Hawkins takes the keys. When these two find their groove together, something happens that no recording can capture. It has to be witnessed.

This is the kind of music that reminds you why live performance exists — the tension before a note drops, the call and response between two musicians locked in, the moment the room holds its breath together.

Whether jazz is your first language or you simply know when something feels good — you will feel this.

🎟️ PRIORITY BOOKING — Active Now Use code KUUMBA at checkout to access priority booking before tickets open to the general public.

Purchase tickets here

*Please note, tickets are $55 and must be purchsed directly from the Lesher Center website.


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Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, United States

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