brass liberation orchestraEvents
...Band members: Please see private calendar for meetings and other events...Upcoming Events:
(Last updated: 17 June 2008)Past Actions
A list of some past events that BLO played at (Also see links page for links to many of the organizations and groups that we have worked with).
| Jun 21, 2008 | "Worst of SF" anti-gentrificaiton action |
| Jun 21, 2008 | Bike Music Festival |
| Jun 20, 2008 | Dreaming Outside the Walls: Music Benefit for Palestinian Youth in the Arts |
| Jun 7, 2008 | Hella Heart NOLA Benefit show |
| May 31, 2008 | Anne Braden Anti-Racism Workshop |
| May 31, 2008 | Renters Rise Up! A Party With a Purpose (No on 98) |
| May 14, 2008 | Oakland Teachers Union (OEA) Rally Against education cuts |
| May 1, 2008 | Oakland Immigrant Rights May Day March |
| Apr 26, 2008 | Fundraiser for Break the Silence Mural and Arts Project |
| Apr 26, 2008 | with Voice of Roma at Sebastapol Apple Blossom Parade |
| Apr 12, 2008 | Fundraising Party for Pride at Work |
| Apr 11, 2008 | Latin American Alliance for Immigrants Rights benefit |
| Apr 9, 2008 | ACLU Youth Rights Conference |
| Apr 1, 2008 | Rally for Critical Resistance |
| Mar 28, 2008 | Pre-show music for Amor Cubano play |
| Mar 21, 2008 | Anarchist Cafe |
| Mar 19, 2008 | Direct Action Against the War in Downtown SF |
| Mar 15, 2008 | Protest and direct action at Chevron's Richmond refinery |
| Mar 8, 2008 | Homes not Bombs: A benefit for the SF Community Land Trust and Direct Action to Stop the War |
| Mar 7, 2008 | Benefit for Santa Cruz Trash Orchestra's Trip to HonkFestWest |
| Mar 3, 2008 | Sex Worker Rights March with SWOP |
| Feb 27, 2008 | UC Berkeley support of Katrina refugees |
| Feb 23, 2008 | Benefit show for immigration-related legal expenses |
| Feb 19, 2008 | UNITE HERE rally at Alameda County Jail |
| Jan 26, 2008 | TIGRA Western Union boycott |
| Jan 19, 2008 | Roe v Wade rally |
| Dec 28, 2007 | La Plebe & friends at La Pena |
| Dec 14, 2007 | New Oreleans Solidarity Rally |
| Nov 16, 2007 | Balazo Re-Opening ! |
| Nov 10, 2007 | Busking on the Embarcadero to support St. James Infirmary |
| Nov 1, 2007 | No Borders Cafe de los Muertos |
| Oct 27, 2007 | SF Anti-war march |
| Oct 5, 2007 | Return of HONK! Festival (Somerville , Mass) |
| Sep 27, 2007 | EBASE fundraising dinner |
| Sep 23, 2007 | Berkeley Honda Strike Victory Picnic |
| Sep 22, 2007 | Busking in Dolores Park to support St. James Infirmary |
| Sep 12, 2007 | March 4th, Loyds, and BLO at Lobot Gallery |
| Aug 25, 2007 | BMAGIC backpack party |
| Jun 27, 2007 | US Social Forum Opening March (Atlanta, GA) |
| Jun 24, 2007 | Drag Busking in the Castro after SF Gay Pride Parade |
| Jun 23, 2007 | Womyn's Liberation Orchestra plays for SF Dyke March |
| Jun 13, 2007 | w/ La Plebe @ Bottom of The Hill |
| Jun 8, 2007 | Bernal Dwellings Headstart Preschool Party |
| May 27, 2007 | SF Carnival Street Party |
| May 19, 2007 | Feria Familiar Inmigrante |
| May 13, 2007 | Benefit Show for Balazo |
| May 12, 2007 | Busking for Balazo |
| May 12, 2007 | Coleman Rally for the Next Generation SF |
| May 5, 2007 | MONSTERpalooza!: Monster Cable Co. Boycot |
| May 3, 2007 | Emergency Action against the Woodfin Hotel |
| May 1, 2007 | Mayday! |
| Apr 28, 2007 | Playing with Voice of Roma in the Apple Blossom Parade, Sebastopol |
| Apr 21, 2007 | Busking in N. Beach for BALAZO |
| Apr 10, 2007 | Rally and march For Justice for Woodfin Hotel Workers |
| Apr 7, 2007 | Anti-ICE Street Fair |
| Mar 19, 2007 | Anti-war die-in downtown SF |
| Mar 18, 2007 | Iraq war 4th anniversary ANSWER protest, SF |
| Mar 18, 2007 | "Musical Daisy Chain" BLO joins other bands to play on MUNI, SF |
| March 2, 2007 | Immigrant rights / anti-ICE rally and march with BAIRC from 16th and Mission to Federal Building, SF |
| Feb 27, 2007 | Fundraiser for San Francisco Community Land Trust, SF |
| Feb 20, 2007 | Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) show at Makeout Room & Cafe Revolution, SF |
| Feb 17, 2007 | Memorial service for Tillie Olsen, First Congregational Church, Oakland |
| Feb 3, 2007 | Mandela Food Co-op block party, West Oakland |
| Feb 1, 2007 | BLO's 5th Year Birthday Bash, Balazo, SF |
| Jan 20, 2007 | Skye's Birthday, SF |
| Jan 14, 2007 | Ferry workers support rally, SF |
| Jan 13, 2007 | Shut down Guantanamo rally, SF |
| Jan 1, 2007 | New Year's Extravaganza, Mission, BART, Oakland |
| Dec 11, 2006 | Claremont Hotel Worker's Victory Party, Albany |
| Dec 15, 2006 | Bernal Dwellings Head Start Pre-School, SF |
| Dec 9, 2006 | Angela's Birthday, Balazo, SF |
| Dec 9, 2006 | War resisters support march, SF |
| Dec 9, 2006 | Ferry workers support rally, SF |
| Dec 8, 2006 | Carlos' Birthday, Sunrise Cafe, SF |
| Dec 4, 2006 | Demonstration against AIPAC, Oakland |
| Nov 20, 2006 | Oaxaca Uprising Solidarity Action, Mexican consulate, SF |
| Nov 13, 2006 | Rally for Woodfin Hotel Workers, Emeryville |
| Nov 2, 2006 | Dia de los Muertos, Mission, SF |
| Oct 30, 2006 | Roving Halloween party, Mission, SF |
| Oct 21, 2006 | Modern Times Bookstore Anniversary, SF |
| Oct 6-10, 2006 | HONK Festival of activist street bands, Sommerville, MA |
| Sep 30, 2006 | NLG Benefit, Berkeley |
| Sep 28, 2006 | EBASE fundraiser, Oakland |
| Sep 24, 2006 | Jesse going-away-party, SF |
| Sep 16, 2006 | New Orleans Benefit Show with Loco Bloco and La Plebe, Balazo, SF |
| Sep 4, 2006 | Alameda County Labor Rally, Oakland |
| Sep 4, 2006 | Immigrant Rights March, SF |
| Aug 12, 2006 | Lebanon March, SF City Hall |
| May 28, 2006 | BLO marches in Oye Nike's Carneval Contingent, SF |
| May 6, 2006 | Dress and Kala's Handfasting Party, outer space |
| May 5, 2006 | Cinco de Mayo Show, Balazo Gallery, SF |
| May 1, 2006 | May Day, General Strike and March for Immigrants Rights, SF |
| April 23, 2006 | Immigrants Rights March, SF |
| April 21, 2006 | Cesar Chavez and Earth Day Party, Cesar Chavez Elementary School, SF |
| April 21, 2006 | Dance Down the Lockdown, Benefit for Critical Resistance and PARC, SF |
| April 10, 2006 | Immigrants Rights March, SF |
| March 25, 2006 | Immigrant Rights Rally, Support for Hunger Strike, Federal Bldg, SF |
| March 20, 2006 | Anti-War Action, Downtown SF (act against torture) |
| March 3, 2006 | Benefit Party, Balazo Gallery, SF |
| Feb 25, 2006 | Immigrants Rights Rally, Fruitvale, Oakland |
| Jan 21, 2006 | Community Picket at Berkeley Honda |
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| Nov 13, 2005 | Presentation by Serbian queer feminist, Sunrise Cafe, SF |
| Nov 2, 2005 | Dia de los Muertos procession, SF |
| Oct 29, 2005 | Immigrant Rights protest against racist "Minutemen", Sacramento |
| Oct 26, 2005 | Picket Line of SEIU United Healthcare Workers Strike Pacific Medical Center, SF |
| Oct 16, 2005 | Poor People's March, SF |
| Sept 24, 2005 | Anti-War March (ANSWER), SF |
| Aug 24, 2005 | 15th Anniversary of the San Fancisco Day Labor Program and dedication of new worker center, SF |
| May 29, 2005 | Carnaval in SF |
| May 21, 2005 | Beechwood School International Food Fair & Party, Menlo Park |
| May 19, 2005 | Concert and Presentation with 4th grade class at East Bay Conservation Corp Charter Elementary School, Oakland |
| May 14, 2005 | Multi-Cultural Family Picnic - Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School, SF |
| May 1, 2005 | May Day Celebration & Opening of CounterPULSE, SF |
| Apr 3, 2005 | Critical Resistance Fund Raiser, SF |
| Mar 26, 2005 | Benefit for a friend's medical expenses, Oakland |
| Mar 19, 2005 | Anti-War March, SF |
| Mar 18, 2005 | Radical Performance Fest, SF |
| Mar 16, 2005 | Celebration of the Life of Rachel Corrie, Berkeley |
| Jan 26, 2005 | March & Rally in Protest of Jerry Brown's Curfew Policy Organized by Critical Resistance, Oakland |
| Jan 22, 2005 | Pro-Choice March, SF |
| Jan 20 , 2005 | Counter-Inaugural March Protesting George W. Bush, SF |
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| Dec 18, 2004 | Picket at Claremont Hotel in support of UNITE-HERE Local 2850, Oakland |
| Nov 20, 2004 | Moving picket at Hotels in support of locked-out workers from UNITE-HERE Local 2, SF |
| Nov 13, 2004 | Rally with Justice in Palestine Coalition, "Targets of Empire", SF |
| Nov 2, 2004 | Dia de Los Muertos Procession with Oya Nike Botanica/Cultural Center, SF |
| Oct 22, 2004 | Moving picket at Hotels in support of locked-out workers from UNITE-HERE Local 2, SF |
| Oct 17, 2004 | Bernal Heights "Fiesta on the Hill," SF |
| May 30, 2004 | Carnaval with Pocos Locos of Loco Bloco, SF |
| May 1, 2004 | Multi-cultural family picnic at Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School, SF |
| Mar 28, 2004 | Cesar Chavez Day Parade, SF |
| Mar 20, 2004 | Anti-war march, SF |
| Mar 7, 2004 | Picket at Safeway with UFCW, Oakland |
| Feb 22, 2004 | Picket at Safeway with UFCW, SF |
| Jan 17, 2004 | Dr. Martin Luther King Labor Heritage Festival, Burlingame |
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| Oct 26, 2003 | Red / Black soccer match, Berkeley |
| Oct 25, 2003 | March Against Occupation, SF |
| Oct 22, 2003 | National Day Against Police Brutality, SF |
| Oct 4, 2003 | Food Not Bombs Serving / No on Prop 54, SF |
| Sep 28, 2003 | March Against Occupation, SF |
| Sep 14, 2003 | Red / Black soccer match, Berkeley |
| Sep 13, 2003 | Flyering against WTO, Ferry Building Farmer’s Market, SF |
| Sep 11, 2003 | Circles of Peace, SF |
| Sep 9, 2003 | March and Direct Action at Chevron Refinery / Solidarity with Anti-WTO Protests in Cancun, Mexico, Richmond |
| Aug 15, 2003 | Demonstration with outdoor screening of anti-war documentaries at Fox TV, Oakland |
| Aug 10, 2003 | March and Protest at Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore |
| Jul 19, 2003 | Protest at Bohemian Grove, Monte Rio |
| Jun 22, 2003 | March & Direct Action at USDA / WTO Agriculture Minister’s Meeting, Sacramento |
| Jun ?, 2003 | Shut down of Oakland Docks to protest war profiteering , Oakland |
| Jun 5, 2003 | Direct Action at Bechtel HQ, SF |
| May 29, 2003 | Rally against media consolidation in FCC, Clear Channel, SF |
| May 25, 2003 | Carnaval block party in the Mission District, SF |
| May 2, 2003 | Protest George W. Bush visit at United Technologies, Santa Clara |
| May 1, 2003 | MAY DAY Support for Hotel workers at the Claremont with HERE Local 2850, Oakland |
| Apr 27, 2003 | Concert at Mission Cultural Center with community poets and musicians, SF |
| Apr 26, 2003 | Benefit for New College group going to Ecuador, SF |
| Apr 22, 2003 | Direct Action at Lockheed-Martin, Sunnyvale |
| Apr 12, 2003 | March Against War on Iraq, SF |
| Apr 7, 2003 | Direct Action at the Oakland Docks to protest war profiteering, Oakland |
| Apr 5, 2003 | March Against War on Iraq, Oakland |
| Mar 27, 2003 | Anarchist Cafe, SF |
| Mar 20-21, 2003 | Direct Actions to interrupt the war machine, SF (BLO goes to jail with 2500 others) |
| Mar 3, 2003 | Lysistrata Project, Oakland |
| Mar 1, 2003 | “Rock Out Against War” street performance, SF |
| Feb 25, 2003 | Support for Coalition of Imokalee farm workers in Florida, Boycott Taco Bell, SF |
| Feb 15, 2003 | March Against War on Iraq, SF |
| Feb 14, 2003 | Direct Action to shut down Pacific Stock Exchange, SF |
| Jan 18, 2003 | March Against War on Iraq, SF |
| Jan 17, 2003 | Art opening, Mission Cultural Center, SF |
| Oct 28, 2002 | Bay Area Social Forum, SF |
| Oct 26, 2002 | No War on Iraq March, ANSWER, SF |
| Sep 28, 2002 | Palestine Solidarity March, SF |
| Sep 14, 2002 | No War on Iraq March, ANSWER, SF |
| Sep 7, 2002 | March for Racial Justice to the RJ911 Concert in Golden Gate Park, SF |
| Jun 6, 2002 | March Against War (Not In Our Name), Berkeley |
| Apr 20, 2002 | March Against War, ANSWER, SF |
| Mar 24, 2002 | Cesar Chavez Day March, SF |
| Mar 8, 2002 | Taco Bell Boycott March with the Coalition of Imokalee Workers, Mission Street, SF |
