brass liberation orchestraEvents
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(Last updated: 9 August 2010)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).
| Aug 29, 2010 | Opera Piccola Fundraiser: Support arts education in Oakland public schools |
| Jun 20, 2010 | Picket of Israeli ships at the Port of Oakland |
| Jun 19, 2010 | Pride at work protest at Alcatraz Cruises |
| Jun 17, 2010 | Queers protest Israeli Consulate's Sponsorship of LGBT Film Festival |
| Jun 12, 2010 | once more into the Castlewood Country Club |
| May 24, 2010 | No on Prop 16 rally |
| May 23, 2010 | Mahala Live! Voice of Roma with Rumen Shopov & members of the Brass Liberation Orchestra |
| May 10, 2010 | anti sit/lie action at SF city hall |
| May 9, 2010 | Worker's hunger strike at Castlewood Country Club |
| May 8, 2010 | Don't get caught in a Bad Hotel flashmob action |
| Apr 29, 2010 | Oakland Education Association Teachers Strike |
| Apr 28, 2010 | Rally against San Francisco's proposed Sit-Lie Ordinance |
| Apr 27, 2010 | Bank Accountability Action at Wells Fargo shareholder's meeting |
| Apr 24, 2010 | Band Member Wedding |
| Apr 24, 2010 | with Voice of Roma contingent in Apple Blossom Parade |
| Apr 23, 2010 | F___ Castlewood Country Club, Stop trying to starve out your workers |
| Apr 19, 2010 | Rally for SF8 |
| Apr 17, 2010 | March in Haight-Ashburry to oppose Sit/Lie Ordinance |
| Apr 10, 2010 | Seranade for Teacher's Union March Enroute to Sacramento |
| Apr 8, 2010 | Oscar Grant Direct Action at Embarcadero Bart |
| Apr 4, 2010 | Homes Not Jail March |
| Mar 27, 2010 | Day of action against the proposed SF anti-Sit/Lie ordinance |
| Mar 19, 2010 | Support OAK 100 Talent Show |
| Mar 12, 2010 | Anarchist Cafe |
| Mar 5, 2010 | Emergency action in support of locked-out workers at Castlewood Country Club |
| Mar 4, 2010 | Statewide day of action to defend our schools march with UESF |
| Feb 25, 2010 | Haiti Fundraiser - Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Workers |
| Feb 25, 2010 | Emergency action in support of locked-out workers at Castlewood Country Club |
| Feb 22, 2010 | Ralley to support JR, defendant from Oscar Grant protests |
| Feb 14, 2010 | Mad Love benefit for the Icarus Project |
| Feb 5, 2010 | Busking for Hati |
| Feb 5, 2010 | Columbia Park Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year Event |
| Jan 24, 2010 | Busking to raise $ for health programs in Hati |
| Jan 23, 2010 | Bay Area Coaliton on Our Reproductive Rights March |
| Jan 20, 2010 | Western Regional Advocacy Project March |
| Jan 5, 2010 | Local 2 hotel worker march |
2009 | |
| Dec 31, 2009 | New year's eve romp in the Mission |
| Dec 12, 2009 | Ann Braden anti-racist training graduation |
| Dec 7, 2009 | Support rally for JR, journalist arrested in Oscar Grant protests |
| Nov 30, 2009 | Kid's Climate Justice Parade |
| Nov 29, 2009 | with Voice of Roma @ Amnesia Bar |
| Nov 19, 2009 | Unite/HERE 2850 Oakland Labor March |
| Nov 13, 2009 | March for Domestic Worker Rights with Mujeres Unidas y Activas |
| Oct 28, 2009 | Direct Action to Win Single Payer Health Care |
| Oct 22, 2009 | Homes Not Jails Benefit @ Sub-MIsson Art Space |
| Oct 22, 2009 | National day of protest to Stop Police Brutality |
| Oct 15, 2009 | Ralley for Single Payer Healthcare at Obama Appearence |
| Oct 8, 2009 | Bringin' the Love Fundraiser for the B.L.O. with Charming Hostess and Loco Bloco |
| Oct 4, 2009 | UNITE HERE Local 2850 Picket at the Oakland Coliseum |
| Sep 25, 2009 | Pro-health care flash-mob protest at Whole Foods |
| Sep 24, 2009 | UC Berkley student/staff walkout against budget cuts |
| Sep 20, 2009 | Bacchanal de Afrique Fundraiser/Party for KPFA's Africa Today |
| Sep 10, 2009 | Coalition on Homelessness Street Sheet Benefit Party |
| Sep 7, 2009 | Local 2 Labor Day March |
| Jul 31, 2009 | ACORN anti-forclosure action in W. Oakland |
| Jul 30, 2009 | San Francisco Songbird Festival @ El Rio |
| Jul 25, 2009 | One Fam Bike 4 Life |
| Jun 28, 2009 | Busking after SF Pride festival |
| Jun 18, 2009 | Local 2 Hotel Picket |
| Jun 17, 2009 | Playing at Bayview farmer's market |
| Jun 10, 2009 | Real Deal or No Deal: March for Budget Justice in San Francisco |
| Jun 8, 2009 | Rally for SF 8 at SF county jail |
| May 26, 2009 | Rally for Oscar Grant's pre-trial hearing |
| May 12, 2009 | Silver Tsunami Protest of budget cuts affecting the Elderly |
| May 2, 2009 | Pride at Work benefit @ El Rio |
| May 1, 2009 | San Francisco Mayday Imigrant Rights march |
| Apr 25, 2009 | Apple Blossom Parade in Sebastapol with Voice of Roma |
| Apr 17, 2009 | Ferment Change Spring Music Festival |
| Apr 3, 2009 | Celebration of international Romani day, organized by Voice of Roma |
| Apr 2, 2009 | Mission district budget cuts protest march |
| Mar 25, 2009 | Local 2850 hotel workers rally @ Concord Holiday Inn |
| Mar 24, 2009 | Kick-off for march to repeal Prop 8 |
| Mar 15, 2009 | SeBRASStopol Brass Band Blow Out |
| Mar 13, 2009 | Anarchist Cafe |
| Mar 13, 2009 | Berkeley Teachers Union Rally |
| Mar 6, 2009 | Busking at Oakland Art Murmur |
| Feb 24, 2009 | Local 2 hotel worker's march |
| Feb 12, 2009 | Oakland Education Association rally against cuts |
| Feb 6, 2009 | Performace collaboration with La Melodia, Loco Bloco, D-Fuse, and Columbia Park Boys & Girls Club |
| Feb 3, 2009 | SF Teachers' Union (USSF) protest of education budget cuts |
| Jan 24, 2009 | Counter-demo for anti-choice march |
| Jan 14, 2009 | Justice for Oscar Grant March organized by CAPE |
| Jan 13, 2009 | Rally with Coalition to Save Public Health |
| Jan 5, 2009 | San Francisco Gaza/Palestine solidarity march |
2008 | |
| Dec 31, 2008 | New Year's Eve romp through the mission |
| Dec 14, 2008 | at Amnesia bar |
| Dec 6, 2008 | Fundraiser party for PathfinderPress |
| Nov 7, 2008 | Benefit for arts program @ SF LGBT community Center |
| Oct 31, 2008 | March and Rally against ICE Raids |
| Oct 26, 2008 | Musical Flyering for Prop B |
| Oct 22, 2008 | Benefit for Alemany Farm put on by Party Corps |
| Oct 13, 2008 | Honk!+ in Providence RI |
| Oct 10, 2008 | HONK! Festival |
| Oct 4, 2008 | Oakland Black Cowboy Parade |
| Oct 1, 2008 | Rally to Support "People's Plan" for SF development |
| Sep 25, 2008 | Emergency protest against the Minutmen SF |
| Sep 14, 2008 | @ Amnesia Bar with Japonize Elephants |
| Sep 7, 2008 | Parade for Hornucopia Festival |
| Aug 29, 2008 | No Business As Usual - Katrina Anniversary Action |
| Jul 26, 2008 | Pride at work's Genderful Gala to protest HRC's selling out Trans folk |
| Jul 22, 2008 | March for Good Jobs and Clean Air at the Port of Oakland |
| Jul 19, 2008 | Anti-ICE taqueria workers benefit BBQ |
| Jul 18, 2008 | Playing for AFSCME UC Berkeley Strike Picket |
| Jul 17, 2008 | @ the rickshaw stop with Mucca Pazza |
| 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 |
2007 | |
| Dec 28, 2007 | La Plebe & friends at La Pena |
| Dec 14, 2007 | New Orleans 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 |
2006 |
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| Dec 11, 2006 | UNITE-HERE Local 2850 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 R esisters 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's 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 (Act Against Torture), Downtown SF |
| 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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2005 |
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| Nov 13, 2005 | Presentation by organizer from Queer Beograd (Belgrade, Serbia), 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 | SEIU United Healthcare Workers picket at California 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 & Grand 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 against proposed Oakland curfew organized by Critical Resistance, Oakland |
| Jan 22, 2005 | Pro-Choice March, SF |
| Jan 20, 2005 | Counter-Inaugural Protest March, SF |
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2004 |
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| Dec 18, 2004 | Picket at Claremont Hotel in support of UNITE-HERE Local 2850, Oakland |
| Nov 20, 2004 | UNITE-HERE Local 2 pickets supporting locked-out hotel workers, 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 | UNITE-HERE Local 2 pickets supporting locked-out hotel workers, 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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2003 |
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| Oct 26, 2003 | Communist vs. Anarchist 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 | Communist vs. Anarchist 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 | Solidarity with Anti-WTO Protests in Cancun, Mexico / March and Direct Action at Chevron Refinery, 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 at Clear Channel and FCC offices, 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 as US launches war in Iraq (BLO goes to jail with 2500 others!), SF |
| Mar 3, 2003 | Lysistrata Project, Oakland |
| Mar 1, 2003 | “Rock Out Against War” street performance, SF |
| Feb 25, 2003 | Taco Bell boycott in support of Florida's Coalition of Imokalee Farm Workers, 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 |
2002 |
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| 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 |
