'California Honeydrops' Benefit Concert this Saturday in Alameda!

Fresh from selling out the Fillmore and performing live on legendary radio show, Prairie Home Companion, popular band The California Honeydrops invites the public to join them for a special benefit concert this Saturday night, November 15 @ 8 pm at Eagles Hall in Alameda. The Honeydrops are raising funds for local public charter school, the Alameda Community Learning Center (ACLC). For more info and to purchase tickets ($25-advance/$30-door) click on: the ACLC website, The California Honeydrops website or Brown Paper Tickets.

The California Honeydrops don’t just play music—they throw parties. Drawing on diverse musical influences from Bay Area R&B, funk, Southern soul, Delta blues, and New Orleans second-line, the Honeydrops bring vibrant energy and infectious dance-party vibes to their live shows. They’ve taken the party all over the world: on their nine European tours, to featured slots at such premiere festivals as Monterey Jazz, High Sierra, and Outside Lands, and performances in 2013 supporting B.B. King, Dr. John, Buddy Guy, and Allen Toussaint. Whether in those high-profile performances or in more intimate venues where the band itself can leave the stage and get down on the dance floor, the California Honeydrops’ shared vision and purpose remain: to make the audience dance and sing.

The Honeydrops have come a long way since guitarist and trumpeter Lech Wierzynkski and drummer Ben Malament started busking in an Oakland BART station, but the band has stayed true to that organic, street-level feel. With the additions of Johnny Bones on tenor sax and clarinet, Lorenzo Loera on keyboards, and Beau Bradbury on bass, they’ve built a powerful full-band sound to support Wierzynski’s vocals.