Concerts at the Cove Music Series Concludes This Friday

Announcement, photos submitted by Concerts at the Cove:

The 16th annual Concerts at the Cove music series concludes this Friday, August 14th beginning at 5:30 PMwith a distinctive local flavor. Home grown Soulstice will headline the show bringing its California Reggae sound to the meadow at the Crab Cove Visitors Center located at 1252 McKay Ave., Alameda. Alameda’s fiddling family The Barefoot Quales with Rory O’Neill are scheduled to play during intermission. Teo (9 yrs old) and Miles (11 yrs old) recently won awards at the prestigious National Old Time Fiddle Contest in Weiser, Idaho.

In addition to local music, food from Calafia Taqueria and Cafe Jolie will be available along with beverages from Rosemblum Cellars, R & B Cellars, Rock Wall Wine Company, Jeff Cohn Cellars, and Faction Brewing. Please no outside alcoholic beverages.

The Crab Cove Visitors Center will have special youth activities beginning at 4:30 PM., and local resident Alana Dill will offer facepainting for both kids and adults. Parking is available at Crown Memorial Beach located at the end of Otis Drive and free secure valet bike parking is provide by the Interact Club.

Concerts at the Cove is produced by The East Bay Regional Park District, the Regional Parks Foundation, and the Rotary Club of Alameda. All proceeds go to the Rotary Club of Alameda’s community grants program which gave out over $15,000 to local Alameda based nonprofits in 2014.

For more information regarding this Friday’s concert or to learn more about the Rotary Club of Alameda, please contact Jeff Cambra at jeffcambra@earthlink.net or (510) 865-7369.

Photo 1: Alameda grown Soulstice brings its classic reggae sound to Crab Cove as part of the Friday, August 14th Concert at the Cove. The family friendly free event starts at 5:30 PM. Band members include (l to r) Elliott Blake (bass), Mike Shiplet (percussion) Drew Howell (lead guitar) Akili Peyton (drums), Daniel Wright (keybords/trombone).

Photo 2: Local Alameda family band The Barefoot Quales – (l to r) Teo (9 yrs), Miles (11 yrs), Maria, Niko (6 yrs), and Christopher will play during intermission for the final Concert at the Cove on Friday, August 14th at Crab Cove. The free family friendly concert begins at 5:30 PM with Alameda’s own headliner Soulstice.

Photograph credit: Dave Weiland