Wednesday, July 3, 2013

SUN RA ARKESTRA UPDATE

The Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen is expanding its West Coast tour to include a Santa Cruz, CA concert on Friday, August 2, 2013 when it arrives at the Kuumbwa Center as part of its 2013 World Tour. This appearance adds to the west coast swing that features Arkestra shows at the Victoria Theater in San Francisco on Saturday, August 3, 2013, and at the world famous Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, August 4, 2013.

At the August 2, 2013 Santa Cruz, CA manifestation of the Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen, the Black Spirituals will open for the Arkestra. The San Francisco concert on August 3, 2013 will have the Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen headlining the event, which also includes the sfSoundGroup performing Penderecki's composition for Don Cherry's Jazz Orchestra and Hans Grusel's Krankenkabinet's quartet of strings and electronics. The Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen will share the bill in Los Angeles, CA on August 4, 2013 with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and also with Oliver Mtukudzi.

Sun Ra Arkestra fans are encouraged to get tickets in advance for its USA west coast concerts. The Hollywood Bowl is quickly filling its 6,000 seat facility with 17 sections already sold out, 10 sections with single seats only, and 29 sections remaining with available seating. The San Francisco and Santa Cruz appearances will attract the multitudes of Northern California fans that have been enthusiastically requesting that the Arkestra return to their area.

The upcoming itinerary dates for the Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen 2013 World Tour are:

July 17, 2013 - Soho Factory, Minska 25, Warsaw, Poland. 
August 2, 2013 - Kuumbwa Center, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz, CA.
August 3, 2013 - Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th Street, San Francisco, CA. 
August 4, 2013 - Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA.
August 21, 2013 - Sala Apolo, Nou de la Rambla 113, Barcelona, Spain.
August 23 - 27, 2013 - Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St., Dalston, London, England, United Kingdom.
August 31, 2013 - Sardinia, Italy.
September 21, 2013 - Philadelphia, PA.
October 5, 2013 - The Allen Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Time Warner Building, Columbus Circle, Broadway & 60th Street, NY, NY. 

For additional information about the Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen, including Tourdates, CD Releases, Arkestra Member Bios, Multimedia, Weblinks, and Arkestra Booking Information, please visit:


Greg Drusdow, Communications & Public Relations
Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen

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