Please join us for a very special concert on Friday, May 11th. We have a great line-up for performers in a cool space, the Center for Sex & Culture in San Francisco, and it’s all to support the AIDS/Lifecycle ride.

The AIDS/Lifecycle is a 7-day, 545 mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles that raises money for the HIV and AIDS services of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. This year, Conspiracy of Beards member Christopher Pepper will be riding and this show will help support him on his ride. More info on the ride can be found at http://www.aidslifecycle.org/.

About the performers:

CONSPIRACY OF BEARDS

The Conspiracy of Beards is a 30-member male choir from San Francisco that performs gritty, original arrangements of the songs of Leonard Cohen. The choir has had a string of acclaimed performances at Bay Area venues including Cafe du Nord, the Great American Music Hall, and The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and was selected to perform at the 2011 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. They’ve been featured on National Public Radio, KQED-TV, and Time Out New York. The Las Vegas Sun says “Like its inspiration, the group is deeply sincere, humble and humorous.”

More info:
http://www.conspiracyofbeards.com
http://www.youtube.com/conspiracyofbeards
http://www.facebook.com/Conspiracy.O.Beards

ERIN BRAZILL
Erin Brazill is a singer-songwriter from San Francisco who writes lovely, darkly vintage music with noir-ish themes, complicated rhythms and back alley chord progressions. Erin has recently written an entire suite of songs based on Alfred Hitchcock movies, paying homage to the master of suspense with songs that wind through themes of victimhood, villainy, love and horror all in 20 minutes of lush composition. She and her band have toured Europe, California and have played in San Francisco at Yoshi’s, Cafe Du Nord, Amnesia, The Rickshaw Stop and The Noir City Film Festival.

More info:
http://www.erinbrazill.com
http://www.facebook.com/erinbrazillandthebrazillionaires

FANCY DAN
The son of a preacher and a teacher, Fancy Dan Nordheim got his start in the Michigan garage rock band The Blanks. Now based in San Francisco, he’s released two albums with the Fancy Dan Band. Dan plays a combination of rock & roll, blues, country, soul and gospel to make an original sound that is undeniably American. The San Francisco Chronicle says “The Fancy Dan Band’s sound feels like you’re pushing the girl you love on a swing. She’s barefoot and wearing a summer dress and all you can do is smile because you know you’re going to get to kiss her on those sweet lips when she’s done swinging.”

More info:
http://www.fancydanband.com

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Admission: $10-$25 sliding scale. Those who donate $25 or more get a limited edition Conspiracy of Beards CD as a thank you.
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Can’t attend but still want to support? You can make donations directly: here: http://tinyurl.com/PepperALC