Garden Party for St. John Coltrane Arts

​‘Garden-Party’ 1972/2026 is an outdoor sound & music and poetry-reading presentation in support of St. John Coltrane Arts Foundation.

​Join us in honoring John Coltrane’s Centennial birthday with the first event in a series of creative presentations and get-togethers in San Francisco in 2026.

​Interested in supporting St John Coltrane Arts Foundation and COVEN (501c3 arts nonprofit)? Donate here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/coven-x-garden-party--19722026
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‘Garden-Party’ 1972/2026 premiere presentations:

‘Garden-Party’ 1972/2026 San Francisco artists Archbishop Reverend Franzo Wayne King, Reverend Wanika King-Stephens & Antony Ty with Reverend Mother Marina King.

​Poetry Reading Presentation by 2021 San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin

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*Pete Brown Eagle Baca @ 3:15pm ‘Ghost Dance’ 1889/2026 with Native American flute & chant; live-direct from his cell @ California State High Desert Prison. Baca will also present a reading of a new poem ‘Gossip’ 2025.

​Chaplain David Van Winkle, presenting ‘Darkness Dreamed’ 2026

​Mauro Fortissimo with Deconstructed-Piano FlowerPiano.com

​Whitney Vangrin will be present throughout the entire series of presentations as a roving, abstract ‘essence,’ interacting with various performances. https://www.whitneyvangrin.com

​King Family Singers, Grandchildren of Archbishop Reverend King & Reverend Mother Marina King

Allison Lovejoy with Agneta Falk Hirschman AllisonLovejoy.com/bio/

​Featured visual artwork; ‘Coltrane’ 1972/2024 by Emory Douglas en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_Douglas

​M.C. - Wyatt Shaw

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​San Francisco artists also presenting:

​George Long

​Manny Berry

​Scott Bird

​Elektra Schmidt 

​Solomon Rino