Tuesday, May 13
John Santos with poet Genny Lim and other guests at a benefit house party for two exciting mural projects that will raise awareness internationally regarding the situation in Palestine and relationships of solidarity and the role of culture in resilience and resistance. The Break the Silence Mural Project will be traveling to the West Bank town of Birzeit in May to begin painting. They need to raise funds to cover travel and expenses. In addition to Muralist Susan Greene speaking about the project and showing pictures, we will have food, poetry and fabulous music. 6:00 - 8:00pm. 90 Castro Street at 14th, San Francisco, CA If you can't make it, we'll take checks no amount too small or too large! Checks should be made out to:

Saturday, May 17
Eastside Arts Alliance presents the 8th annual Malcolm X Jazz/Arts Festival with The John Santos Quintet (12:30), Freedom Now! Band featuring Howard Wiley, the Ambrose Akinmusire Project featuring Goapele, the Muziki Roberson Quintet with vocalist Dwight Trible, plus much more for children and the whole family. 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM. San Antonio Park, 18th Ave & Foothill, Oakland, CA (510) 533-6629 www.eastsideartsalliance.org

Saturday, May 17
The International Healing Arts & Sciences Institute presents Songbird - A Tribute to Eva Cassidy. Live recording project and benefit concert for women with cancer featuring vocalists Amikaeyla Proudfoot and Trelawny Rose with John Santos, Wayne Wallace, Deszon Claiborn, David Belove, Vince Mellone and Simon Rochester. The Women's Cancer Resource Center in Oakland & Women C.A.R.E. in Santa Cruz are the beneficiaries. 8:00 Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320-2 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz, Ca, CA 95060 email: songbirdtribute@gmail.com web: www.songbirdtribute.com

Sunday, May 18
12TH ANNUAL JAZZ ON 4TH STREET FESTIVAL BENEFIT FOR BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ PROGRAMS Presented by KCSM/Jazz 91 and 4th Street Merchants featuring E.C. SCOTT KHALIL SHAHEED QUINTET JOHN SANTOS QUINTET (2:45) & THE AWARD-WINNING BERKELEY HIGH JAZZ ORCHESTRA & COMBOS Noon - 5:00pm On 4th Street in Berkeley, between Hearst & Virginia, FREE! www.fourthstreet.com 510.526.6294.

   June 2008

Sunday, June 1
As part of the 10th Annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz SextetPete Escovedo Ensemble with special guest, John Santos Noon. Recreation Park, Piper and University Streets in Healdsburg, CA www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org (707) 433-4644

Friday, June 6
The San Francisco International Arts Festival presents John Santos and Omar Sosa in Spirit, Tradition, and Imagination, a music lecture/demonstration. 8:00 at the Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission Street at 25th in SF, 94110. www.sfiaf.org (415) 399-9554

Saturday, June 7
The San Francisco International Arts Festival presents John Santos and Omar Sosa in Spirit, Tradition, and Imagination, a music lecture/demonstration. 8:00 at La Peņa Cultural Center, 3015 Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, CA, 94705. www.sfiaf.org (510) 849-2568 (415) 399-9554

Sunday, June 8
The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and The San Francisco International Arts Festival present Omar Sosa's Afreecanos Sextet with special guest John Santos and others in concert. 1:00 PM FREE. Yerba Buena Gardens, Mission Street at Third Street in SF. www.sfiaf.org (415) 399-9554

Sunday, June 29
Elio Villafranca/John Santos Quartet with Peter Barshay and David Flores at La Peņa Cultural Center, 3015 Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, CA, 94705. 7:00 PM (510) 849-2568

   July 2008

Monday, July 7
CD release with Wayne Wallace's Rhythm and Rhyme at Yoshi's in San Francisco. 1330 Fillmore St (between Eddy St & Ellis St) 94115 (415) 655-5600 www.yoshis.com 8:00 and 10:00 PM

July 19 thru 26
Faculty at Afro-Cuban Camp. Incredible week of Cuban drumming, dance and song. Faculty includes Francisco Aguabella, Lazaro Galarraga, Sandy Perez, Jesus Diaz, Silfredo LaO, Reynaldo Gonzalez, and many others. Humboldt State University, Arcata CA (707) 826-5774 ext. 1

   August 2008

Friday August 1 The John Santos Quintet in concert at the De Young Museum. 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive in the heart of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, 94118. www.famsf.org/deyoung

Friday August 1
The John Santos Quintet in concert at the De Young Museum. 6:30 to 8:30 PM 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive in the heart of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, 94118. www.famsf.org/deyoung (415) 750-7694 or (415) 750-7634

August 10 through 17
John Santos as part of faculty for the Cazadero Family Music Camp in Cazadero, CA, about an hour and a half north of San Francisco. www.cazadero.org/v2/