21+ event
Valid photo ID required
Alcohol free event
This event will not serve alcohol
About
ivy room presents
TUESDAY MAY 28TH
(a part of the ivy riot concert series)
A showcase of queer Bay Area songwriters followed by a moderated panel discussion about their work, their communities, and how to make our musical world a better, more joyful, and more connective place.
Doors 7:00pm / Show 7:30pm
$12 Advance / $15 Day of Show
IVY ROOM
860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+
(ADA Seating available upon request, contact us)
(Masks welcomed and encouraged)
IVY RIOT
Ivy Riot! Unleashing QTPOC power through music, workshops and community!
IVY RIOT! will be a Queer focused, month long wellness and development program which includes but not limited to, LGBTQIA+ live music events, comedy shows, activist panels, job fairs and mental health support workshops. Ivy Room’s program will be held in and around the month of June 2024 in celebration of Pride. We wholeheartedly desire to be the hub for the LGBTQIA+ community in the Bay Area and strongly believe in the necessity of having a safe open space to belong to.
For more information about the series and our calendar, please visit the series page.
ROWAN KATZ
The woods stands at attention. The bark glistens underneath the sun’s soft gaze. The leaves capture droplets of sorrow on their skin, but that’s not what has your attention ⎯⎯ at first. Deep rustic burgundy crackles and pops, imprinting an image of strength and striking beauty. Rowan Katz‘s eyes waver, ever so slightly, a moment of uncertainty caught on film, and their skin is damaged but with a sweet complexion. They’re made of molecules that burn, gold and silvery pixie dust cast in between each tree. “I haven’t healed at all,” they whisper in wispy and weathered frowns. “Still Here” is not an end but a means to one. It’s the bookend of their debut extended play, a seven-track confessional of rawness scavenged from underneath their fingertips which show blood and bone and brokenness and dirt and gravel. She cuts the wounds back open, retelling the gruesome tale, “For a month, I could not sleep / I had nightmares of an unborn child / I was bursting at the seams, caught in a war fought between tame and wild…” Violet, as it’s appropriately titled, illustrates the very salt-of-the-earth mythos of a troubled soul whose life was nearly snuffed out at the hands of foam-mouthed, savage, beastly, barking dogs. They learn to slay their demons to better understand their own identity, their wants and needs, and what should come next in their life.
ELIZABETH LUBIN
Elizabeth's songwriting is a catalyst for contemplation, her rhythms a rootsy homage to intimacy. There is a tenderness in this music that feels like the kin of your own heartbeat. The melodies are digging for the roots of the ancestral, seeking new growth and healing to replace where a stump beholden to a discouraged heart once stood.
MAIIA
Maiia is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter and producer who enjoys pulling in choral, pop, jazz, folk, and electronic influences. She is currently working on an album about grief that she hopes to release later this year, and aims to spread solace, comfort, and resonance through her lyrics and harmonies.
Pillow Talk: Music and Community Building with Songwriters of the East Bay
TBD
Ivy Room
860 San Pablo Avenue At Solano, Albany, CA 94706
Tickets
Pillow Talk: Music and Community Building with Songwriters of the East Bay
TBD
Ivy Room
860 San Pablo Avenue At Solano, Albany, CA 94706
Tickets
21+ event
Valid photo ID required
Alcohol free event
This event will not serve alcohol
About
ivy room presents
TUESDAY MAY 28TH
(a part of the ivy riot concert series)
A showcase of queer Bay Area songwriters followed by a moderated panel discussion about their work, their communities, and how to make our musical world a better, more joyful, and more connective place.
Doors 7:00pm / Show 7:30pm
$12 Advance / $15 Day of Show
IVY ROOM
860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+
(ADA Seating available upon request, contact us)
(Masks welcomed and encouraged)
IVY RIOT
Ivy Riot! Unleashing QTPOC power through music, workshops and community!
IVY RIOT! will be a Queer focused, month long wellness and development program which includes but not limited to, LGBTQIA+ live music events, comedy shows, activist panels, job fairs and mental health support workshops. Ivy Room’s program will be held in and around the month of June 2024 in celebration of Pride. We wholeheartedly desire to be the hub for the LGBTQIA+ community in the Bay Area and strongly believe in the necessity of having a safe open space to belong to.
For more information about the series and our calendar, please visit the series page.
ROWAN KATZ
The woods stands at attention. The bark glistens underneath the sun’s soft gaze. The leaves capture droplets of sorrow on their skin, but that’s not what has your attention ⎯⎯ at first. Deep rustic burgundy crackles and pops, imprinting an image of strength and striking beauty. Rowan Katz‘s eyes waver, ever so slightly, a moment of uncertainty caught on film, and their skin is damaged but with a sweet complexion. They’re made of molecules that burn, gold and silvery pixie dust cast in between each tree. “I haven’t healed at all,” they whisper in wispy and weathered frowns. “Still Here” is not an end but a means to one. It’s the bookend of their debut extended play, a seven-track confessional of rawness scavenged from underneath their fingertips which show blood and bone and brokenness and dirt and gravel. She cuts the wounds back open, retelling the gruesome tale, “For a month, I could not sleep / I had nightmares of an unborn child / I was bursting at the seams, caught in a war fought between tame and wild…” Violet, as it’s appropriately titled, illustrates the very salt-of-the-earth mythos of a troubled soul whose life was nearly snuffed out at the hands of foam-mouthed, savage, beastly, barking dogs. They learn to slay their demons to better understand their own identity, their wants and needs, and what should come next in their life.
ELIZABETH LUBIN
Elizabeth's songwriting is a catalyst for contemplation, her rhythms a rootsy homage to intimacy. There is a tenderness in this music that feels like the kin of your own heartbeat. The melodies are digging for the roots of the ancestral, seeking new growth and healing to replace where a stump beholden to a discouraged heart once stood.
MAIIA
Maiia is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter and producer who enjoys pulling in choral, pop, jazz, folk, and electronic influences. She is currently working on an album about grief that she hopes to release later this year, and aims to spread solace, comfort, and resonance through her lyrics and harmonies.
Tickets
Tickets