“The Annex Sessions” will continue our music series held at El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex (The Annex) on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 6-8:30pm with
Ruben Blanco Hurtado & Friends
Ruben Blanco Hurtado – piano and flute
Orestes Vilato – percussion
Steve Senft-Herrera – bass
Sandra Poindexter – violin
And special guests!
We’re turning The Annex into Habana Cuba for the evening. It will be as if you were walking through the streets of old Habana. listening to son cubano, a bolero and more.
Our music will consist of Cuban standards, dance tunes, boleros, and cha cha chas.
The group consists of The Great Orestes Vilato, world renown percussionist, on bass there is Steve Senft – Herrra, who has worked with all the top groups in the bay area, Sandra Poindexter on violin and Ruben Blanco Hurtado on piano and flute plus he promises he will have a special guest.
www.RubenHurtadoLatinMusic.com
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Natural Grocery Company is proud to present this series in partnership with SunJams and Javier Navarrette Music Productions.
SunJams is committed to funding children’s music education in underserved public elementary schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program.
All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 – any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing music to our community! As always, your donation to SunJams 501(c)3 may qualify as tax exempt.
Javier Navarrette Music Productions continues to bring live music to several venues around the Bay Area. Javier has been a professional musician and music educator in the Oakland Unified School District for the past 20 years. Over the past few years Navarrette has produced outdoors events that have proven instrumental in enabling musicians to deal with some of the fallout of the pandemic and shutdown that followed.
COVID RELATED SAFETY MEASURES
Please be safe. Feel free to wear a mask if you prefer.
TICKETS
Tickets are NOT required for this venue, you can simply come in, order food and beverages at the Annex counter and pay at the register.