Women’s Audio Mission (WAM) presents Local Sirens at the Parks at 5M, featuring performances by the formidable female powerhouse, Skip The Needle, who will be headlining the show, supported by Oakland native rapper, STONI, and a live DJ set by DJ Bitesize.
FREE - ALL AGES
Parking is limited. We advise you arrive by public transportation or rideshare service.
We also encourage a picnic blanket for seating and layers for windy/foggy weather.
Public park rules apply.
*****
SKIP THE NEEDLE
Skip the Needle is a supergroup featuring bassist/vocalist Vicki Randle, guitarist/vocalists Katie Cash and Shelley Doty, and drummer/vocalist Kofy Brown, whose members bring a wealth of musical experience to the table, including Randle’s nearly 20-year run as the percussionist/vocalist with Branford Marsalis‘ band on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and her more recent extended stint as a backing vocalist in Mavis Staples‘ live band. Skip the Needle delivers impressionable original tunes deeply rooted in social justice with tight harmonies, shredding guitar solos, and searing lead vocals, like “Sly Stone, Jimi Hendrix, Chrissie Hynde, and Chaka Khan” jamming together.
Watch them perform "We Ain't Never Going Back" and "Black Lives."
*****
STONI
Flaunting vicious flows and a player-like persona, STONI can hold her own with some of rap’s top-tier artists. Born and raised in Oakland, the California native grew up with a passion for poetry and writing. Already making a lasting impression with her unofficial release “Kirk Franklin Freestyle” with friend Rayana Jay, Stoni is gearing up to take the Bay Area and the whole industry by storm.
Check out Stoni in action here.
*****
DJ BITESIZE
Bitesize is a Pinay DJ from the Bay Area. Starting at 17 years old Bitesize owned a pair of turntables and a mixer, which began her -turntablism and mixing- DJ journey. Bitesize is a two-time DJ battle champion in the local Bay Area scene. She rocks numerous venues in the Bay from SF to SJ to LA and even out of state. Her sound is a mixture of new school to old school while adding flavors of all genres you can vibe and dance to with some turntablism tricks and scratches.
Go behind the scenes with DJ Bitesize here.
*****
Local Sirens is a free, all-ages quarterly performance series that celebrates exceptional Bay Area women and gender-expansive musicians and artists. Local Sirens has presented the work of 75+ women and gender-diverse artists and reached over 7,500 attendees at local venues, including Brava, The Rickshaw Stop, Dolby, The New Parish, and more.
Local Sirens is made possible thanks in part to grants from the San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the Fleishhacker Foundation, and the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation.
Thank you to Brookfield Properties, who recently completed 5M in SoMa, including The Parks at 5M, The George apartment building, 415 Natoma office building, and 447 Minna, which it donated to CAST for arts and cultural uses.