Homemade @Groundfloor
About this Groundfloor Gathering
Homemade comes to Groundfloor, with a stunning showcase of Bay Area talent. Bringing together five hand-picked music and spoken word artists with distinct voices and deeply personal approaches to storytelling, this night is rich with soul, integrity, and connection. We want you all to feel at home, make new friends, and leave hearts-full.
Ian Santillano is a Filipino-American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer whose genre-blurring sound weaves together alternative R&B, neo-soul, indie, folk, jazz, and funk. With virtuoso guitar work, soulful vocals, and emotions-bared songwriting, Ian creates intimate performances that explore identity, growth, love, and healing. https://www.instagram.com/ian_santillano/
SundaY is an Oakland-based singer, songwriter, and performer whose music blends contemporary R&B, soul, and hip-hop influences with effortless vocal warmth and emotional honesty. Her smooth, expressive style and captivating stage presence bring together soulful melodies, thoughtful lyricism, and an unmistakable authenticity. https://www.instagram.com/heythisissunday
Nytesia Ross is an award-winning poet and storyteller who has performed nationwide, from New York to California, including at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Her work has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered and at Stanford’s World House Documentary Film Festival. She has also spoken at notable events, including one honoring Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
https://www.instagram.com/nytesiaross
redella is a UK-born, Oakland-based singer-songwriter creating soulful alternative music that blends acoustic storytelling with angelic tones, emotional textures, and always a twist in the tale . Drawing on experiences performing from London's underground music scene to the Bay Area, she crafts songs that are intimate, powerful, and rich with emotion. https://www.instagram.com/redella.music/
Jawno is a soul singer-songwriter with roots in San Francisco, Texas, and Nigeria. Through uplifting songs that blend soul, storytelling, and heartfelt conviction, he invites audiences to imagine a world where we care more deeply for one another and for the planet we all call home. https://www.instagram.com/gardenradical/
Tickets: $10 advance / $15 door
Doors: 6.30
Music: 7 - 9p
Ian Santillano is a Filipino-American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer whose genre-blurring sound weaves together alternative R&B, neo-soul, indie, folk, jazz, and funk. With virtuoso guitar work, soulful vocals, and emotions-bared songwriting, Ian creates intimate performances that explore identity, growth, love, and healing. https://www.instagram.com/ian_santillano/
SundaY is an Oakland-based singer, songwriter, and performer whose music blends contemporary R&B, soul, and hip-hop influences with effortless vocal warmth and emotional honesty. Her smooth, expressive style and captivating stage presence bring together soulful melodies, thoughtful lyricism, and an unmistakable authenticity. https://www.instagram.com/heythisissunday
Nytesia Ross is an award-winning poet and storyteller who has performed nationwide, from New York to California, including at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Her work has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered and at Stanford’s World House Documentary Film Festival. She has also spoken at notable events, including one honoring Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
https://www.instagram.com/nytesiaross
redella is a UK-born, Oakland-based singer-songwriter creating soulful alternative music that blends acoustic storytelling with angelic tones, emotional textures, and always a twist in the tale . Drawing on experiences performing from London's underground music scene to the Bay Area, she crafts songs that are intimate, powerful, and rich with emotion. https://www.instagram.com/redella.music/
Jawno is a soul singer-songwriter with roots in San Francisco, Texas, and Nigeria. Through uplifting songs that blend soul, storytelling, and heartfelt conviction, he invites audiences to imagine a world where we care more deeply for one another and for the planet we all call home. https://www.instagram.com/gardenradical/
Tickets: $10 advance / $15 door
Doors: 6.30
Music: 7 - 9p
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