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Sweet Relief Presents: An Evening to Honor Joan Baez at The Masonic in San Francisco

12/17/2024

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SWEET RELIEF ANNOUNCES BENEFIT CONCERT HONORING JOAN BAEZ
FEBRUARY 8 AT MASONIC AUDITORIUM IN SAN FRANCISCO

FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY JOAN BAEZ, EMMYLOU HARRIS, HOZIER,
ROSANNE CASH, MARGO PRICE, BONNIE RAITT, TOM MORELLO, JOE
HENRY, LUCINDA WILLIAMS, TAJ MAHAL

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS + MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED
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TICKETS ON SALE DECEMBER 20

New York, NY (December 17, 2024) - Sweet Relief Musicians Fund announces an upcoming benefit
concert, celebrating the legacy of legendary folk singer Joan Baez, on February 8, at Masonic
Auditorium in San Francisco. Confirmed performers include Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, Hozier,
Rosanne Cash, Margo Price, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Morello, Joe Henry, Lucinda Williams, Taj
Mahal
with surprise guests and additional performers to be announced shortly. Tickets for the event
will be on sale December 20.
Joan Baez has endured as a musical force of nature for over six decades, with an unwavering
commitment to social activism and the arts. Her classic early 1960s folk recordings attracted a
generation who carried songs like “House Of the Rising Sun” and “Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You” into
the rock lexicon. She was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2017. Though Baez stopped
touring in 2019, she has been the subject of the film, I Am The Noise, and has released a book of
drawings, Am I Pretty When I Fly?, and a book of poetry, When You See My Mother, Ask Her To
Dance.

Emmylou Harris shares “So happy to be a part of celebrating my dear friend Joan Baez!"
Aric Steinberg, Executive Director at Sweet Relief Musicians Fund adds, “We’re beyond thrilled to
celebrate 30 years of Sweet Relief while honoring the great Joan Baez and her amazing career. Joan
has supported our charity for many years, and it’s a privilege to honor her this year alongside so many
incredible artists. It will be a night to remember and I’m so grateful to Joan and all of the performers
who will help ensure that our music community continues to have Sweet Relief as a resource for
emergency financial assistance.”

"Joan Baez is a mountain on our landscape, and has been for the entirety of my lifetime. As much as
any artist I know, she has dismantled the wall between public artistry and personal conviction
—investing each with the other, to create a body of work that, in the words of Woody Guthrie,
"comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.” Musical Director, Joe Henry, adds and
continues, “What a singular honor, then, for all us to gather in honor of her —and to benefit the heroic
organization Sweet Relief, that provides financial assistance to musicians in health crisis. Come
February 8th at San Francisco's historic Masonic Auditorium —in her name, and in these wicked
times— we will raise our voices as Joan has."

The February event is part of an ongoing series of shows presented by Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. It
serves as a follow-up to 2024’s Ramblin’ Jack Elliott tribute which featured performances by Nathaniel
Rateliff, Jackson Browne, John Oates, Mike Beck, and more. Surprise guests included Bobby Weir and
Joan Baez.

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Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides services and financial assistance for career musicians and
music industry professionals. Grants are earmarked for medical and vital living expenses, including
insurance premiums, prescriptions, medical treatment and operative procedures, housing costs, food
costs, utilities, and other basic necessities.
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12 Comments

Bianca Greer
12/19/2024 11:22:55 am

Helllo! I’m interested in purchasing tickets tomorrow but was curious what the difference between a normal ticket and a VIP ticket? Thanks for the help!!

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Kim Schurman
12/19/2024 01:59:56 pm

How do I buy tickets?

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Mike Berkowitz
12/19/2024 02:41:51 pm

Do VIP tickets include meet/pictures/reception w musicians? How do I purchase VIP tickets?

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bernadette planting
12/20/2024 09:01:41 am

Please let me know how to purchase a ticket for myself!

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Beth Wright
12/20/2024 02:00:42 pm

I was hoping to purchase a ticket for this show when they went on sale this morning, but the prices are totally out of reach for me given that I'd also need to pay for a flight from Tallahassee to San Francisco and find a place to stay there. And after spending all that money and traveling all that way, I'd definitely want to stay longer than overnight — especially given that I haven't been to San Francisco in decades

I understand that tickets are expensive because this is a benefit show. But I wish you could have found a way to reserve a certain number of seats for regular people at affordable prices. Or perhaps you could have created a lottery in which people might have to pay, for example, $100 or even $50 for a chance to win one of a limited number of tickets for this concert.

To me it defies logic that Joan Baez would want to cater to the wealthy. Ditto for Bonnie Raitt and probably most of the musicians who'll be on the stage. I say that knowing that the proceeds from this event will be going to people who need help. But I don't see why you can't find a way to help those who want to attend but aren't able to pay this much.

At minimum, I do hope this show will be recorded and streamed at a later date, perhaps with access requiring a more reasonable donation to Sweet Relief Musicians Fund or by asking people to donate in the chat. Astonishing amounts of money have been raised that way during some similar events I've attended virtually in the past.

I do hope you will consider doing something like what I have suggested for this or future shows in order to allow more of us — not just those who can afford nearly $800 for a ticket — to enjoy what promises to be an amazing event. Thank you.

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Mary Marshall
12/28/2024 08:29:39 pm

I would love to see these artists and I am an ardent Joan Baez fan. How do I purchase tickets???

Thank you - Mary

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Kim Roth link
12/30/2024 02:51:41 pm

I agree with Beth~ so sad to see this concert ‘sell out’ to either bots or the very wealthy. I am a huge fan of Joan Baez and it would have meant to the world for me to see her. I got online at 9:30am, into a ‘waiting room’ at 10:00am and then able to choose tickets at 10:01…every time I tried to purchase I was met with an error message :( within 8 minutes, the whole thing was ‘sold out’ . This is really a shame.
Can we just go back to camping out on line at the record store?

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AB
2/3/2025 06:55:28 pm

The same thing happened to me, and every single time I tried to buy them, I had to start the process over because it said the tickets I selected were no longer available. Checked resale markets a few hours later (yes - the same day!) and tons of tickets were already being resold by scalpers.

I sent an email to the event organizers and LiveNation with links to the resale tickets, particularly because there was an explicit request to resell tickets on the face value exchange.

No response from the organizers.

I know they only wanted the money and didn't care who bought the tickets, but it made me feel like I did something...seems pointless to buy overpriced tickets when my money would go into a scalper's pocket rather than to the charity <shrugs>

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Scott Benson
1/1/2025 11:52:45 pm

Is it possible to set up a live stream of this event? I am sure you could sell many tickets to a live stream, which would help enhance the funding for Sweet Relief. I am not sure what platform would work, but I do see that Freight and Salvage in Berkeley is live streaming some events.

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Leslie
1/9/2025 01:19:22 am

It looks like Hozier has been removed from the lineup, is that the case?

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Ronnie de Champs
2/11/2025 06:47:52 am

Hope the concert will be released in some way (cd or video) so many more people can enjoy ot

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Lou Judson
2/12/2025 11:31:18 am

So sad to see that the prices and the scalpers were so outrageous! It was even sadder that I live 15 miles away and only heard about it the day after! Hoping it will stream some day but it damn well better be free!

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