Elevate Oakland Benefit Show (mon, 12/1/25) at Yoshi's Oakland

Join us for an inspiring evening of music, community, and celebration as we rally around the transformative power of music and creativity for our Oakland community. Enjoy performances by Elevate Oakland’s program youth, emerging young musicians, and special guest artists (to be announced). Meet and mingle with our students, teaching artists, and founders, and learn how our work continues to uplift and empower Oakland’s next generation of creators.
Guests will also have the chance to participate in a raffle and silent auction featuring exclusive prizes from our community partners. All proceeds support Elevate Oakland’s music and arts education programs in Oakland public schools. Help us reach our $100,000 year-end fundraising goal and ensure that every student has access to the joy and opportunity that music brings....

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Join us for an inspiring evening of music, community, and celebration as we rally around the transformative power of music and creativity for our Oakland community. Enjoy performances by Elevate Oakland’s program youth, emerging young musicians, and special guest artists (to be announced). Meet and mingle with our students, teaching artists, and founders, and learn how our work continues to uplift and empower Oakland’s next generation of creators.
Guests will also have the chance to participate in a raffle and silent auction featuring exclusive prizes from our community partners. All proceeds support Elevate Oakland’s music and arts education programs in Oakland public schools. Help us reach our $100,000 year-end fundraising goal and ensure that every student has access to the joy and opportunity that music brings.
Performances by:

Oakland Technical High School Jazz Ensemble
Castlemont High School Band Program
Edna Brewer Middle School Choir
Castlemont High School Choir
& More TBA

VIP Ticket Benefits:

Attend a pre-show cocktail reception (6pm-7pm) where you can mix and mingle with our founders, teaching artists, and leadership team. Enjoy an open bar & passed appetizers while supplies last.
Bring home a VIP Gift Bag
2 free raffle entries
Early auction bidding

About Elevate Oakland: 
Elevate Oakland is a nonprofit committed to ensuring that every Oakland public school student has access to culturally vibrant art and music education during the school day. Our mission to provide students with opportunities to engage in dynamic arts and music programming has led us to partner with more than 30 public schools to meet a wide variety of needs for more than 3,000 youth, ranging from the provision of musical instruments to designing and supporting music and arts curriculums in partnership with school staff and facilitating opportunities for students to learn and perform alongside local professional artists musicians.
Our work centers on underserved and marginalized students and youth in Oakland public schools whose music and arts programs have been most impacted by budget cuts, systemic barriers and inequities, and general lack of resources. By nature of our programming, we aid and partner with public school educators while supporting local artists and creatives financially as they provide instruction and mentorship for our students.

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