Front Porch CONNECTS
Where Music Meets Community
Mt. Diablo Side & Near the Bay
Benefit for Democracy at The Monkey House
Near the Bay Acoustic / Singer-Songwriter, Folk / Americana
Oct
17
7p – 9:30p
Date
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Town
Berkeley
Cover / Tickets
Sliding Scale $20 - $2000
Benefit for Democracy
Top-Flight Songwriters Fighting Fascism
Alexis Harte, Shelley Doty, Maurice Tani, Eric Dinn
Proceeds go to Flip The Vote
The Monkey House
1638 University Ave, Berkeley, CA
Doors at 7, Show at 7:30, BYOB
Sliding Scale Contribution: $20-$2000
🎸 About Maurice Tani
I'm a singer-songwriter based here in the Bay Area. I've released quite a few albums over the last two decades, the most recent three on the Little Village label. My material consists of original songs influenced by cool jazz, sophisticated pop, a dark, film noir narrative style and a looming shadow of the Great American Songbook. I generally use a four to five piece band - piano, upright bass, drums, myself on guitar and occasionally a female vocalist (I enjoy writing for the female perspective and male-female duets). I'm most at home in seated, listening rooms where I can connect…
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Front Porch CONNECTS is made possible by the California Arts Council, the Community Foundation of Lafayette, the Peaceful World Foundation, and by our wonderful community of Bay Area musicians and music fans.