Sat February 14, 2026
Bossa Nova Valentine's Day at Jax Vineyards featuring Kai Lyons Duo
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at Jax Vineyards Tasting Room and Event Space
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This Valentine's Day, slip into our candle-lit tasting room to savor a luscious glass and celebrate love with your significant other. We invite you to an evening soundtracked by a silky bossa nova duo. Think soft, sultry guitar and rhythms that sway like a slow dance in Rio.
The night stars the romantic strumming of guitarist Kai Lyons. Raised in San Francisco's Excelsior District, Lyons completed his studies at Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in 2012 as the first to graduate from Asawa's acclaimed Classical Guitar Program. He received a full scholarship to study under jazz piano legend Mulgrew Miller at William Paterson University and later received his Bachelor of Arts in Music from San Francisco State University. Lyons has toured widely, performing in New York City, New Orleans, Brazil, Cuba, the Caribbean, and Ghana, played with Mike Clark and Donald Harrison of Herbie Hancock's Original Headhunters, and was featured in the San Francisco Ballet's production of Carmen.The performance is scheduled from 5:30pm-8:00pm. Admission is free, but reservations are required. To book, please reserve at https://www.exploretock.com/jaxvineyardssf or call the tasting room at (415) 446-9505.
Jax Jams is sponsored by Bay Area nonprofit Jazz in the Neighborhood. JiTN works to improve the economics of jazz performance in the Bay Area by presenting affordable concerts, paying musicians a guaranteed wage, and supporting the work of established and aspiring jazz artists. To support their mission, visit https://www.jazzintheneighborhood.org/donate.
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The night stars the romantic strumming of guitarist Kai Lyons. Raised in San Francisco's Excelsior District, Lyons completed his studies at Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in 2012 as the first to graduate from Asawa's acclaimed Classical Guitar Program. He received a full scholarship to study under jazz piano legend Mulgrew Miller at William Paterson University and later received his Bachelor of Arts in Music from San Francisco State University. Lyons has toured widely, performing in New York City, New Orleans, Brazil, Cuba, the Caribbean, and Ghana, played with Mike Clark and Donald Harrison of Herbie Hancock's Original Headhunters, and was featured in the San Francisco Ballet's production of Carmen.The performance is scheduled from 5:30pm-8:00pm. Admission is free, but reservations are required. To book, please reserve at https://www.exploretock.com/jaxvineyardssf or call the tasting room at (415) 446-9505.
Jax Jams is sponsored by Bay Area nonprofit Jazz in the Neighborhood. JiTN works to improve the economics of jazz performance in the Bay Area by presenting affordable concerts, paying musicians a guaranteed wage, and supporting the work of established and aspiring jazz artists. To support their mission, visit https://www.jazzintheneighborhood.org/donate.
This Valentine's Day, slip into our candle-lit tasting room to savor a luscious glass and celebrate love with your significant other. We invite you to an evening soundtracked by a silky bossa nova duo. Think soft, sultry guitar and rhythms that sway like a slow dance in Rio.
The night stars the romantic strumming of guitarist Kai Lyons. Raised in San Francisco's Excelsior District, Lyons completed his studies at Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in 2012 as the first to graduate from Asawa's acclaimed Classical Guitar Program. He received a full scholarship to study under jazz piano legend Mulgrew Miller at William Paterson University and later received his Bachelor of Arts in Music from San Francisco State University. Lyons has toured widely, performing in New York City, New Orleans, Brazil, Cuba, the Caribbean, and Ghana, played with Mike Clark and Donald Harrison of Herbie Hancock's Original Headhunters, and was featured in the San Francisco Ballet's production of Carmen.The performance is scheduled from 5:30pm-8:00pm. Admission is free, but reservations are required. To book, please reserve at https://www.exploretock.com/jaxvineyardssf or call the tasting room at (415) 446-9505.
Jax Jams is sponsored by Bay Area nonprofit Jazz in the Neighborhood. JiTN works to improve the economics of jazz performance in the Bay Area by presenting affordable concerts, paying musicians a guaranteed wage, and supporting the work of established and aspiring jazz artists. To support their mission, visit https://www.jazzintheneighborhood.org/donate.
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The night stars the romantic strumming of guitarist Kai Lyons. Raised in San Francisco's Excelsior District, Lyons completed his studies at Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in 2012 as the first to graduate from Asawa's acclaimed Classical Guitar Program. He received a full scholarship to study under jazz piano legend Mulgrew Miller at William Paterson University and later received his Bachelor of Arts in Music from San Francisco State University. Lyons has toured widely, performing in New York City, New Orleans, Brazil, Cuba, the Caribbean, and Ghana, played with Mike Clark and Donald Harrison of Herbie Hancock's Original Headhunters, and was featured in the San Francisco Ballet's production of Carmen.The performance is scheduled from 5:30pm-8:00pm. Admission is free, but reservations are required. To book, please reserve at https://www.exploretock.com/jaxvineyardssf or call the tasting room at (415) 446-9505.
Jax Jams is sponsored by Bay Area nonprofit Jazz in the Neighborhood. JiTN works to improve the economics of jazz performance in the Bay Area by presenting affordable concerts, paying musicians a guaranteed wage, and supporting the work of established and aspiring jazz artists. To support their mission, visit https://www.jazzintheneighborhood.org/donate.
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