Bardavon Gala 2016
An Evening with Santana

Santana’s performances are always delivered with a level of passion and soul equal to the legendary sonic charge of his guitar, and the sound of this 10-time Grammy-winner is one of the world's best-known musical signatures. For more than four decades—since his earliest days as a groundbreaking Afro-Latin-blues-rock fusion band in San Francisco—Carlos Santana has been the visionary iconic force behind artistry that transcends musical genres and generational, cultural, and geographical boundaries. Santana is playing Madison Square Garden three days after the Bardavon show, so this is a rare chance to see him in one of the most intimate venues he’s played in his career! 

Gala guests will join a parade of musicians to the post-show party at the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel where the salsa of Sonando along with musicians and dancers of Mexican Music Award winners Jarana Beat, plus stilt walkers, acrobats and a contortionist from the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus will entertain!

With support from James J. McCann Charitable Trust, Marianne Murray & Richard Rowley,Dr. Sam & Gail Simon, Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Markertek, Hudson Highlands Properties, Diamond Mills and Poughkeepsie Journal.

Funds raised by the Bardavon Gala help underwrite many programs that cannot support themselves -- school residencies that bring artists and musicians to local schools, ambitious symphony concerts, special senior citizen events, and more.