Northern California offers several notable live events this weekend, headlined by Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour with three Bay Area stops: Aug. 23 at Toyota Amphitheatre in Wheatland, Aug. 24 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, and Aug. 26 at Toyota Pavilion in Concord. Lauper's set lists include hits such as "She Bop," "I Drove All Night," "Time After Time" and "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," with Jake Wesley Rogers as opener and tickets available via Live Nation. Jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut returns to the Bay Area with four performances and a history of high-profile collaborations.
Cyndi Lauper is coming to the Bay Area to say goodbye. And she'll do so during three highly anticipated stops on her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour: Aug. 23 at Toyota Amphitheatre at Wheatland; Aug. 24 at Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View; and Aug. 26 at Toyota Pavilion at Concord. The swan song trek has consisted of 60-plus shows in four continents since kicking off in Montreal in October.
So turn out to one - or all - of the above venues to hear this brand new Rock and Roll Hall of Famer perform such fan favorites as "She Bop," "I Drove All Night," "Money Changes Everything," "Change of Heart," "Time After Time" and, of course, tour-namesake "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." (We're personally happy to see that Lauper has been playing "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" on this tour.)
His name, which sounds like a character in a Christmas movie, and his joyful look and demeanor may serve as camouflage, but there is no disguising that Cyrus is one of the premiere jazz pianists making the rounds these days. And you have four chances to see him this weekend. It doesn't hurt that he has spent his career collaborating with some truly talented artists, including Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison, singer Betty Carter, Roy Hargrove, Freddie Hubbard Chick Corea, and even opera
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