Every month we gather with our local heroic environmental stewards of TreePeople to love on live music and hot tea along a ridge trail of the Santa Monica Mountains. Once we’ve held time together to share in meaningful art, warm tea, (sometimes) a sunset, and good conversation, TreePeople’s eco educators then split us into three different hiking groups for peoples of all ages and abilities to learn more about the native ecology and history of these mountains.

For our first moonlight hike of the spring we’re trying something very new and exciting… our first ever quadraphonic performance. Marco Bárcena, current councilmember and former Mayor of Bell Gardens, will be joining us in the round at Coldwater Canyon Park for an immersive and improvisatory quad performance for synthesizer. Maybe you’ve seen his surprise cameo in a differentchairs video that went viral, seen him at the skatepark, marched against ICE with him, or been to one of his many outdoor concerts in Ford Park, and since learning about his community activism and civic advocacy we’ve been kind of obsessed.

It’s a privilege and an honor to invite Marco to this month’s Friday Night Moonlight Hike and as always… bring a blanket, pour some tea, and bliss in.

Check-in begins at 6:30pm, music shortly after 7pm, and we split into our hiking groups promptly at 8pm. Parking is limited so we ask that you please rsvp with us in advance.

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