Gamelan Sekar Jaya's Fall Fundraising Party
Saturday, October 24, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM PDT
Event duration 2 hours 30 minutes
Champion:
USD 100.00
Friend:
USD 50.00
Supporter:
USD 75.00
About Gamelan Sekar Jaya's Fall Fundraising Party
Join Gamelan Sekar Jaya for our Fall Fundraiser Party and celebrate 47 years of Balinese arts in the Bay Area.
Join us as we kick off Gamelan Sekar Jaya’s Fall Fundraiser in support of our Artist-in-Residence program in a festive happy hour. Gather with GSJ artists, longtime friends, and fellow lovers of Balinese arts for an evening of inspiring performances and meaningful connection. Celebrate 47 years of GSJ bringing vibrant Balinese performing arts to the Bay Area and help set the tone for another season of bold, beautiful work.
Your support helps GSJ bring Master Balinese Artists to Berkeley to lead performances of classic repertoire, create innovative new work, and share Balinese performing arts with students across the Bay through GSJ’s education program. Together, we can move closer to our Fall Fundraising Goal of $40,000 by the close of the season and support thriving intercultural artistry right here at home.
Enjoy a classy evening at Oakland’s local gem The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab & Tasting Room!
❀ Craft beer, local wine, n/a bevvies, and artisanal coffee while snacking on delicious locally prepared savory and sweet Indonesian bites.
❀ Intimate performances by GSJ’s Guest Balinese artists and local performers
❀ Introduction to GSJ’s new Director!
❀ DJ San La - Spinning a mix of modern, vintage, and traditional Indo folk, pop, psychedelia, gamelan, and beyond.
❀ Silent auction—a chance to bring home a beautiful watercolor painting by one of Bali’s most famous pioneering painters—the late I Nyoman Gunarsa, who helped bridge modern Balinese traditions and post-modern/contemporary idioms.
❀ Art exhibition featuring local Balinese artists I Made Moja and Samara Tana, a father and daughter who practice the ornate Batuan painting tradition with their own style and inspiration.
❀ Wine Pull — a chance to land $150 bottle for just $20 bucks. Everyone wins!
Cover art by I Made Moja.
Events Schedule
Saturday, October 24, 2026
5:00 PM – 7:30 PM PDT
Time zone
Pacific Time (PDT, UTC-07:00)
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Gamelan Sekar Jaya
https://www.gsj.org/
3023 Shattuck Ave.
Gamelan Sekar Jaya (GSJ) fosters artistic exchange between Bali and the United States through residencies, workshops, performances, and the creation of innovative new works for music and dance. Founded in 1979, the company is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and specializes in the performing arts of Bali. GSJ is the first group outside of Bali to be invited to perform at the Bali Arts Festival (1985). The group has performed in venues ranging from New York’s Symphony Space to LA’s Hollywood Bowl to remote village squares in Bali. In 2023, Gamelan Sekar Jaya was the recipient of Anugerah Kebudayaan Indonesia in the category of foreign institution. Today, GSJ has 5 active groups (Gender Wayang, Angklung, Jegog, Gong Kebyar, and Dance), weekly public classes, monthly performances, and a public school program.