Hot off the editing machine is this slideshow honoring the 1977 International Hotel Anti-Eviction Struggle that features new song selections, including in order of appearance: a traditional kulintang song, "Kasulampid", our first Kul Jazz tune, "The Birth of Kul", and…Read more
Welcome to Kul Jazz
The Autonomous Region performs both classic standards and modern arrangements of jazz favorites. Led by vocalist Caroline Cabading, this tradition-rooted ensemble also presents original compositions that fuse jazz with kulintang, a pre-colonial music of the Philippines.

Previous events
Autonomous @ Clarion Performing Arts Center
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Clarion Performing Arts Center, 2 Waverly Place, San Francisco
Please join The Autonomous Region as we present an afternoon of straight ahead jazz at the Clarion Performing Arts Center
$10
Watsonville Filipino-American History Festival
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Watsonville Downtown Plaza, 358 Main Street, Watsonville, California
Autonomous will be helping the Watsonville community celebrate Filipino-American History Month with a Jazz set of Great American Songbook standards as well as original compositions.
Bird & Beckett
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Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery, San Francisco
Autonomous will be back at Bird & Beckett for another evening of Jazz Standards followed by a set of originals from our "Sugilanon" suite. Hope to see you there!
Bird & Beckett
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Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery, San Francisco
Autonomous is thrilled to be performing for the first time at the inconic Bird & Beckett venue! Please join us in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood for another evening of jazz.
Open Heart Kitchen Annual Gala
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Palm Event Center in the Vineyard, 1184 Vineyard Avenue, Pleasanton, Ca
The Autonomous Region will be performing both a 6-7:30pm Jazz Set and a 8:30-10pm R&B Dance Party Set at Open Heart Kitchen's Annual Gala at the Palm Event Center.
The Autonomous Region back at Clarion
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Clarion Performing Arts Center, 2 Waverly Place, San Francisco
Autonomous is thrilled to be back at the historic Clarion Performing Arts Center in San Francisco's Chinatown. Come on through for a FREE afternoon of jazz and stay in the neighborhood for great eats and window shopping!
The Autonomous Region at Japantown
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Japantown Peace Plaza, Post Street & Buchanan Street, San Francisco
Come on through to San Francisco's Japantown Peace Plaza as The Autonomous Region plays a set of Smooth Jazz Standards. We'll be outdoors at the Japantown Peace Plaza for a FREE performance.
United States of Asian America Festival
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Japantown Peace Plaza, Post Street & Buchanan Street, San Francisco
Autonomous will be premiering an excerpt of its new suite of original compositions, "Sugilanon" as part of the United States of Asian America Festival taking place at San Francisco's Japantown Peace Plaza. Our set starts at 12Noon but this will be a wonderful festival of performance artists that will continue to present until 4pm. Please stay for the whole showing if you can. I'ts FREE and family-friendly. More Info: https://www.apiculturalcenter.org/usaaf_2022_calendar
Autonomous will be activating San Francisco's Chinatown as part of an afternoon and evening offering visual, media and performing artists. We will be launching the day's activities with an outdoor 3-4pm jazz set on the 800 block of Grant Avenue and then coming back to help round out the day's events with a 7-8pm set. More Info: https://www.neonwasneverbrighter.org/
Come on out and chill out at the International Hotel Manilatown Center's PopUp jazz show featuring house ensemble The Autonomous Region.
Parol Lantern Festival
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Grand Lobby, 701 Mission Street, San Francisco
Autonomous is happy to be performing for its third straight year at SOMA's annual Parol Lantern Festival.
Looking for that perfect "date night" swanky venue where you can order cocktails and appetizers while listening to Jazz Standards or dancing to R&B Covers? Then Lion's Den is the place for you and Autonomous is the band for you. We'll warm up the evening with some cool jazz and gradually bring in the your R&B dance favorites. We'll be here all night - so come on by when you can. No cover, but if you would like to reserve a table, please visit the website at: www.lionsdenbarandlounge.com
SAVE THE DATE for the Autonomous Region's performance at the Chinatown Music Festival. Exact time still to be determined, but the festival will run from 11am-5pm. Please check back for our exact performance time.
The Autonomous Region is back on Grant Avenue for a set of lively Jazz and R&B music. Please join us for this FREE, outdoor and family-friendly event!
The Autonomous Region is back at the wonderful Clarion Performing Arts Center located in the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown. Please join us for this FREE jazz performance at 2pm.
The Autonomous Region is taking it to the streets in our home neighborhood of Chinatown! Please join us for a FREE set of Jazz Standards with a little R&B thrown in just for fun.
Please join Autonomous as we close the Nihonmachi Street Fair's PopUp concert, "Our Culture, Our Pride". We'll be presenting a set of jazz standards with a little R&B just for fun!
Please join The Autonomous Region as we lend vibrancy to Downtown Benicia this summer at the Sounds of Summer Music Series. Feel free to stop by for a song or two as you join other shoppers and diners strolling by First & J Streets.
Please join The Autonomous Region as we perform a Jazz set at the swanky Lion's Den, Chinatown's newest cocktail lounge. We'll be performing from 8-9pm at this historic location that was once the site of the iconic Dragon-A-Go-Go club.
The Autonomous Region will be performing a FREE classic jazz set at the wonderful Clarion Performance Center. Please join us at this historic venue in the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown.