15
Jun
Music
Let's Go Bananas
A neighborhood porch party with Neon Radio. Bubbles, disco ball, all invited.
Downtown Modesto · 2 PM
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From poetry to hip-hop, film to photography across 10 disciplines — we elevate and amplify the artists making Modesto's culture impossible to ignore.
We're building the next great arts scene — one event, one artist, one weekend at a time.
Modesto Artists Movement is a community-led nonprofit elevating the artists making this city interesting. Across ten disciplines, every weekend, year-round.
We host events, fund grants, run masterclasses, and build the stages local artists deserve. And we're just getting started.
We connect artists across disciplines and generations, building the cultural network this city has always deserved.
Working artists on real stages. Modesto's poets, painters, comics, musicians — on full blast.
Grants, mentorship, masterclasses, showcases — every resource we can hand artists to make bigger, bolder work.
A neighborhood porch party with Neon Radio. Bubbles, disco ball, all invited.
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A crowd of 1,000+ shows up to score every round. It's the loudest poetry night in the Central Valley, and we're proud to host it.
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