Grammy-winning R&B and jazz singer Patti Austin wraps a two-night stand at Yoshi's Oakland tonight — doors 7 p.m., show 7:30, tickets $55–$89.
Patti Austin plays the final night of a two-night Yoshi's Oakland engagement tonight, Wednesday, June 17 — doors at 7 p.m., show at 7:30. Tickets are $55–$89 at yoshis.com. The venue is at 510 Embarcadero West in Jack London Square; (510) 238-9200 if you want to call ahead about table reservations.
Austin has been performing since Dinah Washington pulled a four-year-old onto the Apollo stage. She recorded her first charting single at seventeen, spent years at Quincy Jones's Qwest label, and won a Grammy for Avant Gershwin. If you grew up near a radio in 1982, you know her voice from "Baby Come to Me," the duet with James Ingram that sat at No. 1 for two months. She got another Grammy nomination in 2023 for For Ella 2. She still tours; close-in weeknight sets at a 300-seat room like Yoshi's are a different proposition than a theater show.
The insider angle: Yoshi's runs dinner alongside the show, and a table reservation usually gets you better placement than general admission. If you're coming across the Bay, the SF Bay Ferry to Jack London Square is the cleanest option — no parking, no BART walk. Otherwise, the garage off Embarcadero West is the move; 12th Street Oakland BART is about a mile if you'd rather walk.
Last night already happened. Tonight is the last shot.

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