Last Friday, the Showcase Theater at the Marin Civic Center sold out “Best of the IJ Lobby Lounge,” marking the second anniversary of the Marin Independent Journal “IJ Lobby Lounge” video concert series.

The Best of the IJ Lobby Lounge showcased, “Marin’s up-and-coming musical acts, spotlighting the local stars of tomorrow,” per The Marin IJ’s website.

Redwood students Noa Zimmerman and Alison Wood each sang two original songs, and Nicole Stock performed with her acapella group ‘Til Dawn.  Aaron Halford, Bryte Darden, John Van Liere, Karl Tietze, Jason Seavey, Jake Baldwin, Michael Schwartz, Matthew Michna and Max Lukianchicov, were also featured in the show, performing in their funk band.

Thank you to Paul Liberatore and everyone at @marin_ij for an amazing evening of music! And thanks to everyone for coming and letting me play you some originals ?

A video posted by Alison Wood (@alisonwoodmusic) on Apr 24, 2016 at 7:09pm PDT

The showcase of young Marin performers was emceed by Marin IJ reporter and music writer Paul Liberatore.

Along with the Redwood students’ performances, other featured acts included the rock bands Matt Jaffe & the Distractions and Ridgway, and female singer-songwriters, Rose Paradise, Keeley Valentino and Caroline Sky.

To see more of the Marin IJ Lobby Lounge performaces, visit the archives on their website here: marinij.com/lobbylounge.

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Junior Noa Zimmerman is accompanied by guitarist Jimmy Dillon.