On Tuesday night, the pavilion of the Palace of Fine Arts became a makeshift concert venue, but the good times couldn’t last, as police arrived on the scene to end the event early.
Los Angeles saxophonist Nathaniel Young has developed a huge online following for playing solo saxophone in “liminal spaces,” preferring guerilla shows in spaces like parking lots over more formal events in concert halls. He began posting videos on TikTok in December 2024 using POV video from Ray-Ban Meta glasses and developed an audience that now numbers nearly 900,000 followers.
“A part of what I really like about playing free music in these spaces with an open invitation to the public is that there’s this feeling of reclaiming underutilized public space,” he told GQ…