BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1ca9427f-67d6-44a3-a5da-338ffa3eba75@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261015T122300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261028T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261028T210000 SUMMARY:Anna Ash & Lila Forde DESCRIPTION:21+ event w/ valid ID at Soda Bar - San Diego. With a voice s teeped in jazz\, soul\, folk\, and old-school American songcraft\, the S eattle-born\, Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter has always carried a d eep sense of self through her music. But on Life Can Still Be Sweet\, he r sophomore album\, that self comes into fuller focus: A little older\, a little wiser\, and more firmly in command of the world she’s building. Warm\, whimsical\, and full of growing pains\, the record captures Ford e in the thick of her twenties – learning lessons\, finding her people\, and holding onto beauty even when life gets hard. “I think I have a uni que voice – not just my literal voice\, but my proverbial voice\,” Forde says. “In this day and age\, and in this industry\, there’s a lot of tr end following\, and there’s a lot of homogeny. I’m just really trying to be my own artist.” That individuality has been there from the beginning . Her 2025 debut album Vessel introduced her sound with grace and intent ion. Arriving after Forde’s Top 5 run on Season 24 of The Voice\, Vessel affirmed what had already been true: “I want to be a vessel for the mus ic\,” she said at the time. “I’m here to serve it.” Life Can Still Be Sw eet is the sound of that next Lila arriving in real time. Where Vessel w as recorded before The Voice and released after a long gestation\, this new record feels present in her hands – immediate\, timely\, and deeply connected to the life she’s living now. Since releasing Vessel\, Forde’s world has “exploded like a garden blooming\,” full of new friendships a nd musical possibilities. Unlike her debut\, Life Can Still Be Sweet cam e together through a wider constellation of players and co-writers – but for all its moving parts\, it is unmistakably Forde’s record. The album glows with Laurel Canyon warmth\, old-school soul\, country twang\, jaz z-rooted phrasing\, Hammond organ\, three-part harmonies\, and live-band richness – songs made by real people in rooms together\, shaped by chem istry\, instinct\, and the trust that comes from playing night after nig ht. Forde began writing “Life Can Still Be Sweet” while she was on The V oice\, stuck in hotel rooms in Burbank\, singing the same songs over and over\, her creative bandwidth stretched thin. The rest came later\, but the feeling stayed the same – a reminder that even inside chaos\, life can still be “the most delicious thing.” That phrase holds even deeper m eaning in the context of Forde’s family. Her mother\, a classical pianis t\, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s three years ago – a reality that has reshaped the past few years of Forde’s life and found its way into the e motional core of the album. “Life for her is so different now\, and it’s so challenging\,” Forde reflects. “And yet\, she said to me\, life can still be sweet\, you know? You walk the dog\, you eat a delicious meal. She comes to my concerts and my shows.” From “Molly\,” the album’s achin g love song to her mother\, to the lighter\, stranger\, funnier edges of growing up\, Life Can Still Be Sweet lets each lesson take its own shap e. For Forde\, music becomes a series of snapshots – living documents of who she was\, who she is\, and who she is becoming. Right now\, that be coming feels golden. Forde describes this chapter as her “Roaring Twenti es\,” a sweet\, scrappy era of development before everything gets bigger \, heavier\, and more complicated. “I know I’m going to look back at thi s point in my life and recognize it as a really sweet era of development \,” she says. “I’m learning the lessons that will cement me into womanho od.” Life Can Still Be Sweet is full of those lessons: Love should lift you\, not drag you uphill. Home is a place full of ghosts\, stories\, an d characters. Friendship can break your heart. Family illness can change everything without taking away beauty. “I hope that listeners can see t he world in that way\,” Forde smiles. “That even when the walls are cavi ng in\, everything’s crashing down. You can still look up and realize th at life can still be sweet.” That is the gift of this record: Not false optimism\, not denial\, not sweetness as an escape from struggle\, but s weetness as something that survives inside it. With Life Can Still Be Sw eet\, Lila Forde captures herself in motion – growing\, grieving\, laugh ing\, loving\, leading\, and learning to trust the voice that has always been hers. It’s a coming-of-age record for the moment when girl becomes woman\, artist becomes architect\, and the life you’re building starts to feel undeniably your own. Presented by Soda. This is a 21+ event\n\nT ickets: https://dice.fm/event/anna-ash-lila-forde-28th-oct-soda-bar-san- diego-tickets\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/1ca9427f-67d6-44a3-a5 da-338ffa3eba75 LOCATION:Soda Bar\, San Diego\, CA URL:https://findlocal.community/event/1ca9427f-67d6-44a3-a5da-338ffa3eba7 5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR