Welcome To Richie Flores Project and Rosh & the Blind Cafe Orchestra’s Internationally Touring Pop-Up Positive Social Impact Dinner & Concert In The Dark Event!
The Blind Cafe Experience
An Award Winning Positive Social Impact Dinner & Music In The Dark Experience
We create award-winning positive social impact experiences held in 100% darkness, no blindfolds!
For both public & private/corporate audiences worldwide!
Logitech’s Private Blind Cafe Experience
““We’re starting to increasingly include people with disabilities into the design process early on. and although an event like this doesn’t make people an expert in blindness or disability in general, it creates the empathy we need to bring inclusivity to the forefront of all of our design conversations. We’ve still got a long way to go, but I’m so proud of how far we’ve come.””
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The Blind Cafe Experience is exactly the connection you need, at precisely the present moment, in the dark.
What is The Blind Cafe Experience?
The Blind Cafe Experience is an internationally touring positive social change dinner, discussion & intimate music pop-up experience featuring the original music of Rosh & the Blind Cafe Orchestra and The Richie Flores Project held in 100% darkness, no blindfolds! The audience literally breaks bread over dinner, engages in a meaningful social impact discussion with legally Blind Ambassadors, and experiences an unparalleled live concert…all held in 100% pure, certified organic darkness!
Our Mission
The Blind Cafe’s mission is to use the concept of engaging socially in 100% darkness to inspire and initiate ‘positive social change’ in the lives of everyone who participates in our programs. We seek to entertain and educate persons on how to relate to themselves and others with a greater sense of compassion and offer an experience that inspires them to think, feel and behave beyond their visual conditioning, social etiquette and their cell phones.
Our Story
The Blind Cafe Experience began in 2010 when American songwriter Rosh, inspired by a "cafe in the dark" experience in Reykjavik, Iceland, launched The Blind Cafe Experience pop-up events, featuring a community family style dinner, a social impact discussion with legally blind ambassadors and a live concert of original music performed in 100% darkness accompanied by an evolving orchestral group ‘Rosh & The Blind Cafe Orchestra’
In 2011, Rosh partnered with Lead Blind Ambassadors James Jackson and performing song-writer Richie Flores to bring something positive to the world that makes real connections happen. Something to help pull people out of their usual ruts and into something real.
Booking 2025 / 2026
Private | Corporate Events
The Corporate Blind Cafe Experience In The Dark
An award winning positive social change dinner, discussion & intimate music experience held in 100% darkness, no blindfolds!
We built something unreal with this Blind Cafe Experience
Starting from scratch in 2010, we took it nationwide, made it magical, brought over 200,000 people together in the dark, and mastered harnessing 100% darkness to curate an unparalleled immersive experience that cracks open hearts, almost involuntarily applies immeasurable levels of meaningful and lasting connection the audience have been longing for and the top brand name big companies begging for us!
Watch A Documentary About The Blind Cafe Experience
Columbine High School hosts a yearly Blind Café event
Learn About The Columbine High School Blind Cafe Experience
Coming Soon 2025 / 2026 Public
The Blind Cafe Experiences
An award winning positive social change dinner, discussion & intimate music experience held in 100% darkness, no blindfolds!
What is The Blind Cafe Experience?
The Blind Cafe Experience is an award winning positive social change dinner, discussion & intimate music experience held in 100% darkness, no blindfolds! You will will break bread in community over a dinner, engage in a social impact Q&A with legally Blind Ambassadors, and lose yourself to an intimate music experience… all held in 100% pure, certified organic darkness!
There are three components to the Blind Cafe Experience
A Social Wine & Food Pairing In The Dark
What's on the menu? Community...a dinner in the dark experience, dark chocolate, good friends, inspiring stories, live music and meaningful conversation all in the dark. We hire a local professional Chef or partner with a local caterer to prepare a fixed mystery dinner in the dark menu (gluten free / vegan friendly)
A Discussion In The Dark
In our award winning community awareness discussion, you will participate in a group discussion Q & A, between the audience ( you ) and our amazing warm heart felt legally blind keynote speakers & ambassadors. They will share their personal stories with you and you will have the chance to learn, ask questions, and discuss blindness in the dark with the entire room all paying attention.
“There is something about engaging in organic conversation in a room full of strangers who can’t see each that instills a sense of community along the group. At the end, a candle is lit and it feels as if your waking up from a collective dream, that you somehow shared with everyone around you.”
A Music Performance In The Dark
Ever wonder what it like to experience a live music performance in complete pitch darkness? Blind Cafe Performing Artists, Rosh & the Blind Cafe Orchestra and Richie Flores Project bring you one of the most emotionally powerful music listening experiences possible. These unique and intimate performances bridge the gap between the artist and their audience as they're empowered to participate in an active music listening experience, in the complete and total pitch dark! Learn what it was like to experience live music without the distraction of your visual conditioning, social etiquette and cells phones.
'See' the music you will hear in the dark at The Blind Cafe Experience! *Video filmed the dark with inferred camera.
Blind Cafe Performing Artists:
Experience Live Music In 100% Darkness...
without the distraction of your visual conditioning, social etiquette & cell phones!
Rosh & the Blind Cafe Orchestra | Richie Flores Project
“The Blind Cafe Music In The Dark Experience is something that gives music freaks a completely new way to enjoy and appreciate live music, kind of the same way that MTVs Unplugged did back in the day… but Concerts in the Dark, makes Unplugged seem like child’s play.”