San Francisco Ballet dancers Yuan Yuan Tan and Tiit Helimets in Helgi Tomasson’s “Swan Lake.” Courtesy: Erik Tomasson/SF Ballet. The San Francisco Ballet has announced its intended return to in-person performances at the War Memorial Opera House in the 37th and final season lead by outgoing Artistic Director Helgi…

Porter Robinson, courtesy Dan Regan. EDM producer and songwriter Porter Robinson aims to bring the one of the first music festivals of the COVID-19 pandemic era to the Bay Area with the return of his Second Sky Music Festival this fall. There’s one catch: Attendees have to be 18 or…

The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Courtesy. Nonprofit The Giving Back Fund aims to help fund San Francisco entertainment venues by connecting them to individual donors, who can make recurring monthly donations. According to the organization, it’s the first opportunity for most people to donate to their favorite…

Lizzo performs performs at Golden Gate Park during Outside Lands on Aug. 11, 2018. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. Producers of the Outside Lands 2021 announced the daily lineups of the festival, which this year will be held from Oct. 29 to 31. Additionally, one-day tickets to the festival will go on sale Thursday…

By Mason Meyers Royal Blood had managed to gain some bass line fatigue in its fanbase with 2017 sophomore album How Did We Get So Dark?. But with their newest effort, Typhoons, the Brighton boys are back. With a more complex and synth-led sound, the album is sure to revitalize…

Courtesy: San Francisco Symphony. The San Francisco Symphony will return to Davies Symphony Hall for in-person concerts next month, starting with shows specifically for medical professionals and community partners, the organization announced on Monday. Concerts will take place every Thursday and Friday, beginning May 6. They will be about…

John McCrea and Cake, courtesy. Sacramento rock band CAKE is marking Earth Day on Thursday by launching a reforestation campaign with nonprofit One Tree Planted. The #CAKEforests initiative aims to help fundraise to plant trees, sustain communities and help to restore the environment in California, Oregon and Washington, parts…

San Jose Jazz, which has had to cancel its annual summer and winter concert festivals in 2020, has pivoted to a new concept of live performances, with a “pop-up” filming and performing studio inside its San Jose headquarters that would be both streamed online and projection-mapped onto screens outside…

Janalynn Castelino, courtesy. By Rebecca Somers Rising Indian singer-songwriter Janalynn Castelino, who recently completed her academic training as a doctor, is living the best of both professions. The versatile multilingual singer—she covers Western pop, Latin pop, R&B, and Sufi-soul—has performed in English, Hindi, Urdu, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, Marathi and Punjabi. Her original…

Rage Against the Machine performs at the Vegoose Music Festival in Las Vegas on Oct. 28, 2007. Courtesy: Scott Penner The good news is Rage Against the Machine and Run the Jewels have officially rescheduled their shows at Oakland Arena. The bad news is fans will have to wait…