Festivals
-
Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa rebranding as Black Radio Experience in year 3
Robert Glasper performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival at Silverado Resort in Napa, Calif. on July 29, 2023. The event will return in a new form as the Black Radio Experience in 2024. Derek Fisher/STAFF. Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa, which debuted in 2022 with pianist, producer and songwriter…
-
Herbie Hancock, Maze, The Family Stone to play San Jose Jazz Summer Fest
Herbie Hancock performs at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Aug. 23, 2019. The jazz icon will perform at San Jose Jazz Summer Fest in August. Sean Liming/STAFF. Fourteen-time Grammy-winning jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, soul and funk group Maze honoring Frankie Beverly (who will pass the microphone to Tony…
-
Aftershock Festival expands with reunited Slayer, Iron Maiden
Slayer performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on Nov. 26, 2019. The reunited band will headline Aftershock Festival this fall. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. The grassy, tree-lined fields of Sacramento’s Discovery Park will again reverberate with the thunderous circle pits of the hard-rock-centric Aftershock Festival this October. This year’s edition of…
-
BottleRock Napa Valley announces AfterDark shows
St. Vincent performs at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Sept. 23, 2021. She will perform an AfterDark show during BottleRock Napa Valley in May. Steve Carlson/STAFF. The producers of BottleRock Napa Valley revealed the festival’s adjacent night shows, called “AfterDark shows.” They’ll once again take place across the…
-
SZA, Snoh Aalegra and Kaytraminé to headline expanded Sol Blume in May
SZA performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on March 14, 2023. She will headline Sol Blume in Sacramento this spring. Matt Pang/STAFF. Grammy-nominated artists SZA and Snoh Aalegra, as well as Kaytraminé—the duo of Kaytranada and Aminé—will headline hip-hop and soul music festival Sol Blume in Sacramento this May.…
-
The B-52s to headline Mosswood Meltdown in July
The B-52s perform at The Fillmore in San Francisco on Nov. 1, 2018. Gary Chancer/STAFF. Dance rockers The B-52s will headline annual Oakland summer punk music festival Mosswood Meltdown in July. The two-day celebration of alternative music and culture will return to Mosswood Park on July 6 and 7,…
-
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to headline Noise Pop Festival as new acts announced
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony perform during halftime of a game between the Denver Broncos and Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2024. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images. Noise Pop on Tuesday announced the final slate of acts performing at the annual music festival, including headliner…
-
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog poops on Weird Al at SF Sketchfest
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog hosts quiz show “Let’s Make a Poop!” with Michael Winslow, Adam Savage, Rob Schneider, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Thomas Lennon, Amber Ruffin and Dave Hill during SF Sketchfest at Castro Theatre in San Francisco on Jan. 21, 2024. Courtesy Jakub Mosur. SAN FRANCISCO — Triumph…
-
Fleet Foxes, Margo Price to play Mill Valley Music Festival in 2024
Fleet Foxes perform at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on July 10, 2022. The band will headline Mill Valley Music Festival in 2024. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. Indie folk band Fleet Foxes and roots rockers Greensky Bluegrass will headline the Mill Valley Music Festival in May, producers announced on Tuesday. The…
-
Ed Sheeran, Pearl Jam, Stevie Nicks to headline BottleRock Napa Valley
Pearl Jam performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on May 12, 2022. The band will headline BottleRock 2024. Steve Carlson/STAFF. Ed Sheeran, Pearl Jam, Stevie Nicks and Maná will join more than 75 acts scheduled to perform at BottleRock Napa Valley on Memorial Day weekend. The 11th iteration of…