Lizzo performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 27, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. NAPA — The impact was quick, if not immediate. The tension and excitement had been building, people jockeying for position and moving in as close to the stage as they could. With…

Keanu Reeves performs with Dogstar at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 27, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. NAPA — Alt-rock trio Dogstar, best known as being the band in which Keanu Reeves plays bass, played its first show in more than two decades on Saturday at…

Post Malone performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2023. Sean Liming/STAFF. NAPA — Thousands of attendees packed the Napa Valley Expo on Friday on the first day of the BottleRock Napa Valley music festival. The weather cooperated for once, with highs in…

Tiffani Thiessen and crew at the Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage at BottleRock Napa Valley on May 26, 2018. Courtesy. With just a few days before the 2023 festival launches, BottleRock Napa Valley announced its slate of performers tapped for the Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage. The lineup is the usual…

Major Lazer performs at SnowGlobe Music Festival in South Lake Tahoe on Dec. 30, 2016. The duo will perform at Portola Music Festival this fall. STAFF. Concert promoter Goldenvoice has announced the lineup for the second Portola Music Festival, which has a focus on dance music and adjacent genres…

BottleRock 2022, courtesy. Even if you already know which of the headliners at BottleRock Napa Valley 2023 you’re picking to watch (Post Malone or the Smashing Pumpkins, Lizzo or Duran Duran, Lil Nas X or the Red Hot Chili Peppers), the festival presents many musical options. Because of the relatively small…

Dogstar (L-R: Robert Mailhouse, Bret Domrose and Keanu Reeves). Courtesy BottleRock Napa. The promoters of BottleRock Napa Valley this week announced a surprise appearance by rock trio Dogstar, the band founded by actors Keanu Reeves and Rob Mailhouse, as well as guitarist-vocalist Bret Domrose. The band, which includes Reeves…

Nile Rodgers and Chic perform at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2022. Sean Liming/STAFF. Nile Rodgers hasn’t stopped moving in years. The Chic cofounder and writer and producer of countless hits since the ‘70s—often the biggest hits of his collaborators’ careers—says his recent lifetime achievement award…

Santigold performs during Outside Lands at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2019. She’s among the performers at Stern Grove Festival this summer. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. Patti Smith, the Flaming Lips, Indigo Girls with Neko Case, Lyle Lovett and Angelique Kidjo are among the artists who will perform…

Andrew Bird, courtesy. Stanford Live will once partner with SFJAZZ, the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Ballet on a summer concert series at Frost Amphitheater. The monthlong series, Stanford Live Arts Festival at Frost, will begin on July 7 and include concerts by San Francisco Symphony and performances by San Francisco Ballet,…