Amyl & the Sniffers perform at Burger Boogaloo (now Mosswood Meltdown and Halloween Meltdown) at Mosswood Park in Oakland on July 6, 2019. Karen Goldman/STAFF. The producer of annual DIY Oakland music festival Mosswood Meltdown has announced the return of its sister event, Halloween Meltdown. The latter festival debuted…

Mac DeMarco performs at Treasure Island Music Festival on Oct. 16, 2016. Diana Cordero/STAFF. The producers of Outside Lands revealed its lineup of night shows around hat will be held over the course of the festival next month. Several of the festival’s acts, including Phoebe Bridgers performing an acoustic…

Bikini Kill performs at Mosswood Meltdown in Oakland on July 3, 2022. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. OAKLAND — “It’s like we’re partying at the end of the world,” said Kathleen Hanna, the lead singer of Bikini Kill, too a sea of fans at Mosswood Park, midway through the final set of the…

Kim Gordon performs at Mosswood Meltdown in Oakland on July 2, 2022. Courtesy Meri Brin. OAKLAND — Impeccably dressed in a shiny black and white suit jacket, legendary filmmaker John Waters stood on stage in the gathering dusk amid towering oak trees and plummeting temperatures Saturday night to introduce…

Gary Clark Jr. performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 25, 2019. He will headline the Sonoma Harvest Music Festival in October. Shawn Robbins/STAFF. Portugal. The Man and Gary Clark Jr. will headline the 2022 Sonoma Harvest Music Festival at Glen Ellen’s BR Cohn Winery, producers announced…

 Snoop Dogg performs with Mount Westmore at BottleRock Napa Valley on May 28, 2022. He’s been added to the lineup of Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa Valley. Chaka Khan, Madlib and Snoop Dogg are joining the lineup of the inaugural Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa Valley, which has also been…

P!nk performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 29, 2022. Nathan McKinley/STAFF. NAPA — Metallica is huge but has played the Bay Area a lot in recent years. Twenty One Pilots have also made recent appearances, and while hip-hop supergroup Mount Westmore was great its…

Twenty One Pilots perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 28, 2022. Steve Carlson/STAFF. NAPA — Saturday night’s BottleRock Napa offerings presented, perhaps, as challenging a headliner clash as the fest has ever seen. On one stage was one of the most exciting live bands…

Metallica performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 27, 2022. Sean Liming/STAFF. NAPA — Taking an informal poll of the 40,000-some attending the opening day of BottleRock Napa Valley on Friday, it was pretty clear who most were there to see. Heavy metal heroes Metallica…

Moonalice. Top (L to R): Roger McNamee, Jason Crosby, Barry Sless, John Molo and Pete Sears. Bottom (L to R): T Sisters (Chloe, Erika and Rachel Tietjen), Lester Chambers, Dylan Chambers. Bay Area band Moonalice started out in 2007 as a psychedelic jam band, building a reputation both locally…