Lee Fields and the Expressions perform at Mezzanine in San Francisco on Dec. 2, 3016. Fields will headline San Jose Jazz Summer Fest in August. Alessio Neri/STAFF. San Jose Jazz Summer Fest producers have announced the second wave of performers at the 32nd annual event this August. Just announced acts…

Hot Flash Heat Wave performs at Sonoma Harvest Music Festival in Glen Ellen, Calif. on Sept. 22, 2019. Martin Lacey/STAFF. Sonoma Harvest Music Festival producers on Thursday announced the return of the event for the first time since 2019. The 2020 festival was canceled due to the pandemic, and…

The Chemical Brothers perform at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on May 17, 2019. They will headline the Portola Music Festival in September. Alessio Neri/STAFF. Goldenvoice, the producers of Coachella, are bringing a new music festival to San Francisco this September. The Portola Music Festival has…

SZA performs at Blurry Vision Fest at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in Oakland on May 12, 2018. She headlines Outside Lands 2022 on Friday, Aug. 5. Daniel Lee/STAFF. Producers of the Outside Lands 2022 announced the daily lineups of the festival, which this year will be held from Aug. 5 to…

Crowds at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on Sept. 5, 2021. Adam Pardee/STAFF. Welcome back for the second BottleRock Napa Valley in under a year! After locking down the Napa Valley Expo for more than a year and a half, festival producers are more than making…

Tiffani Thiessen and crew at the Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage at BottleRock Napa Valley on May 26, 2018. Courtesy. Chefs Andrew Zimmern, Michael Mina, as well as P!nk and Twenty One Pilots were announced on Thursday among the performers at BottleRock Napa Valley‘s Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage. Marcus Samuelsson, Gail Simmons,…

Mon Laferte performs at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands on Aug, 13, 2017. She’ll perform at the Stanford Live Arts Festival at Frost on July 24. Alessio Neri/STAFF. Stanford Live will once again hold a summer concert series at Frost Amphitheater. Now dubbed the Stanford Live Arts Festival at…

Robert Glasper performs at the Frost Amphitheater in Palo Alto on July 15, 2021. Glasper curated the inaugural Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa Valley. Matt Pang/STAFF. Maxwell, Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli (Black Star), and Thundercat will headline a new two-day jazz and soul music festival in the North Bay…

Post Malone performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on Nov. 14, 2019. Adam Pardee/STAFF. East Bay pop-punk rockers Green Day, rapper, singer and songwriter Post Malone and rapper SZA will headline the 2022 Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park, promoters announced Tuesday morning. The lineup includes Kim Petras,…

Twenty One Pilots perform at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco during the Outside Lands Music Festival on Aug. 11, 2019. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. The producers of the Outside Lands Music Festival announced this morning that Eager Beaver three-day tickets will go on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m.—prior to the…