Festivals
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Mill Valley Music Festival returns for 2025, sets on-sale date
Margo Price performs during the Mill Valley Music Festival at Friends Field, Mill Valley, Calif. on May 12, 2024. Courtesy Jay Blakesberg/Mill Valley Music Festival. The two-day Mill Valley Music Festival will return to Friends Field for its fourth year next spring. Produced by Noise Pop Industries and presented…
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AFTERSHOCK: Mötley Crüe, Falling In Reverse conclude final day
Mötley Crüe performs during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento, Calif. on Oct. 13, 2024. AFTERSHOCK 2024: • Slayer reunites for explosive Thursday headlining set • Slipknot rocks like its 1999 on fest’s second day • Iron Maiden, Judas Priest lead British invasion on day 3 SACRAMENTO —…
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AFTERSHOCK: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest lead British invasion on day 3
Iron Maiden performs during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento, Calif. on Oct. 12, 2024. Photos courtesy Aftershock Festival. AFTERSHOCK 2024: • Slayer reunites for explosive Thursday headlining set • Slipknot rocks like its 1999 on fest’s second day SACRAMENTO — Saturday night’s Aftershock headliners were proof that…
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AFTERSHOCK: Slipknot rocks like its 1999 on fest’s second day
Slipknot performs during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento, Calif. on Oct. 11, 2024. Photos courtesy Aftershock Festival. AFTERSHOCK 2024: • Slayer reunites for explosive Thursday headlining set SACRAMENTO — Aftershock Festival’s second day featured a variety of punk icons and modern rock heavyweights. The crowds felt bigger…
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AFTERSHOCK: Slayer reunites for explosive Thursday headlining set
Slayer performs during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento, Calif. on Oct. 10, 2024. Photos courtesy Aftershock. SACRAMENTO — Aftershock Festival returned to Discovery Park bigger than ever on Thursday, the first of four days. The addition of a fifth stage for the first time created a Warped-Tour-esque environment…
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Portola Festival: Justice, M.I.A., Disclosure highlight second day
Justice performs at Portola Festival in San Francisco on Sept. 29, 2024. Matt Pang and Gavin Legaspi/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Portola Festival offered up its annual display of freedom of love and expression and celebration of all things electronic at Pier 80 over the weekend. Music lovers crowded around…
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INTERVIEW: P.O.D. keeps a blue-collar mentality after three decades
Sonny Sandoval performs with P.O.D. during Sick New World festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on May 13, 2023. Photo by Greg Doherty/Getty Images. Tastes can change and bands can shine bright then disappear in an instant. But for SoCal hard rock band P.O.D., the mission has remained…
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André 3000, Ledisi, Musiq Soulchild close out Black Radio Experience
Robert Glasper and Musiq Souldchild perform during the Black Radio Experience at Meritage Resort & Spa in Napa on Sept. 1, 2024. Matt Pang/STAFF. NAPA — André 3000 struck a high note with his final three sets of improvisational flute music during the Black Radio Experience at the Meritage…
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Blue Note reimagines Napa jazz fest as Black Radio Experience, with Jill Scott
Jill Scott performs during the Black Radio Experience at Meritage Resort & Spa in Napa on Aug. 30, 2024. Martin Lacey/STAFF. NAPA — The Blue Note Jazz Festival’s Black Radio Experience kicked off on Friday at The Meritage Resort & Spa in Napa on Friday. The three-day event, an…
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Chaka Khan concludes Stern Grove’s 87th year with iconic repertoire
Chaka Khan performs during Stern Grove Festival at Sigmund Stern Grove in San Francisco on Aug. 25, 2024. Matt Pang/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — The legendary Chaka Khan closed out the 87th Stern Grove Festival on Sunday afternoon, on the second of back to back Big Picnic fundraiser concerts for…
