Festivals
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BottleRock Napa Valley presale passes available before the holidays
BottleRock Napa Valley 2019. Courtesy Christopher Helkey. Looking for a holiday gift for a music lover, or for yourself? A small amount of BottleRock Napa Valley 2020 tickets will be sold starting on Dec. 11. Now in its eighth year, BottleRock Napa Valley pairs Napa Valley’s wine, food and…
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SF Sketchfest returns with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Freestyle Love Supreme,’ The Monkees, Fred Armisen and more
Freestyle Love Supreme, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s original Broadway hit, will make its San Francisco debut at SF Sketchfest in January. A Broadway production by Lin-Manuel Miranda and friends, tributes to Tony Shalhoub and The Monkees, podcast tapings galore and plenty of sketch and stand-up comics lead the lineup of the 19th annual…
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Noise Pop announces additions to 2020 festival lineup
L.A. rock duo Best Coast and more than a dozen other acts have been added to the lineup of the 2020 Noise Pop Festival, which will take place between Feb. 24 and March 1. Other additions to the 26th annual festival include hip-hop trio Injury Reserve, Australian electronic act Bag Raiders, Mirah and singer-songwriter Josh…
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Noise Pop drops initial 2020 festival lineup, tickets on sale
The producers of Noise Pop have announced the initial performers at the 2020 music festival. Producers of the Noise Pop Music Festival have announced the initial lineup of the 2020 incarnation of the two-week indie music extravaganza. Tickets to the just-announced shows go on sale today, and all-event badges are already…
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Rock’N Vino: Live from Aftershock with Motionless In White, Sick Puppies and Evan Konrad
Chris Cerulli of Motionless in White photographed backstage at Aftershock in Sacramento, California on Oct. 11, 2019. Last weekend’s Aftershock Festival had not only great hard rock acts onstage but an opportunity for festivalgoers to see what many of those musicians are up to outside of music. Many of…
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Aftershock secures place as heaviest fest in the West with Tool, Slipknot, BMTH
Tool performs at the Aftershock Festival on Oct. 13, 2019. Courtesy of Aftershock. SACRAMENTO — Northern California’s annual hard rock festival, Aftershock, continued its upward trajectory as one of the premiere national events for heavy music. What began back in 2012 as a one-day and one-stage event has ballooned…
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins sharp on final day
Emmylou Harris performs at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 6, 2019. Photos: Martin Lacey. SAN FRANCISCO — Everything one could ask for from a music festival in Golden Gate Park was on display Sunday, as the 19th annual incarnation of Hardly Strictly…
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Robert Plant, New Pornos, Margo Price shine on day 2
Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters perform at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2019. Photos: Steve Carlson. SAN FRANCISCO — Tens of thousands crammed into the meadow in front of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass’ Towers of Gold Stage to see the…
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PHOTOS: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass kicks off with Tanya Tucker, Kronos Quartet
Concertgoers at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2019. Photos: Paige K. Parsons. SAN FRANCISCO — The first weekend of October in San Francisco is synonymous with Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. The free music festival in Golden Gate Park has for 18 years…
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Death Cab For Cutie wears its emotions at Sonoma Harvest Music Festival
Death Cab for Cutie performs at Sonoma Harvest Music Festival in Glen Ellen, Calif. on Sept. 22, 2019. Photos: Martin Lacey/Staff. GLEN ELLEN, Calif. — Alt-rock was on the menu for Sunday’s fourth and final day of the second annual Sonoma Harvest Music Festival. Bands brought riffs, urgency, energy…
