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…

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…

Chvrches perform at Sonoma Harvest Music Festival in Glen Ellen, Calif. on Sept. 21, 2019. Photos: Martin Lacey. GLEN ELLEN, Calif. — Alternative rock was the order of the day Saturday at B.R. Cohn Winery on the second weekend of the expanded Sonoma Harvest Festival. The second weekend had…

MTV today released the lineup for the annual SnowGlobe Music Festival, held in South Lake Tahoe. The festival, which focuses on electronic and hip-hop acts, will include Skrillex, Fisher, Gigantic NGHTMRE, Griz, E-40, Louis the Child, Tchami x Malaa, Vince Staples, A-Trak, Earthgang and others over three days leading up to New…

Ms. Lauryn Hill plays at the Sonoma Harvest Music Festival at BR Cohn Winery in Glen Ellen, Calif. on Sept. 15, 2019. Photos: Mike DeWald and courtesy of Sonoma Harvest Music Festival. GLEN ELLEN, Calif. — Funk, hip-hop and soul were on the menu Sunday at the BR Cohn…

Adia Victoria performs at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco during Noise Pop on Feb. 25, 2017. Photo: Paige K. Parsons. The producers of the Bay Area’s largest free music festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, have announced the final acts to perform, as well as several noteworthy security measures…

Twenty-One Pilots perform at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco during the Outside Lands Music Festival on Aug. 11, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello and Martin Lacey. Outside Lands Music Festival lineups are always strong, but having Twenty One Pilots, Childish Gambino and Paul Simon closing each night was a…

Attendees at Outside Lands at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco photographed on Aug. 10, 2019. Photo: Martin Lacey, Joaquin Cabello and Shawn Robbins. This is a music site, so we mostly cover the music at Outside Lands, San Francisco’s annual music and arts festival. But every year there’s…

Attendees at Outside Lands at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco photographed on Aug. 11, 2019. The third and final day of Outside Lands 2019 is in the books so it’s time for this year’s final best and worst of the day. I’ll warn you in advance: I get…

Paul Simon performs at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco during the Outside Lands Music Festival on Aug. 11, 2019. Photos: Martin Lacey and Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — The third and final day of Outside Lands 2019 featured music legends Paul Simon and Mavis Staples in addition to…