Festivals
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SF Sketchfest: Cruises, comedy, music and the busy ‘state’ of Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton, courtesy. These days, Jonathan Coulton is a busy man. When we spoke to the New York-based singer-songwriter, he was on a cruise ship docked in Cabo San Lucas on what is ostensibly a business trip to prepare for the JoCo Cruise, then soon he’ll be in San Francisco…
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SF Sketchfest: ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Kiss My Ass’ with actor-comedian Josh Fadem
“Who killed Laura Palmer?” The question, like much of cult TV hit Twin Peaks, set the tone for serialized television for decades. Its mysteries, shrouded in both mind-expanding, often head-scratching twists, and the lush vegetation and shadowy, dreamlike fictional town in which the show is set, captivated many during…
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BottleRock Napa Valley 2018: Bruno Mars, The Killers, Muse to headline
Photo: Alessio Neri While other festivals may be leaning more than ever on pop acts and solo artists, the 2018 edition of BottleRock Napa Valley is doubling down on guitar bands. The three-day music and wine extravaganza returns to the Napa Valley Expo May 25 to 27 for its sixth annual run…
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Noise Pop announces final additions to 2018 lineup
Ty Dolla $ign, Shabazz Palaces, Toro Y Moi and a handful of others have been announced as the final acts performing at the 26th annual Noise Pop Music Festival, between Feb. 19 and 25. The new additions include Madlib—who, like Toro Y Moi will perform a DJ set—Jay Electronica, Built to Spill’s Doug…
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Jon Hamm, Zach Galifianakis, rocker Rick Springfield and more added to SF Sketchfest lineup
Courtesy: Tommy Lau Jon Hamm, Zach Galifianakis, rocker Rick Springfield and the voice actors of Looney Toons have been announced as additions to the 2018 SF Sketchfest lineup. Other performers announced Thursday include Rachel Bloom, Maria Bamford, Fred Armisen, Louie Anderson, Gina Gershon, Tony Hale and Sherilyn Fenn. The…
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Noise Pop announces additions to 2018 lineup
Shamir, Built to Spill, Waxahatchee, Dengue Fever and other acts have been added to the lineup of the 2018 Noise Pop Festival, which will take place between Feb. 19 and 25. Other additions to the 26th annual festival include Inara George of The Bird and the Bee, The Coathangers, Alex Cameron and The Hotelier. They will join previously…
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SF Sketchfest returns with Ricky Gervais, tribute to Twin Peaks, much more
Courtesy: Tommy Lau Ricky Gervais, Jane Lynch, Danny McBride and the casts of Twin Peaks and Animal House are among the fresh faces headlining the 2018 incarnation of the SF Sketchfest comedy festival. Other performers will include Lewis Black, Dick Cavett, Paul F. Tompkins, Christopher Guest, Julie Benz, David Cross,…
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PHOTOS: The All-American Rejects, Revivalists get intimate at Live in the Vineyard
The All-American Rejects perform at the Uptown Theatre in Napa on Nov. 4, 2017. Kate Vides/STAFF. NAPA — The All-American Rejects headlined a five-act lineup Saturday at the Uptown Theatre on the middle day of Live in the Vineyard, a contest-winner-only private music festival. Over the course of 40 minutes, the…
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Noise Pop drops initial 2018 festival lineup, tickets on sale
The producers of the annual Noise Pop Music Festival have announced the initial lineup for the 26th incarnation of the event. Tune-Yards, Rostam, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Parquet Courts and a live collaboration between San Fermin and the Bay Area’s Magik*Magik Orchestra will get top billing at concerts held between…
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RECAP & PHOTOS: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass leaves Golden Gate Park glowing
Cheap Trick. Photos: Chloe Catajan and Paige K. Parsons SAN FRANCISCO — The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival brought out the “golden” in Golden Gate Park last weekend. Following a sullen week marked by the massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival and the death of rock icon Tom Petty,…
