Festivals
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Outside Lands: Friday’s and Saturday’s best of the rest
Fletcher performs during Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2024. Mariana Garcia/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO —Outside Lands is about more than just the headliners, and this year is no exception. The lineup spans genres and ranges from young up-and-coming acts to pros.…
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Outside Lands: Sabrina Carpenter plays silver screen star in a ‘forest fairyland’
Sabrina Carpenter performs during Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2024. Mariana Garcia/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Thrown in as a surprise headliner at Outside Lands Music Festival just a couple months before the festival was set to begin its 16th annual…
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Outside Lands: Grace Jones stuns with her wardrobe at Land’s End
Grace Jones performs during Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2024. Mariana Garcia/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Grace Jones made a grand entrance at Land’s End Stage, arriving in style and fashionably late in an enormous, flowing white skirt and a striking…
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Outside Lands: The Killers bring Vegas glitz to opening night
The Killers perform during Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 9, 2024. Courtesy Chris Phelps. SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Twain once said, “The coldest winter I ever spent was at The Killers concert on a summer night in San Francisco.” OK, maybe…
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Outside Lands: Kevin Abstract a man of the people at the Sutro Stage
Kevin Abstract performs during Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 9, 2024. Mariana Garcia/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Kevin Abstract, the cofounder of the former self-proclaimed boy band of hip-hop, Brockhampton, did a lot with little at Outside Lands on Friday. The rapper…
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Outside Lands: South African Grammy winner Tyla phones in her set
Tyla performs during Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 9, 2024. SAN FRANCISCO — South African superstar Tyla was so late to her own performance that she only got through four songs before calling it a day at Outside Lands. The artist,…
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Outside Lands: Reneé Rapp heats up a chilly opening night
Reneé Rapp performs during Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 9, 2024. Mariana Garcia/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — The chilly breeze of the first night at Outside Lands really began to take hold right about the time theater and pop singer-songwriter Reneé Rapp…
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Interview: French Cassettes finally ‘sneak’ into Outside Lands
French Cassettes, courtesy Marisa Bazan French Cassettes have had an eventful summer. It began in June with the release of their third studio album, Benzene, and a North American tour. Now they’re back home in the Bay Area and playing Outside Lands for the first time after nearly two…
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INTERVIEW: Colombian psych trio BALTHVS goes on a mystical journey
BALTHVS, courtesy Santi Pulecio. After listening to their newest album, Harvest, one might not think that the good musical vibes of BALTHVS could be produced by a bassist who only learned to play the instrument over the past few years, a drummer who purchased his first kit in 2020…
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INTERVIEW: Latin pop-funk trio DARUMAS breaking preconceptions
DARUMAS; L to R: Ceci Leon, Vedala Vilmond and Aldana Aguirre. Courtesy Lucía Olmos. The musical backgrounds of the members of DARUMAS are as diverse as their roots and upbringing. The Latin-American funk and pop trio consists of Cuban American guitarist Ceci Leon, bassist Aldana Aguirre, who is from Argentina but…
