Festivals
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Project Pabst: Portland and Pabst Blue Ribbon find their groove
Attendees at Project Pabst at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Ore. on July 27, 2024. Photos: Leah Flores. By Ben Niesen The Pabst Brewing Company is no stranger to comeback stories and it has long known the feeling of being left out in the rain. Once the premier…
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Big Thief, Denzel Curry close down Project Pabst in Portland
Big Thief performs during Project Pabst at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Ore. on July 28, 2024. Photos: Leah Flores. By Ben Niesen PORTLAND, Ore. — Big Thief and Denzel Curry closed out a successful second day of Project Pabst at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park on Sunday.…
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Billy Idol, T-Pain ring in Project Pabst’s return to Portland
Billy Idol performs during Project Pabst at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Ore. on July 27, 2024. Photos: Leah Flores. By Ben Niesen PORTLAND, Ore. — Project Pabst returned to Tom McCall Waterfront Park after a seven-year hiatus on Saturday and revitalized the picturesque riverside with a lineup…
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass announces first round of 2024 artists
Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters perform at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2019. The producers of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass have shared the initial lineup for the 2024 edition of the free music festival, which returns to Golden Gate Park…
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Outside Lands Music Festival announces set times
Sabrina Carpenter performs during Governors Ball at Flushing Meadows in Corona Park in New York City on June 8, 2024. She’ll headline Outside Lands in August. Photo by Marleen Moise/Getty Images. The producers of Outside Lands have released the set times for the 2024 edition of the festival. The…
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Ozomatli, Joe Bataan prep for inaugural Latin Rock on the Dock on Mare Island
Ozomatli will perform at the first Latin Rock on the Dock Music Festival on Mare Island. Courtesy Lisa Johnson. The first Latin Rock on the Dock Music Festival will bring together a diverse lineup of music artists with a helping of food, craft beer and spirits along with the…
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Project Pabst back in Portland after 7-year hiatus
Project Pabst, courtesy. By Ben Niesen More than seven years after expanding to multiple cities before pulling the plug, Project Pabst is back in its original home of Portland, Ore. on July 27 and 28. The weekend festival is sponsored by primary backer Pabst Blue Ribbon, which teased the…
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Mosswood Meltdown heats up Oakland with The B-52s
The B-52s perform during Mosswood Meltdown at Mosswood Park in Oakland on July 6, 2024. Karen Goldman/STAFF. OAKLAND — Mosswood Meltdown lived up to its name with scorching temperatures on Saturday, the first day of the two-day alternative culture celebration, topped by The B-52s. Mosswood Meltdown: Mummies, Pure Hell,…
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Napa’s Festival La Onda back for year 2, presale tickets available now
Attendees at Festival La Onda, at the Napa Valley Expo on June 1, 2024. Sean Liming/STAFF. Napa’s Festival La Onda will be back for year two on May 31 and June 1, 2025. The event’s producers, also the team behind BottleRock Napa Valley, announced the second iteration, as well…
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Inaugural Festival La Onda a kaleidoscope of Latin culture in Napa
Alejandro Fernández performs during Festival La Onda Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on June 1, 2024. Sean Liming/STAFF. NAPA — The Napa Valley Expo, the same site where tens of thousands watched some of the country’s best known rock and hip-hop acts a week earlier, was transformed on…
