Rüfüs Du Sol performs at Outside Lands in San Francisco on Oct. 31, 2021. The group will headline Portola Music Festival in September. Concert promoter Goldenvoice has announced the lineup for the third Portola Music Festival, which focuses on dance music and adjacent genres like hip-hop and indie pop.…

Chaka Khan performs during Stern Grove Festival at Sigmund Stern Grove in San Francisco on Aug. 25, 2024. Matt Pang/STAFF. The producer of the annual free Stern Grove Festival has announced the lineup for its 2024 season, with 11 concerts and not one but two Big Picnic concerts, on…

Grace McKagan, courtesy. When her punk band the Pink Slips broke up during the early part of the pandemic and Grace McKagan set out as a solo artist, she wanted to show off a different, softer side of her music. Her first solo EP, 2022’s Heart of Hearts, showed…

Tyler, The Creator performs at Outside Lands in San Francisco on Oct. 29, 2021. Rapper Tyler, The Creator, Las Vegas rock stalwarts  The Killers and alt-country singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson top the marquee for the 2024 edition of San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music Festival. The event will return to Golden…

Grace Bowers, courtesy. The next generation’s star of American rock, blues and funk guitar is a 17-year-old high school junior from the East Bay town of Danville. Grace Bowers at BottleRock Napa Valley 12:30 p.m., Friday, May 24 (Festival runs May 24–26) Napa Valley Expo Tickets: Sold out. Grace…

Chlöe (Chloe Bailey) performs during Sol Blume Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Aug. 20, 2023. Less than two weeks before an expanded three-day Sol Blume soul and hip-hop music festival was to kick off its run at Discovery Park in Sacramento, organizers ENT Legends pulled the plug,…

The B-52s perform at The Fillmore in San Francisco on Nov. 1, 2018. They will perform at Mosswood Meltdown this July. Gary Chancer/STAFF. Annual punk music festival Mosswood Meltdown has announced its daily lineups for this July’s event. One-day tickets are now available to purchase. The first day will…

Ambrose Akinmusire will perform at Stanford Jazz Festival in June, courtesy. Producers of the annual Stanford Jazz Festival on Monday announced this summer’s lineup, including Ambrose Akinmusire Owl Song featuring Bill Frisell and Herlin Riley, The Bad Plus, Tommy Igoe Groove Conspiracy, Dave Douglas, Anat Cohen, Marquis Hill, Tierney…

Robert Glasper performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival at Silverado Resort in Napa, Calif. on July 29, 2023. The event will return in a new form as the Black Radio Experience in 2024. Derek Fisher/STAFF. Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa, which debuted in 2022 with pianist, producer and songwriter…

Herbie Hancock performs at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Aug. 23, 2019. The jazz icon will perform at San Jose Jazz Summer Fest in August. Sean Liming/STAFF. Fourteen-time Grammy-winning jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, soul and funk group Maze honoring Frankie Beverly (who will pass the microphone to Tony…