Bay Area music artists pose with a technician at a MusiCares and Kingmakers of Oakland health services outreach event in Oakland on Dec. 7, 2024. Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images for The Recording Academy. OAKLAND — Kingmakers of Oakland is best known for its work with local school districts…

MusiCares, courtesy. MusiCares and East Bay outreach and social services organization Kingmakers of Oakland have partnered to hold a health and wellness event on Saturday for established Bay Area hip-hop music professionals. The event will include complimentary wellness services like vision screenings and eyewear, hearing exams with custom ear…

Zach Bryan performs at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on May 31, 2024. Steve Carlson/STAFF. The lineup for Outside Lands Music Festival 2025 has yet to be announced, but music fans now know who’s playing at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on the following weekend. Concert promoter Another Planet…

Sports Team, courtesy. Updated at 1:30 p.m., Dec. 4: Mercury-Prize-nominated British band Sports Team, known for songs like “The Drop,” was robbed and had a gun pointed at them in Vallejo on Tuesday morning. The band was slated to begin a tour in Sacramento the same day. The robbery…

Kendrick Lamar and SZA, courtesy Andre D. Wagner. Hot on the heels of releasing a new new album, Kendrick Lamar has announced a stadium tour with SZA for next spring that will see the all-world rapper performing at Oracle Park in San Francisco the week after Memorial Day. Tickets…

Andrea Bocelli performs with the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus at Chase Center in San Francisco on Dec. 5, 2019. Updated Nov. 19: Tenor Andrea Bocelli will host and perform at a three-day event at Charles Krug Winery in Napa next June. “A Weekend in Napa” is touted as a…

Post Malone performs during Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 11, 2024. Post Malone on Tuesday announced a stadium tour—The BIG ASS Stadium Tour—with Jelly Roll, which will see two of the biggest rap/country/pop crossover artists on the planet. The 25-date tour…

Stray Kids perform at Oakland Arena in Oakland on July 12, 2022. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. K-pop superstars Stray Kids on Monday announced a 20-show tour that will include North America, South America, Europe and the U.K. The dates are part of the group’s dominATE World Tour, which began this year…

Bill Murray at the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Feb. 26, 2023. He will appear at SF Sketchfest in 2025. Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images. Iconic actor and comedian Bill Murray will headline SF Sketchfest in January, producers of the…

L to R: Gerald Casale, Josh Hagar, Mark Mothersbaugh and Bob Mothersbaugh of DEVO perform at Way Out West Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden on Aug. 10, 2023. The band will return to Mosswood Meltdown in July. Photo: Rune Hellestad, Corbis/Getty. Devo will return to headline Mosswood Meltdown in Oakland…