J-Hope of BTS. J-Hope of K-pop supergroup BTS on Tuesday announced a 12-date solo tour for this spring. The Hope on the Stage trek includes two dates at Oakland Arena on March 31 and April 1. This will be the rapper, singer and dancer’s first solo tour in North…

Homes and businesses reduced to smoldering rubble by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 10, 2025. Photo by David Swanson/AFP. Metallica’s nonprofit All Within My Hands Foundation has donated $500,000 to relief efforts around Los Angeles, which faces record-breaking destruction by wildfires…

Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sept. 20, 2024. The East Bay band is one of three headliners at BottleRock Napa Valley 2025. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. Justin Timberlake, Green Day and Noah Kahan will join more than 80 other acts at BottleRock Napa Valley on Memorial…

Joan Baez performs at Acoustic-4-A-Cure at The Fillmore in San Francisco on May 13, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. Nonprofit Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, which provides financial assistance to musicians and music industry workers in need or facing physical or mental health issues, disability or age-related struggles, will host a fundraiser…

In the Name of Love 2025, featuring the music of Aretha Franklin. Living Jazz and SFJAZZ have partnered to produce In the Name of Love, the 21st performance honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., this time through the music of Aretha Franklin. The event will take place on Jan. 18…

Randy Bradbury (L) and Jim Lindberg of Pennywise perform at Zitadelle Spandau in Berlin, Germany on June 8, 2024. The band will headline Punk in the Park San Francisco in May. Photo by Andrea Friedrich/Redferns. Pennywise and more than a dozen other bands will perform at the second Punk In…

BottleRock 2022, courtesy. BottleRock Napa Valley will again sell a limited number of advance tickets to next spring’s festival before the holidays. The holiday presale three-day general admission, VIP, Skydeck and Platinum tickets will go on sale Thursday, Dec. 12 at 10 a.m. Additionally, American Express cardholders can get…

Doug and Alyssa Graham, owners of 3Sirens and duo The Grahams, put together and appear on compilation record “Every Possible Way,” benefitting Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund. A new compilation album taps nearly a dozen artists like Lucius, Joseph and White Denim to venture back to the ‘90s…

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…