Fans watch White Reaper perform at SXSW 2018 in Austin, Texas. Navigating the planning, scheduling and budgeting for SXSW, which begins on March 8 in Austin, isn’t easy. Even those who have attended the festival for years feel bouts of frustration. It’s simply impossible to control everything. This article…

Kamaal Williams will perform Friday at the Starline Social Club for the annual Noise Pop Music Festival. Hardly anyone goes to music festivals without at least one must-watch band. Still, it’s almost impossible to properly familiarize yourself with giant lineups like Noise Pop. Everything from maddening noise rock to sexy trap…

Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Courtesy. SFJAZZ this week announced the lineup for the 37th annual San Francisco Jazz Festival and 2019 Summer Sessions concert series. The festival lineup includes Jazzmeia Horn, José James, Tia Fuller, Fabian Almazan, Linda May Han Oh, The Mattson 2 with Calvin Keyes, Orquesta Akokán, Mark De…

MUTEK SF 2018, Courtesy: Ella Rinaldo. Electronica, audiovisual and digital art festival MUTEK will return to San Francisco for a second year, producers announced. The lineup for the festival, which will be held May 2 to 5 and will include programming that “blurs lines within genres and media,” according…

The 1995 debut album by singer-songwriter Jewel will be re-issued on vinyl by Craft Recordings tomorrow. The two-record Pieces of You  reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart—where it spent two years—spawned three hit songs and kick-started the career of Jewel Kilcher. Pieces of You reissue Jewel Craft…

Bob Odenkirk performs at SF Sketchfest at the Speakeasy in San Francisco on Jan. 18, 2019. Photos: Jon Bauer. SAN FRANCISCO — The Speakeasy was crowded with comedians onstage and in your face Friday at SF Sketchfest presented by Audible. SF Sketchfest at the Speakeasy 7 to 10 p.m. The…

Bonnaroo 2019 poster. Courtesy. A wide-ranging lineup evenly split between rock bands, hip-hop and pop performers was unveiled Tuesday for the 2019 Bonnaroo music festival. The bill is topped by multiple sets by jam band Phish, Soundcloud rapper Post Malone, hip-hop artist Childish Gambino and roots rockers The Lumineers.…

Vagabon performs at Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on March 23, 2017. Yuna, Saul Williams, MHD, Joy Williams (of The Civil Wars) and a handful of others have been announced as the final acts performing at the 27th annual Noise Pop Music Festival, held in Bay Area venues between Feb.…

BØRNS performs a Popscene show at Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2017. San Francisco’s Rickshaw Stop, celebrating its 15th anniversary with a series of concerts this week, has seen a lot over the years. Owner Christopher White recalls the time a fan of the band Bleached…

Imagine Dragons perform at the Concord Pavilion in Concord on July 24, 2018. The band is one of six co-headliners at BottleRock Napa May 24 to 26. Photo: Kate Vides. NAPA — BottleRock Napa Valley producers today unveiled the lineup for the seventh incarnation of their annual wine country festival,…