Lights. Courtesy: Lindsey Blane There is no such thing as idle time for Canadian singer-songwriter Lights Poxleitner-Bokan. The always-creating songstress, who goes simply by Lights, has four studio LPs to her name, a handful of acoustic EPs, a comic book series and a soon-to-be-developed live action TV show. Her most…

A$AP Rocky performs at Treasure Island Music Festival at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in Oakland on Oct. 13, 2018. Photos: Chloe Catajan OAKLAND — Perhaps JPEGMAFIA really did lose his cell phone Saturday morning. But maybe the industrial and noise hip-hop and experimental trap artist was upset that the…

Gavin Creel Harkening back to a golden age of musical theater, Gavin Creel will present his debut solo concert on Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Fairmont San Francisco’s Venetian Room–but don’t call it cabaret. An Evening with Gavin Creel 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 14 Venetian Room of the Fairmont San…

SAN FRANCISCO — Metallica, today, announced an acoustic concert that will benefit the band’s All Within My Hands Foundation. The Nov. 3 performance, called The Helping Hands Concert and Auction, will be held at the Masonic in San Francisco. Cage the Elephant will open, with its own acoustic set. All…

B.R. Cohn Winery, site of Sonoma Harvest Music Festival GLEN ELLEN — After a three-year hiatus, the Sonoma Harvest Music Festival is making a comeback. With the help of B.R. Cohn Winery and BottleRock Presents, this year’s incarnation of the homegrown festival features The Avett Brothers and The Head and The Heart as…

Courtesy: Leeds Festival LEEDS, ENGLAND — By now, the majority of music fans are familiar with the music super-festival concept: a multi-day supersized concert with an endless number of acts, food, attractions and hangovers. The Bay Area does it well with Outside Lands and BottleRock, along with niche fests…

Photos: Gary Chancer SAN FRANCISCO — Several thousand people from San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area filled into a two-square-block stretch of the Mission to see free music, shop, eat and participate in craft workshops during the sixth annual 20th Street Block Party. The event, sponsored by Noise Pop…

CORRECTION: Jeff Rosenstock has clarified that his statement were general in nature and that the event he was speaking out against did, in fact, not happen, at 20th Street Block Party. This article has been changed to reflect this. SAN FRANCISCO — In the middle of his set at the…

Photo illustration: Alessio Neri and Roman Gokhman Since 2008, concertgoers in the Bay Area and beyond have carefully planned out their Outside Lands itineraries. With numerous music stages, the Barbary comedy tent, wacky culinary GastroMagic stage, pop-up performances (that throw a wrench into everyone’s carefully sculpted, laminated schedules), not…

Twin Peaks stage at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands 2017 on August 11, 2017. Photo: Alessio Neri. Now in its 11th year, the Outside Lands Music Festival is safely in the conversation for the best music festival in the U.S., right alongside Lollapalooza, Coachella and Bonnaroo as a destination…