Trisha Yearwood and Serena Williams appear at the Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage during BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 23, 2025. Sean Liming/STAFF. BottleRock Napa’s Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage has grown to attract some of the top names in sports, film and music, and the…

Isabel Whelan (BEL), courtesy. The journey from a small, rural community like Clovis, Calif. (Fresno is the big city on this map) to a touring artist with millions of streams is most definitely a road less traveled. For Isabel Whelan, burgeoning singer-songwriter now based in L.A., it was all…

Simple Minds perform at Toyota Pavilion in Concord, Calif. on May 20, 2025. Sean Liming/STAFF. CONCORD, Calif. — As it turns out, the universal language is “la, la-la-la-la.” “Let’s try something different,” Simple Minds frontman shouted around the eight-minute mark of an 11-minute rendition of the band’s biggest hit,…

The Go-Go’s perform at the Warfield in San Francisco on May 13, 2025. Photos courtesy Nick Buckmaster. SAN FRANCISCO — Although iconic rock quintet The Go-Go’s last graced a San Francisco stage in 2022, riding the high of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, that was without…

J Balvin performs at SAP Center in San Jose on May 10, 2025. Derek Fisher/STAFF. SAN JOSE — Reggaeton star J Balvin brought his Back to the Rayo Tour to SAP Center on Saturday, performing in the Bay Area for the first time in nearly six years. The two-hour, 40-song…

Empire of The Sun performs at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on May 3, 2025. Matt Pang/STAFF. BERKELEY — Australian electronic duo Empire of the Sun brought its tour in support of 2024 album Ask That God to the Greek on Saturday. Ask That God is Luke Steele’s and…

Josh Radnor performs at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on April 27, 2025. Vanessa Solis/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Folk musician (and actor, filmaker and author) Josh Radnor made his way to Great American Music Hall on Sunday, performing his first solo concert in the Bay Area. The…

Kylie Minogue performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on April 22, 2025. Photos courtesy Chloe Irving and Nick Buckmaster (San Francisco) and Erik Melvin (Australia). SAN FRANCISCO — Australian Kylie Minogue has been a pop star internationally since the late ’80s and has occasionally made inroads in North…

Phish performs at Moda Center in Portland, Ore. on April 20, 2025. Photos: Leah Flores. PORTLAND, Ore. — There was so much speculation as to how Phish might celebrate what was really a plethora of special occasions on Sunday night at the Moda Center. Phish 7:30 p.m., Tuesday &…

Phish performs at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle on April 18, 2025. Photos: Leah Flores. SEATTLE — Phish wasted little time getting into gear on its spring tour, kicking off the first night of an eight-show trek with a high-octane performance at Climate Pledge Arena on Friday. Phish 7:30…