Attendees at Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 9, 2024. Mariana Garcia/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Outside Lands was not only a showcase of incredible music but also a vibrant display of festival fashion from performers like Grace Jones and festivalgoers alike. Despite…

Zoo Station performs at Dublin Civic Plaza during the city’s St. Patrick’s Day festival on Sunday, March 13, 2022. Steve Carlson/STAFF. DUBLIN, Calif. — After being canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dublin’s popular St. Patrick’s Day festival returned last weekend, packing the Civic Center…

Keane performs at The Fox Theater in Oakland on March 9, 2020. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. OAKLAND — In the years since disbanding in 2013, U.K. soft rock and melodic pop quartet Keane had only reformed to play a handful of one-off shows. Yet Richard Hughes, Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin and…

Illenium performs at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Dec. 13, 2019. Click an image below to begin the slideshow. Nick Gentry/Staff. SAN FRANCISCO— San-Francisco-raised electronic producer and DJ Illenium performed at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Friday for the first of three San Francisco shows on his Ascend…

Big Wild performs at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Nov. 30, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — Having made the jump from producer to songwriter with his debut album, Superdream, Big Wild headlined his largest Bay Area show Saturday at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. Musician Jackson Stell‘s latest batch of…

MIKA performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on Sept. 18, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello SAN FRANCISCO — MIKA brought his Tiny Love Tiny Tour to the Fillmore Wednesday, giving longtime fans a preview of his forthcoming fifth album, My Name Is Michael Holbrook. The show was also a great excuse to put…

Laura Carbone performs at Hi Hat in Los Angeles on Sept. 12, 2019. Photos: Julia Kovaleva. Click the image below to start the slideshow. LOS ANGELES — Berlin shoegaze and dark pop singer-songwriter Laura Carbone kicked off her first North American headlining tour Thursday at the Hi Hat, playing…

Lord Huron performs at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Aug 2, 2019. Click the photo to begin the slideshow. BERKELEY — Lord Huron returned to the Bay Area on Friday, following performances at BottleRock and Treasure Island music festivals over the past nine months. Given the opportunity to…

Slash performs with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators at the Warfield in San Francisco on July 15,2019. Click the image below to start the slideshow. SAN FRANCISCO — Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators are truly Living The Dream with their 2019 world tour. After playing two continents,…

The Jesus and Mary Chain performs at Mosswood Park for Burger Boogaloo in Oakland on July 6, 2019. Click the photo to start the slideshow. OAKLAND — Day one of the tenth annual Burger Boogaloo was held in Oakland’s Mosswood Park on Saturday. Hosted by legendary filmmaker and counterculture icon John…