Kehlani performs at the Greek Amphitheater in Berkeley on June 23, 2017. The biggest question at the top of the minds of music fans, artists, club owners and the rest of the music industry is when concerts can resume. The answer is complicated because in many circumstances, it will…

Courtesy: Stern Grove Festival. What would have been the 83rd annual Stern Grove Festival has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, producers announced on Thursday. It is the first time in the free-attendance festival’s long history that it has been canceled. Originally scheduled to take place between June…

SF Sketchfest Roast of Peaches Christ on Jan. 13, 2019 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. Fans of independent comedy festival SF Sketchfest may now stream some of its performances from the last 19 years as a COVID-19 fundraiser for the independent organization. For $5, the videos will…

Rapper Watsky approaches the end of his 33-hour rap-a-thon to fundraise for COVID-19 relief for artists and music industry workers. Updated May 8 at 2 p.m. San Francisco-born rapper and poet George Watsky appeared to set a Guinness World Record for the longest continuous rap Thursday evening. He rapped…

For nearly a century and a half, scholars and fans have puzzled over a mysterious line in Richard Wagner’s 1882 opera, “Parsifal.” During the first act, a wise knight named Gurnemanz describes the Grail castle to the fool Parsifal: “You see son, here time becomes space.” There’s a Quora…

Talinda Bennington, Courtesy: Big Picture Media. The many shelter-in-place orders nationwide have impacted just about every part of society. While the circumstances are difficult for some, Talinda Bennington focuses on turning it into a positive. 320 Festival In support of mental health awareness, with educational conversations and performances by…

James Hersey, Courtesy: Tori Whitworth. On the 12-minute bike ride between his studio and his apartment in Berlin, electronica musician James Hersey is starting to see signs that Germany is about to loosen its coronavirus quarantine regulations. It’s April 17 and German Chancellor Angela Merkel has set May 4—“may…

Insert Foot Vs. The Freak follicles I was on a roll, writing this column, liking what I came up, and then … POOF. Gone. Kind of like life before a certain virus decided to kick down everyone’s front door and remind us Mother Nature, and coronavirus, is still boss.…

Phish. Courtesy of Chase Center. Prolific jam band Phish has postponed its U.S. tour, which included two shows at Chase Center in late July, by a full year, to 2021. “We’ve been as excited as ever to play music for you all, and are so heartbroken to postpone these…

The Chapel. Courtesy photo. It’s still not clear when concerts may return in California, along with sporting events and other large gatherings, but Gov. Gavin Newsom did say on Tuesday that they will be among the last physical interactions to return. While his comments instilled some confidence for some…