Dan Wilson of Semisonic, courtesy. Semisonic frontman and acclaimed songwriter Dan Wilson will headline UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals’ 15th annual Notes & Words show at the Fox Theater in Oakland on May 11. The benefit concert will include performances by the Bay Area’s Curtis Family C-Notes (who appeared on…

Foo Fighters perform during Dreamfest benefitting Benioff Children’s Hospitals at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 13, 2023. Photos by Drew Altizer. SAN FRANCISCO — Just a month after headlining Outside Lands, rockers Foo Fighters returned to the Bay Area to perform at Dreamfest, benefitting UCSF Benioff Children’s…

Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters performs during Festival d’été de Québec in Quebec City, Canada on July 8, 2023. The band will perform at Dreamfest on Sept. 13. Photo by Barry Brecheisen/WireImage. Just a few days after headlining Outside Lands Music Festival, the Foo Fighters were tapped to…

U2 performs at Dreamfest, the Salesforce Dreamforce concert, at the Cow Palace in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2016. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. DALY CITY, Calif.  — Dreamforce, the high-stakes tech conference/theme park/party that takes over San Francisco for one week in the fall has grown larger and larger each year.…