Chaka Khan performs during Stern Grove Festival at Sigmund Stern Grove in San Francisco on Aug. 25, 2024. Matt Pang/STAFF. The producer of the annual free Stern Grove Festival has announced the lineup for its 2024 season, with 11 concerts and not one but two Big Picnic concerts, on…

Patti Smith performs during Stern Grove Festival at Sigmund Stern Grove in San Francisco on Aug. 13, 2023. Photos: David Jones. SAN FRANCISCO — After 50 years of making records, touring and raising a ruckus as a punk icon, you’d forgive Patti Smith for taking it easy here and…

Attendees at the opening day of the 2022 Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco on June 12, 2022. Marisela Delgado/STAFF. San Francisco’s CBS television stations KPIX and KBCW will broadcast and livestream most Stern Grove Festival concerts this summer, starting with Sunday’s season-opening Snarky Puppy show at Sigmund Stern…

Santigold performs during Outside Lands at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2019. She’s among the performers at Stern Grove Festival this summer. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. Patti Smith, the Flaming Lips, Indigo Girls with Neko Case, Lyle Lovett and Angelique Kidjo are among the artists who will perform…

Attendees at the opening day of the 2022 Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco on June 12, 2022. Marisela Delgado/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — “Yay areaaaaaa!” shouted San Francisco mayor London Breed during her introduction, setting the stage for the first show of the 85th Stern Grove Festival. In addition to…

Flooding damage from a water main break at Sigmund Stern Grove in San Francisco on Monday, Aug. 23. Courtesy. A water main rupture on Sloat Avenue on Monday has heavily damaged Sigmund Stern Grove park in San Francisco, causing the cancellation of the final concert of the Stern Grove…

Ledisi performs on the first day of the 84th annual Stern Grove Festival at Sigmund Stern Grove Park in San Francisco on June 20, 2021. Courtesy and Roman Gokhman/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — The annual Stern Grove Festival, San Francisco’s longest-running music festival, returned on Sunday after a 2020 cancelation,…

San Francisco Mayor London Breed cuts a ceremonial red ribbon on the official return of concerts on the first day of the 84th annual Stern Grove Festival at Sigmund Stern Grove Park in San Francisco on June 20, 2021. Courtesy: Paige K. Parsons. Other photos: Roman Gokhman/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO…

Too $hort performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2019. Shawn Robbins/STAFF. Thundercat, Fitz and the Tantrums, Joan Jett, Perfume Genius, Thievery Corporation, X, St. Paul & The Broken Bones and Tower of Power and Too $hort are among the artists that 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…