Festivals

22+ hour, 11+ min ago   (303+ words) Downtown Napa is getting a music festival that costs less than a sandwich. On October 25, from 2 to 5 p.m., nine bands will spread across three stages inside the historic Native Sons of the Golden West building at 927 Coombs St., with admission set…...

21+ hour, 17+ min ago   (295+ words) Ava DuVernay’s documentary “14th” centers on the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment. The film will open SFFILM’s Doc Stories on Nov. 5 at San Francisco’s Vogue Theatre, and DuVernay plans to attend and discuss it, according to Deadline and Variety. The San Francisco…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (309+ words) Dom Dolla, the Australian tech house DJ and producer born Dominic Louis Matheson, is set to headline a one-night-only show at the Cow Palace in Daly City this Friday, Oct. 16, with the show starting at 8 p.m. The 18-and-over event lands on…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (319+ words) Classic cars lined Jackson Street in the Pacific Heights neighborhood for the "Fog City" film shoot. There’s always something of a vintage charm to walking down a Victorian-lined San Francisco street, but for the past few days, nostalgia has taken…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (265+ words) Three days of entirely unscripted comedy are coming to downtown Walnut Creek, as the Diablo Improv Festival sets up at the Lesher Center for the Arts from Oct. 16 through Oct. 18. Performers will build characters, stories, songs and sometimes complete worlds…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (267+ words) A strip mall across from a Walgreens, next to the mostly shuttered Hilltop Mall in Richmond, is an unlikely setting for the next chapter of a San Francisco food institution. But that is exactly where Balompié, the Mission District's longtime…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (620+ words) islands.com Forget Redwood National And State Parks, This San Francisco Escape Has Towering Redwoods, Music, And Outdoor Fun Sweeping along the coast of Northern California, the Redwood National and State Parks are famed for having the tallest trees in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (527+ words) Hardly Strictly Bluegrass brought the music and the crowds to Golden Gate Park this past weekend. The free three-day music festival brings multiple stages and a plethora of performances to a large swathe of the park during the first weekend…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (115+ words) This year’s event includes 15 performers who will weave Dolly Parton themes into their concerts. Thom Jensen reports. The 25th Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival kicks off Friday at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, with large crowds already arriving for opening…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (445+ words) The blues great was celebrated Thursday night with a sold-out show at Radio City Music Hall in New York, where a lineup of guest musicians and a house band led by Rolling Stones drummer Steve Jordan had the audience on…...