This here is all kinds of gloriousness wrapped up in a neat little performance by Mavis Staples and Win Butler covering "The Weight" at Outside Lands 2011. Excellent stuff. more ›

We've already checked out the Food Lineup and the Night Shows, now for anyone hoping to go to next month's Outside Lands festival without that pesky 3-day commitment, festival organizers have announced (via festival mascot Ranger Dave) that a limited number of single-day tickets will go on sale tomorrow morning (Wednesday!) at 10 a.m. So if you were planning to catch both sets of Phish but need to save your extra cash to fill up the VW, you'll want to be logged on tomorrow morning with your clicking finger reader to go. Alternatively, it could also be your chance to get in on Saturday's dance party lineup and Sunday's electro-pastoral night without having to brave the unclean nitrous-huffing crowds. more ›

Three-day music festival Outside Lands, running August 12 - 14, just announced several "special late shows" that will only be accessible to ticket holders... for a price. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Eskmo, Best Coast, the Original Meters, Arctic Monkeys, Vetiver, STS9, The Vaccines, and the Warren Haynes Band will all perform at the following clubs and times: more ›

Our mother always taught us that if you're eating at a concert, you're doing it wrong. However, seeing as how San Francisco's LSD-tinged past has given way to more family-friendly foodie festivities these days, Outside Lands revealed an even larger lineup of food for 2011. Tragically hip? Maybe. Remarkably tasty? But of course. 4505 Meats (bacon-studded hot dogs!), Tacolicious (tacos!), Memphis Minnie's (southern style BBQ!), Kasa (kati rolls!), American Grilled Cheese (gooey cheese!), and more will also be available for your digesting needs. Go here for the complete list. more ›

San Francisco's something-for-everyone summer music festival announced their artist lineup this morning and it's not too far off from some of January's early predictions. The schedule isn't out yet, but your 2011 Headliners are: Muse, Phish (who apparently need to specify that they will be noodling along for two whole sets), and Arcade Fire. So we've got a Glenn Beck favorite, a double-dose of self-indulgent jamming and a Grammy winner - that should pretty much cover all the bases. A full list of artists announced this morning, including some local bands and festival alumni after the jump. more ›

The Outside Lands Music Festival announced the festival's dates for 2011 today. No big surprises on the weekend it's taking place: August 12th-14th, 2011, but maybe some slight surprise to see the festival will returning to the original long-weekend format after the 2010 edition slimmed down to just Saturday and Sunday. Eager Beaver 3-Day tickets go on sale this Friday, March 11th at Noon, but you'll be buying blind since there's no word on the lineup yet. more ›

For all those of you who don't want to spring for the full weekend We just figured out that these shows are only available to Outside Lands ticket holders... you need a password emailed to you after you've already bought a ticket but maybe you want to see one special band in a tiny venue? (Tokyo Police Club, perhaps? That's them pictured.) So this should come as excellent news: the off-site night shows have been announced for the weekend of Outside Lands in August, and the lineup includes Hercules and Love Affair doing a set at Mighty, Jimmy Cliff at Mezzanine, and a kickoff party of sorts at Nightlife at the Academy of Sciences on Thursday August 12th, with some sort of (DJ?) lineup to be announced. Tickets for these night shows, with prices starting at $12, go on sale at 10 a.m. on July 21, and you can find them here. See the full list after the jump. more ›

Here's the full lineup, also via a text list so you don't have press play. more ›

Outside Lands organizers have been sitting on the full lineup and waiting to release it on June 1st, but yesterday some eagle-eyed music fans noticed that an ad a sidebar in the new issue of Spin has hit stands ahead of this release date showing the full a partial line-up, which includes headliners Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket, and Phoenix, with The Gossip, soul legend Al Green, and BlackStar also on the bill. more ›

The Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival at Golden Gate Park will be held on... August 14-15. Ta-da. The third annual music festival that bombards the park plans on announcing "at least a partial lineup of performers on June 1." Even though there's no word on who, exactly, will perform, Outside Lands will offer two-day tickets for sale tomorrow (May 7) for $115, which you can find at sfoutsidelands.com. (Last year's event, which boasted the likes of Pearl Jam, M.I.A. and the Black Eyed Peas -- sold-out. [via HitFix] more ›

by Moses Namkung

Outside Lands has arrived. Remember last year? Substantial Muni fail, Radiohead's sound cutting out, Mr. Clothezoff, and other freshman-year festival growing pains... this year, we have a gaggle of headliners and acts that hit their prime a generation ago, but also an array of potentially promising Outside Lands night shows the entire week, including The Dodos (sold out, unfortunately), Holy Fuck and Os Mutantes. And that's on top of a week that's already front-loaded with Ted Leo at BOTH and Pete Yorn at the Fillmore on Monday and SubPop's Fruit Bats at Ameoba SF and the Independent on Tuesday. We've been analyzing the schedule, trying to figure out which day of the festival we are the most (and least) excited for. For some reason though, while we do so, we're finding ourselves drifting off and daydreaming of the Flaming Lips, Girl Talk and Grizzly Bear...

Select list of shows around the city, after the jump... more ›

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In between doing the whiteman's overbite at this year's Outside Lands Festival, be sure to check out the tasty grub they're offering at A Taste of the Bay Area. A list of the eateries offering up their gastronomic prowess are as follows, with SFist recommendation denoted: Alive Restaurant, *Asqew Grill, Burgermeister, Charles Chocolates, *DOSA, Farmer Brown’s Little Skillet, Full of Life Flatbread, Gordo Tacqueria, *Hog Island Oyster CO., *Lets Be Frank, *It’s-It Ice Cream, Lydia’s Lovin’ Foods, Mission Minis, Namu, New Ganges, *Pacific Catch, *Pacific Coast Farmers Market Association, Philz Coffee, Pica Pica Maize Kitchen, Q Restaurant, Sambazon, Spicy Pie, Split Pea Seduction, ***Taylor’s Automatic Refresher, Three Twins Ice Cream, Ti Couz, Treasure Island Bar & Grill, and *Yats. Also, big name wineries will be serving up the hooch. Check out www.sfoutsidelands.com for more info. more ›

Single-day tickets for Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival go on sale Sunday. Yay, you! On June 21 at 10 a.m., you can buy single-day tickets to see such critically-lavished acts as Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band and Beastie Boys, Tom Jones, Modest Mouse, and M.I.A., just to name a few. You can buy them at at www.SFOutsidelands.com. The festival erupts in Golden Gate Park on August 28 - 30th. They go for $89 or $235/VIP . (Hey, look, they even have a layaway plan!) more ›

San Francisco just approved a contract that will permit future yacht rockers to entertain the masses at Golden Gate Park. That is to say, we've got three more years of the Outside Lands Festival. And it's a good thing for the city. According to KCBS, "[l]ast year, 130,000 people packed Golden Gate Park and the city made $815,000 dollars. The new contract guarantees the city a minimum of $950,000 dollars and allows Another Planet to stage a concert each summer for three years, with an additional two-year option following that." Old-time crooners like Pearl Jam, this indie rock band, the Beastie Boys, that indie rock band, the Dave Matthews Band, that group Fergie is in are some of the groups scheduled to perform for this year’s concert in the park. more ›

Holy 1993, folks! The Outside Lands Festival lineup was announced today! The main headliners at the annual three-day concert in Golden Gate Park are: more ›

We all had a great time piling on Muni last weekend, foaming and ranting about service to and from the park. But what was going on behind the scenes? We asked Muni how they strategized their service around Outside Lands. Here's what they had to say: more ›

Boo! After we posted about "Oliver Clothezoff, visiting from New York" at the Outside Lands festival, the Chronicle went and edited it to read, "A visitor from New York..." (Pft, you guys are no fun.) But Brittney Gilbert has the original if you want to check it out. more ›

MattyMatt and y'all have got the commentary down. Here's some pictures we snapped this weekend at Outside Lands. If you've got more, feel free to add your flickr links below. Man, this town has some good looking people.
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