Arts & Entertainment

Outside Lands Day Two: Drag Race Stars, Lana Del Rey, and Michael Bublé?

Day Two of Outside Lands 2023 saw major crowds show up for Lana Del Rey and Foo Fighters, as well stellar sets by Maggie Rogers, Conan Gray, and Alvvays, a raucous good time at the Dolores' stage, and a surprise special guest on the main stage.

Arts & Entertainment

Outside Lands Day One: People Came So Ready to Dance They Broke a Floor, Kendrick Lamar and Janelle Monae Dazzled

The first day of Outside Lands 2023 was a literal smash, as revelers in the SOMA Tent danced so hard they broke the floor, while Kendrick Lamar delivered a powerful set in the foggy mist, and Janelle Monae got remarkably sexy with go-go dancers.

Arts & Entertainment

People Selling Off Their Burning Man Tickets Like Mad This Year, Market Flooded With Extra Tickets

It’s blazingly easy to find extra Burning Man tickets this year, as countless tickets are being offered up for sale, a “radical” change from years past when Burning Man was the hottest ticket of the summer.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

The Stud May Find New Life a Few Blocks Away From Its Former Home In SoMa

It looks as though the Stud Collective has landed on a potential new space for the legendary bar and nightclub that tragically closed at the start of the pandemic. And it's just a few blocks away, on Folsom Street.

Arts & Entertainment

As One Local Theater Faces Possible Closure, Bay Area's Regional Theaters Seek Stability — and New Subscribers

Regional theaters around the country are continuing to struggle in their recovery from pandemic shutdowns. And while several of the Bay Area's regional theaters appear to be coming back strong, all of them may not make it.

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Mountain View Art & Wine Festival 2023: A Sensational Silicon Valley Soirée

Step into a world of artistic splendor and divine indulgence at the 2023 Mountain View Art & Wine Festival, set to unfold on the bustling streets of Castro Street in the heart of Silicon Valley on September 9th and 10th.

Arts & Entertainment

How to Get In and Out of Outside Lands By Public Transit or Bike

We've tried to get the word out every year, and we'll try again: Getting into and out the far reaches of Golden Gate Park on Outside Lands weekend is not something you should be trying to do by car. You will regret it.

Bay Area Sports

Video: Steph Curry Gets On Stage, Sings With Paramore at Chase Center

Is it weird or wonderful that Steph Curry loves this TikTok-popular, 90s-sounding pop-rock band Paramore so much that he got on stage to sing their biggest hit with them at the Chase Center Monday night?

Arts & Entertainment

Video: Animatronic Muppet Singing Vanessa Carlton's 'A Thousand Miles' Rolls Down Valencia Street

A clever, hilarious project that manages to combine some San Francisco whimsy with very 2023 robotics and AI continues to bring delight to passersby after debuting earlier this year.

Arts & Entertainment

Kooky, Highly Specific, Unfinished House In the Berkeley Hills Asks $1.19 Million

One man's dream house that he set out to build in the early 1970s and never completed before his death last year has hit the market for the first time, and it's a very unique Berkeley hills property to say the least.

Arts & Entertainment

Two Tina Turners Tell A Tumultuous, Terrific Life Story in ‘Tina - The Tina Turner Musical’ at the Golden Gate Theatre

A dazzling and kinetic Tina Turner musical biography goes for nearly three hours at the Golden Gate Theatre, but the musical stylings of a ten-year-old playing a young Tina are simply the best moments of the show.

Arts & Entertainment

'Rent' Star Anthony Rapp to Bring Autobiographical Musical 'Without You' to the Curran in October

Anthony Rapp, who played the character Mark in 'Rent' both on Broadway and on the big screen, has a new one-man show that tells the story of how he met 'Rent' creator Jonathan Larson and auditioned for the show, and it's coming to SF this fall.

Arts & Entertainment

Valencia Street Music Club Amado’s Reeling From Basement Flood, Needs Community Support

The Mission District live music venue Amado’s took a $500,000 hit with a flooding incident this summer that turned its downstairs area “into a swimming pool,” and the club is looking to its fans and regulars to help them bail out from the extensive damage.

Arts & Entertainment

Children’s Fairyland in Oakland to Host ‘After-Hours’ Music Festival Featuring Sun Ra Arkestra

The Bay Area’s music festival-mania is coming to Lake Merritt’s Children’s Fairyland, which will play host to a September nighttime festival called “Through the Looking Glass,” with the Sun Ra Arkestra and Oakland-based pop star Spellling.

Arts & Entertainment

For the First Time, Outside Lands Is Featuring a Queer Dance Space

It's about time, and maybe it's just a sign of the times that the very queer-friendly and fluid younger generation demands such spaces everywhere, but Outside Lands will, for the first time in its history, feature a queer dance space this year hosted by Hard French, Oasis, and FAKE and GAY.

Arts & Entertainment

Ferris Wheel and 100-Foot Super Slide Coming to Four-Day Carnival In SF's Civic Center

In her latest effort to enliven the Civic Center area and push the open-air drug trade back further into the Tenderloin, Mayor London Breed announced Monday that there's going to be a four-day carnival outside City Hall in late August.

Arts & Entertainment

'Euphoria' Actor Angus Cloud Dead at 25, Found at Home In Oakland

It appears that actor Angus Cloud, who played Fezco on two seasons of the HBO series 'Euphoria,' has taken his own life at age 25, and he was found dead in his family's home in Oakland.

Arts & Entertainment

KGO Anchor Dan Ashley and His Band Added to Outside Lands Lineup

Dad rock fans rejoice! 59-year-old ABC-7 news anchor Dan Ashley, who does indeed moonlight as a rock’n’roll singer, has just had his band added to the Saturday lineup for Outside Lands.

Arts & Entertainment

Sunny Dore Alley Fair Day Brings Out Pre-Pandemic-Sized Crowd

Sunday marked the first Up Your Alley fair day on Folsom Street since the pandemic that looked and felt just like the old days, rampant nudity and all.

Arts & Entertainment

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Early 2023 Lineup Reveal Includes Jason Isbell, John Doe, The Church

While there are still many, many acts yet to be announced, the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2023 festival teased its first ten artist announcements, highlighted by former Drive-By Truckers guitarist Jason Isbell.

SF News

The SAG-AFTRA Strike Comes to SF With City Hall Rally Wednesday Night

After the striking writers and actors picketed Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos last week, now they’re coming to San Francisco City Hall for a 5 p.m. Wednesday rally where all are welcome to come raise heck.

Arts & Entertainment

Deal Reached For Extra Weekend of Concerts After Outside Lands 2024, as West Side Supervisors Drop Opposition

The extra weekend of shows from the promoter of Outside Lands, starting next year, had faced opposition from the Supervisors Connie Chan and Joel Engardio, but Another Planet Entertainment has hammered out a deal that’s changed both of their minds.

Arts & Entertainment

Drag Star Pippi Lovestocking Speaks Publicly For First Time Since Cardiac Incident at Heklina’s Memorial

Since suffering a severe medical incident at Heklina’s memorial in May, Pippi Lovestocking has endured an induced coma, sepsis, and lost both hands and feet, but has opened up about the experience in a just-published interview.

Arts & Entertainment

Taylor Swift to Be Named Honorary Mayor of Santa Clara, City to Be Renamed ‘Swiftie Clara’

For two days (and two Midnights), Taylor Swift will be the honorary mayor of Santa Clara, and the city ceremonially renamed “Swiftie Clara,” under a proposal that will be considered tonight by Santa Clara City Council.

Arts & Entertainment

'A Chorus Line' Delivers Some Classic Broadway Dance Delights at SF Playhouse

'A Chorus Line,' while dated in its treatment of a few of its characters, remains an easily enjoyable slice of classic Broadway song-and-dance, and it's currently getting a solid revival at SF Playhouse.