Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews

It doesn’t get much better than a music festival in Golden Gate Park on a perfect Sunday afternoon--unless it’s free. And the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival always is. Since 2001, Hardly Strictly...

Arriving at the regal Great American Musical Hall in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district on the calm night October 1, I could not have anticipated from the relatively subdued atmosphere of the gathering cro...

"The wait is over, HSBers!" announced an enthused Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival staff in their late-night October 3rd newsletter. Those HSBers--or Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival goers--are the longt...

UC Berkeley band String Theory opens the free Sept. 26 night show for UK DJ Max Cooper on Cal's Upper Sproul. http://youtu.be/QsBJ9V0EObo media by Audrey Gertz...

On September 21, approximately 7,000 die hard fans of all ages lined up throughout and around America's Cup Pavilion in San Francisco for Twenty One Pilots, Panic! At The Disco, and Fall Out Boy. They stre...

After a long few months of Bay Area summers, the Saturday of September 21 felt like the first day of seasonal Fall. Waking up to rain after a long Berkeley summer was a bit shocking. I’d almost forgotten a...

It was Labor Day weekend in New York City. Award-nominated EDM festival Electric Zoo was gearing up for another solid lineup of high-profile DJ and electronic acts. Everyone was excited for Saturday’s openi...

Friday, September 13, the UC Berkeley Department of Music will sponsor its annual noon concert series at Hertz Concert Hall, located next to the Faculty Club on campus. Open to student and community members,...

Katie Stelmanis sings with her band Austra at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Toronto-based band Austra returned to San Francisco on Saturday for the second time this year to promote their well praised sophomo...