Stern Grove Festival

June-August, Sundays

Stern Grove Free Summer Concerts
19th Avenue & Sloat Blvd.
San Francisco, CA
Free General Admission Reservations are required for entry,  sterngrove.org

Reserve tickets by online lottery prior to show date

2025 Concerts 

2 p.m.

June 15, 2025 The California Honeydrops
The Dip
Lottery opens May 4, 2025 

June 22, 2025 Channel Tres
Astu
Lottery opens May 11

June 29, 2025 Sleater-Kinney
Destroy Boys
Lottery opens May 18

July 6, 2025 Sf Symphony
With Special Guest Taimane
Lottery opens May 25

July 13, 2025 Phantogram
Ha Vay
Lottery opens June 1

July 20, 2025 Girl Talk
Chromeo
Lottery Opens June 8

July 27, 2025 Orville Peck
Jaime Wyatt
Lottery opens June 15

August 3, 2025 Michael Franti & Spearhead
Black London
Lottery opens June 22

August 10, 2025 The Pointer Sisters
Lyrics Born
Lottery opens May 29

The Big Picnic Weekend Two Day Benefit Concert

August 16, 2025 Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley
Stephen Marley
Lottery Opens July 5

August 17, 2025 Diana Ross
Lottery Opens July 6

Stern Grove concerts are an annual tradition but now require pre-registration for free reserved tickets 1 month prior to concert.

San Francisco Golden Gate Bandshell Concerts

Music Concourse Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118
Free. goldengateparkband.org

2025 Concerts

1 p.m. on Sundays (except July 4 & Labor Day)

Concerts are approximately 70 to 90 minutes in length. Programs subject to change. Check back often for updates. More program details will be on the calendar as they become available.

The Golden Gate Park Band has been presenting free concerts in Golden Gate Park for 142 years thanks to the generous support of San Francisco Grants for the Arts and public donations. Thank you for supporting the arts in San Francisco.
 

San Francisco SF Giants Levi's Stadium  Free Concerts

May-September, Fridays

Seals Plaza at Oracle Park
24 Willie Mays Plaza
San Francisco, CA 94107
Free, no game ticket required, mlb.com/ giants/ tickets/ specials/ levis-concert-series

5-7 p.m.

May 20, 2023 Stone Foxes
This concert is postgame in Seal Plaza

This free, San Francisco Giants pre-game event invites the public to attend great summer concerts. You don't need a ticket to watch, and you are welcome to buy a ball game ticket and come enjoy the game after the concert if you like. The concerts are held on select Friday, home game nights. Drink specials are offered during the concerts.

Union Square Summer Music Series

July, Saturdays

Union Square
San Francisco, CA
Free, visitunionsquaresf.com

1-4 p.m.

Family activities and rotating food vendors. Public invited to this outdoor concert series.

Yerba Buena Gardens Music Festival

May-October, All Concerts are Free!

Yerba Buena Gardens
Mission Street between 3rd & 4th Streets
San Francisco, CA
Free, ybgfestival.org

Free Outdoor Performing Arts In Downtown San Francisco

2025 Concerts

YBG Festival presents classical, world, and jazz music, contemporary and traditional dance, theater, children's and family programs, and cultural events reflecting the rich cultures and creativity of the region. The outdoor venue includes gardens, patios and places to stand or sit and mingle. You can buy food and bring it with you to eat while enjoying the amazing, free entertainment.

 

Past bands at Stern Grove

2023: Snarky Puppy, Indigo Girls, Santigold, Lyle Lovett And His Large Band, Angelique Kidjo, Sf Symphony, Bob Moses, Buddy Guy, Patti Smith, The Flaming Lips 

2021: Ledisi, Perfume Genius, San Francisco Symphony, Thievery Corporation, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, X | The Avengers, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Thundercat, Fitz & the Tantrums, Tower of Power  The Big Picnic Concert

2019:  Digable Planets | Bang Data | Los Van Van | Banda Sin Nombre| Galactic | Baby & The Luvies | San Francisco Symphony Edwin Outwater, Conductor | Mitski | Madeline Kenney | Toots And The Maytals | Lee Fields And The Expressions | San Francisco Ballet Helgi Tomasson, Artistic Director | The Psychedelic Furs | Pink Martini | Barrio Manouche | The Isley Brothers 

2018 Peabo Bryoson & Jeffrey Osborne|  Ziggy Marley | Flavia Coelho |  M. Ward | Thao & The Get Down Stay Down | Mexican Institute Of Sound With Special Guests | Ginkgoa | Anoushka Shankar, Land Of Gold | Han Han | San Francisco Symphony | Jayce Ogren, Conductor  |  San Francisco Ballet | Helgi Tomasson, Artistic Director | Femi Kuti And The Positive Force | Sol Development | Ronnie Spector And The Ronettes | The Humidors  | The Revolution | Big Blu Soul Revue

2017: Mavis Staples | Kev Choice Ensemble | Brazilian Girls | Moon Hooch | WAR | Malo | Amadou & Mariam | Ibibio Sound Machine | San Francisco Ballet | Los Angeles Azules | featuring Ximena Sarinana and Kinky | Ensambles Ballet Folklorico de San Francisco | Eric Burdon and the Animals | The Stone Foxes | San Francisco Symphony | Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers | Fantastic Negrito | Kool & The Gang | Quinn DeVeaux

2016: Janelle Monae | George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic | Hieroglyphics | San Francisco Symphony | Joan Osborne's Soul Revue | Julieta Venegas | San Francisco Ballet | The O'Jays | Atomic Bomb! | The New Pornographers

2015: The Doobie Brothers | The California Honeydrops | Pacific Mambo Orchestra with Sheila E. and Marlow Rosado | Randy Newman | San Francisco Symphony | Amy Hanaiali'i | tUnE-yArDs| San Francisco Ballet| Mary Chapin Carpenter| Morris Day And The Time | Zakiya Harris

2014: Smokey Robinson | Patti Austin | Rufus Wainwright | Quartet San Francisco | Allen Stone
Yuna | Andrew Bird And The Hands Of Glory| Todd Sickafoose's Tiny Resistors | San Francisco Symphony | Funky Meters | Sugar Pie DeSanto | Sergio Mendes | LoCura | The Zombies | Vetiver

Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.