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Oct 11

TI Music Festival

Treasure Island Music Festival is this Weekend

It’s finally here! The Treasure Island Music Festival!
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dates: October 15 -16, 2011

 Venue: Treasure Island

 About: In its fifth year, the Treasure Island Music Festival is one of San Francisco’s most unique music experiences. Saturday will be headlined by Empire of the Sun, while Sunday will be headlined by Death Cab For Cutie.

 Line Up:
Saturday, October 15
Empire of the Sun, Cut Copy, Death From Above 1979, Chromeo, Dizzee Rascal, Flying Lotus, Buraka Som Sistema, Battles, The Naked & Famous, YACHT, Shabazz Palaces, Aloe Blacc, Geographer
Sunday, October 16
Death Cab for Cutie, Explosions in the Sky, Beach House, The Hold Steady, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Friendly Fires, St. Vincent, The Head and The Heart, Wild Beasts, Warpaint, The Antlers, Thee Oh Sees, Weekend

To get tickets, see the festival map, get info on the night shows or download the mobile app for the festival, visit the Treasure Island Music Festival website.

Photo: Jeanne Ellenby

Sep 26

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Free Concert in the Park

One of the most anticipated fall events in San Francisco kicks off this weekend. And you’ll find the best strummin’, pickin’ and fiddle playin’ on the planet — a hoedown of epic proportions.

The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival is coming to Golden Gate Park with live performances by some of the most popular traveling country, folk and rock and roll acts in the U.S.  It all begins Sept. 30 and continues through the weekend until Sunday, Oct. 2. You’ll find six stages set up in Speedway, Lindley and Marx Meadows in Golden Gate Park and the best part is that the concert is FREE!

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Sep 21

Chinatown Music Festival

2nd Annual Chinatown Music Festival, Sept. 25

A music festival in Chinatown? Yes, it’s true.

The Chinese Culture Center (CCC) presents the 2nd Annual Chinatown Music Festival in San Francisco’s Chinatown this Sunday, Sept. 25. This will be the first free, outdoor concert ever held in Chinatown.

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Sep 21

Polk St Blues Festival

2nd Annual Polk Street Blues Festival

San Francisco is known for its love of the blues. So this weekend, Sept. 24 and 25, it’s hosting the 2nd Annual Polk Street Blues Festival on Polk Street, of course, from Jackson to California from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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Sep 12

SF Jazz Festival

The 29th Annual SF Jazz Festival Starts this Week

From guitar gods to hip-bop. Keyboard wizardry to 13th century vocals. Brazil to Cuba, New Orleans and the Siberian steppe. Jazz fans, the San Francisco Jazz Festival starts this week!

The San Francisco Jazz Festival kicks off this Thursday, Sept. 15 and lasts three months through Dec. 18. It includes a total of 41 shows that showcase the broad spectrum of music that make up jazz.

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Aug 25

San Francisco Reggae Festival this Saturday

Love reggae music? Then you’ll want to check out the first annual San Francisco Reggae Festival this Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Fillmore Plaza on Fillmore Street (@ O’Farrell).  Here’s the artist line-up:

Rankin Scroo
Junior Toots
Ancestree
T-Rosemund and The Italsouls
Joti Singh
Irae Divine
DJ I-Vier (Jah Warrior Shelter)
DJ Henroc
DJ Mark Di Vita (The Love Movement/Camp Lo)

 There will also be a beer and wine garden, island food, arts and crafts. For full details, visit their website.

Jul 27

Outside Lands Pic

Upcoming San Francisco Music Festivals

In this city, we have some really amazing music festivals that are just around the corner. With venues like Golden Gate Park and Treasure Island, you can’t go wrong. Here’s the download on the music festivals you should check out.

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