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 1 month prior to show date with Limit of 4 tickets per reservation, online only!
2 p.m.
June 23, 2024 Tegan And SaraAugust 24, 2024
Sylvan Esso
Poolside
August 25, 2024
Chaka Khan
Stern Grove concerts are an annual tradition but now require pre-registration for free reserved tickets 1 month prior to concert.
Music Concourse Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118
Free. goldengateparkband.org
1 p.m. on Sundays (except July 4 & Labor Day)
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
2023 Concerts
5-7 p.m.
May 20, 2023 Stone Foxes
This concert is postgame in Seal Plaza
June 9, 2023 Fast Times
July 28, 2023 Las Chikas
Salsa, all female salsa band
laschikas.com
August 25, 2023 Mustache Harbor
Soft rock, yacht rock
September 29, 2023 Freestone Peaches
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.
July, Saturdays
Union Square
San Francisco, CA
Free, visitunionsquaresf.com
2023 Concerts
1-4 p.m.
July 8, 2023 Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
swing and blues.
lavaysmith.com
July 15, 2023 Barry 'The Fish' Melto
Founding member of the psychedelic rock band Country Joe and the Fish
July 22, 2023 Soul Glitch
Electro-Pop
Family activities and rotating food vendors. Public invited to this outdoor concert series.
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
2024 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.