How many Bay Area artists are playing at your favorite Bay Area music festival?
Yerba Buena and Stern Grove hold it down for Bay Area artists; see how BottleRock, Outside Lands, and the rest stack up
Not that any of these festivals bill themselves as focused on Bay Area music, but I still get curious every year about which fests book the most Bay Area artists. Well, here they are, in order from most Bay representation to least.
YERBA BUENA GARDENS FESTIVAL
Practically 100%. Yerba Buena is a nonprofit dedicated to “reflecting the rich cultures and creativity of the Bay Area,” and they mean it. Here’s the lineup of all the Bay Area artists playing just in May. (The festival goes through October.)
Carlitos Medrano
Chulita Vinyl Club (Bay and beyond)
Gamelan Sekar Jaya
Inspector Gadje
Jesús Díaz y su Habana Afro-Cuban Ensamble (Oakland)
Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble (Oakland)
New Voices Bay Area TIGQ Chorus
Tiffany Austin
Dates: May - October
Info: https://ybgfestival.org
STERN GROVE
About 50% Bay Area artists
June 12: Tower of Power (Oakland), Too $hort (Oakland)
June 19: Toro y Moi (Oakland), Hello Yello (Oakland)
July 3: Geographer (SF)
July 10: Molly Tuttle (Norcal-raised, Nashville-based)
July 17: SPELLLING (Oakland)
July 31: SF Symphony
August 7: Monophonics (SF)
August 14: The Big Picnic Starring Phil Lesh & Friends
Dates: Sundays at 2 PM
Info: https://www.sterngrove.org
MOSSWOOD MELTDOWN
18-29% Bay Area artists
Brontez Purnell (Berkeley)
Flipper (originally SF)
Shannon Shaw (originally Bay)
Pansy Division (SF)
Twompsax (Oakland)
Dates: July 2-3
Info: http://mosswoodmeltdown.com
BOTTLEROCK
About 12% Bay Area artists
The Brothers Comatose (SF)
Fantastic Negrito (Oakland)
Jaleh (SF)
Marc E. Bassy (originally)
Metallica (duh)
Michael Franti & Spearhead (SF)
Moonalice (SF)
Mount Westmore ft. E-40 and Too $hort
Napa Valley Youth Symphony (Napa)
The Silverado Pickups (Napa)
Dates: May 27-29
Info: https://www.bottlerocknapavalley.com
OUTSIDE LANDS
12% if they all still lived here, but probably more like 3% Bay Area artists.
Ashe (originally from San Jose)
Avalon Emerson (SF)
Claude VonStroke (SF)
Green Day (duh)
Illenium (originally from SF)
Larry June (SF)
MPHD (SF)
ODIE (raised in the Bay)
Oliver Tree (originally from Santa Cruz)
SPELLLING (Oakland)
thuy
Dates: Aug 5-7
Info: https://sfoutsidelands.com
MILL VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL
20% Bay Area artists
La Doña
Date: May 7
Info: https://www.millvalleymusicfest.com
HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS
12.5% Bay Area artists
Disastroid
Hot Lunch
Dates: May 28-29
Info: https://holdmyticket.com/event/385250
HUICHICA MUSIC & WINE FESTIVAL
6% Bay Area artists
Brigid Dawson
Madeline Kenney
Dates: June 10-11
Info: https://www.huichica.com
PORTOLA
5% Bay Area artists
Dials
DJ Shadow
Eug
Toro y Moi
Dates: September 24-25
Info: https://www.portolamusicfestival.com/
BLUE NOTE JAZZ FESTIVAL NAPA VALLEY
0% Bay Area artists, but aren’t we just lucky they’re having a festival here?
Dates: July 30-31
Info: https://bluenotejazzfestival.com/napa