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

The lineup still hasn’t been officially announced, so here’s that grainy photo of the MUNI ad originally posted to Concert Raptors.

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