The 50th SF Free Folk Festival fills the Music Concourse with free performances, workshops and dance across Golden Gate Park. All events are free and open to all ages.

A two‑part Grateful Dead exhibition opens in San Francisco this summer, starting July 3 at the Haight and expanding to an immersive Hall of Flowers show on Sept. 5.

HBO’s four‑part series The Man Will Burn premieres July 9, tracing Burning Man’s jump from Baker Beach bonfires to an 80,000‑person desert city and the crises that have followed. The film probes tech money, influencers and the 2023 mud crisis.

California approved tax credits for 41 films — 35 indies and studio projects like Disney's Hexed — promising roughly $1.1 billion in production spending and thousands of jobs.

The Fillmore Jazz Festival returns July 4–5 after a near‑cancellation last year, saved again by Avenue Greenlight and community sponsors. Free performances stretch down Fillmore Street.

Anna Wintour’s visit has put San Francisco back on Vogue World’s radar; Condé Nast says it is 'exploratory' as the city eyes 2027.

After listing its 217‑acre Napa campus amid mounting deficits, di Rosa faces board changes and community pushback over a possible land sale and conservation deal.

Illuminate’s 49‑beam “7x7” will beam from Civic Center Plaza nightly from June 21 through July 4, a free walk‑under display timed with Pride and the Fourth of July.

Free music floods San José this Sunday: dozens of venues, hundreds of performances, freebies and a selfie prize drawing. Plan your route with the interactive map.

The Napa Valley Opera House has been rebranded as Napa Music Hall, with a 160‑seat Club, a 650‑capacity Ballroom and plans for hundreds of shows downtown.

Magic Theatre has installed a three‑person leadership team as it confronts a tight $1.4M budget and dwindling grant support. Leaders say stripped‑down productions and aggressive fundraising will be the fix.

Oliver Tree, the Santa Cruz-raised musician behind "Miss You," was killed Sunday when two helicopters collided midair over Rio de Janeiro. He was 32.

Hardly Strictly is mounting a starry tribute to Steve Earle at The Masonic on Oct. 1, with Buddy Miller directing and proceeds earmarked for Sweetwater Spectrum.