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Stern Grove | 19th Avenue and Sloat Blvd., San Francisco, CA
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2025 Stern Grove Festival (June 15 – August 17)
The Stern Grove Festival returns for its 88th season having presented free concerts in the park every summer since 1938.
2025 Stern Grove Festival
June 15 – August 17, 2025 | 2-5 pm
Stern Grove, 19th Avenue and Sloat Blvd., SF
FREEStern Grove Festival’s 88th season of admission-free concerts kicks off on Sunday, June 15, 2025. Concerts take place every Sunday at 2 pm from June 15 to August 17.
And back for this year, Stern Grove Festival hosts a two-day farewell fundraiser “The Big Picnic” on Saturday and Sunday, August 16-17, 2025 to close out the season.
Typically, the Stern Grove Festival announces the full lineup in late April / early May. This year, they’ve In a rare occurrence, Stern Grove has announced its first big headliner for the 88th season way ahead of its typical festival announcement timeline.
The Festival just announced that Oakland legends, The Pointer Sisters, will be headlining Stern Grove Festival on August 10, 2025.
We’ll keep an eye out for the full 2025 lineup when it drops and the RSVP ticket dates link.
2025 Concert Schedule
- June 15
- June 22
- June 29
- July 6
- July 13
- July 20
- July 27
- August 3
- August 10: THE POINTER SISTERS
- The Big Picnic: August 16 & 17
Typically, free RSVPs open for the first concert one month before the season opener, so most likely, you can RSVP on May 15, 2025 at 2pm. Usually, you can reserve up to 4 spots. RSVPs open up one month in advance of each concert. Check Eventbrite to see when they start posting RSVP links. And we recommend acting quickly. RSVPs tend to go quickly (or if you’re a baller and you have $2,000 or more to donate, you can reserve a table for up to 10 people)
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Typically, the Stern Grove Festival announces the full lineup in late April / early May. This year, they’ve kicked things off with a sneak peak announcement of the lineup with the return of SF Symphony.
The Festival just announced that the San Francisco Symphony will be performing on July 7, 2024. SF Symphony has played Stern Grove every year since Stern Grove Festival’s first concert ever in 1932.
The concert is free, but you must reserve a ticket. Free tickets will be available a month in advance, on June 7 at 2pm.
We’ll keep an eye out for the full 2024 lineup when it drops and the RSVP ticket dates link
About Stern Grove Festival
Founded in 1938, Stern Grove Festival is one of the oldest and largest outdoor music festivals in the world. Located in the heart of San Francisco in a gorgeous eucalyptus grove, we offer FREE concerts featuring world-renowned artists from a wide range of genres.
- 10+ Free Summer Concerts
- Diverse Music Genres & Fans
- 90,000+ Attendees Each Year
- Beautiful Outdoor Amphitheater
- 86 Year Tradition
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Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.
Cost: FREE*
