Submitted by the Event Organizer

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
FREE

Enter the Free Ticket Lottery

Stern 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.

Ticket Lottery

New for 2025, Stern Grove has a new lottery-based ticket system. Six weeks before each concert, the online ticket lottery opens. You can find the lotteries on Stern Grove’s lineup page and on individual show pages. You’ll have one full week to enter and can request up to four tickets. Stern Grove will email everyone within a week of the lottery closing to let you know the results and provide information on how to claim your tickets.

If you win, tickets must be claimed within 72 hours or your unclaimed tickets will be released to other fans.

Community Box Offices

Stern Grove is giving you more ways to get tickets this year, including showing up in person. The day before each show, at least 1,000 tickets (10% of Stern Grove’s permitted capacity) will be available on a first-come, first-served basis at our Community Box Offices throughout San Francisco.

To help share the experience, there’s a limit of two tickets per person. And while you’re there, you can also pick up a limited-edition show poster—each one designed by a different San Franciscan artist.

Reserved Seating

If you’re a baller and you have $2,000 or more to donate, you can reserve a table for up to 10 people. Plus, new for 2025, you can donate $200 for one reserved seat at a community table. 

2025 Concert Schedule

June 15, 2025
The California Honeydrops // The Dip
Lottery open || Closes May 11 at 10 am
Community Box Office: Pine Lake Park (Near Dog Park) — Saturday, June 14 at 12PM

June 22, 2025
Channel Tres // ASTU
Lottery opens May 11 at 10 am || Closes on May 18 at 10 am
Community Box Office: China Basin Park — Saturday, June 21 at 12PM

June 29, 2025
Sleater-Kinney // Destroy Boys
Lottery opens May 18 at 10 am || Closes on May 25 at 10 am
Community Box Office: Sunset Dunes — Saturday, June 28 at 12PM

July 6, 2025
San Francisco Symphony with special guest Taimane
Lottery opens May 25 at 10 am || Closes on June 1 at 10 am
Community Box Office: Union Square — Saturday, July 5 at 12PM

July 13, 2025
Phantogram // Ha Vay
Lottery opens June 1 at 10 am || Closes on June 8 at 10 am
Community Box Office: China Basin Park — Saturday, July 12 at 12PM

July 20, 2025
Girl Talk and Chromeo
Lottery opens June 8 at 10 am || Closes on June 15 at 10 am
Community Box Office: Embarcadero Plaza — Saturday, July 19 at 12PM

July 27, 2025
Orville Peck // Jaime Wyatt
Lottery opens June 15 at 10 am || Closes on June 22 at 10 am
Community Box Office: In Chan Kaajal Park — Saturday, July 26 at 12PM

August 3, 2025
Michael Franti & Spearhead // Black London
Lottery opens June 22 at 10 am || Closes on June 29  at 10 am
Community Box Office: Golden Gate Park, Carousel — Saturday, August 2 at 12PM

August 10, 2025
The Pointer Sisters // Lyrics Born
Lottery opens June 29 || Closes on July 5 at 10 am
Community Box Office: 900 Innes, India Basin Waterfront Park — Saturday, August 9

Big Picnic Weekend
August 16, 2025 — Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley & Stephen Marley
Lottery opens July 5 || Closes on July 12 at 10 am

August 17, 2025 — Diana Ross
Lottery opens July 6 || Closes on July 13 at 10 am
Community Box Office: Fulton Plaza — Friday, August 15 at 5PM

Sunday, July 22, 2018
2025 Stern Grove Festival (June 15 – August 17)

The San Francisco Symphony (SFS) returns for its annual free summer performance at the Stern Grove Festival.

Since its inaugural concert in 1938, the San Francisco Symphony has graced the Festival stage offering world-class performances every year for free to the public. An Emmy Award and multi-GRAMMY Award winning orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony is led by Musical Director Michael Tilson Thomas.

San Francisco Symphony Free Concert in the Park
Sunday, July 22, 2018 | 2pm
Sigmund Stern Grove, 19th Ave and Sloat, SF
FREE

Schedule

Antonín Dvořák
– Slavonic Dance in G minor, Opus 46, no.8
– Slavonic Dance in E minor, Opus 72, no.2
– Slavonic Dance in C major, Opus 72, no.7

Ludwig Van Beethoven
– Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Opus 58 – Adam Golka, piano

Intermission

Jean Sibelius
– Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 43

Other Activities:

• Pre-Concert Artist Talk at Stern Grove’s Trocadero Clubhouse at noon with James Utz, SFS’s Artistic Administrator interviewing conductor Jayce Ogren and pianist Adam Golka
• KidStage percussion demonstration and screenprinting with Youth Art Exchange at noon in the West Meadow.
• Free Yoga Class at noon in the West Meadow.
• Food Trucks in the West Meadow
• Grove Gourmet picnic contest. Enter to win prizes from Anchor Brewing.

For the 2018 concert at Stern Grove Festival, the San Francisco Symphony features one of the finest young conductors to emerge from the United States in recent seasons, Jayce Ogren.

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.