SF’s Free Outdoor Concert: Eagles of Death Metal (Potrero del Sol)
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Potrero del Sol Park | 25th St. & San Bruno Ave., San Francisco, CA
Free / RSVP
Submitted by the Event Organizer
“SF Live” Free Outdoor Concert Series (Summer/Fall 2024)
San Francisco is getting a brand new outdoor concert series. Taking place between May and November 2024, the SF Live series brings arts and culture into our parks and plazas through free performances curated by live music and entertainment venues that showcase a variety of local, national and international talent.
SF Live debuts on May 4 at the Golden Gate Park Bandshell with “Electric Fields,” a celebration of electronic music presented by The Great Northern and Monarch and featuring performances by Doc Martin, Galen, and DJ M3. Additional events will take place across May and June at Fulton Plaza, Union Square, and the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater. More information about all upcoming SF Live events may be found at www.sflivefest.com This website will be regularly updated with announcements of new concerts in the series over the coming months.
Each concert offers a diverse lineup of artists, ranging from rising indie bands to well-established jazz ensembles and high-energy pop acts. Attendees can expect a unique and dynamic concert experience that showcases the breadth and depth of San Francisco’s musical talent. The SF Live concert series was produced in partnership with Illuminate, San Francisco Parks Alliance, Noise Pop, the Union Square Alliance and Plinth Agency.
Over the next six months, SF Live series concerts will take place throughout San Francisco at iconic open spaces and locations such as the Golden Gate Park Bandshell, Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, Union Square Plaza, Civic Center Plaza, Crane Cove Park, Fulton Plaza, and Eagle Plaza.
Participating entertainment and music venues include: Mr. Tipple’s, The Great Northern, Monarch, Madrone Art Bar, Bottom of the Hill, El Rio, Neck of the Woods, Great American Music Hall, Rickshaw Stop, The EndUp, Pandora Karaoke, Kilowatt, Cafe Du Nord, The Chapel, and The SF Eagle.
SF Live
Select dates, May 4 – November 9, 2024
Various spaces around San Francisco
FREE
SF Live is a six-month series of free, outdoor music concerts put on as a joint, citywide initiative by esteemed San Francisco arts & music producers Illuminate, San Francisco Parks Alliance, Noise Pop Productions, and Union Square Alliance. Created as a love letter to San Francisco music, SF Live concerts are a coming together of San Francisco’s storied musical history and the city’s promising and developing local talent.
This show is produced by SF Parks Alliance, Noise Pop, and Kilowatt.
Schedule
Gates Open – 1PM
The Candy Whips – 1:30PM
To Be Announced Supporting Act – 2:30 PM
Eagles of Death Metal – 4:30 PM
Eagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, founded in 1998 by best friends Jesse Hughes and Joshua Homme. The group has included a wide range of other musicians that appear on the band’s studio albums and live shows. EODM’s current touring lineup includes the ever-present Hughes, Jennie Vee on bass, Jorma Vik on drums, and Joshua Jove on guitar.Despite their band name, Eagles of Death Metal is not a death metal band and is intended to be humorous. With a sound that’s a combination of “bluegrass slide guitar mixed with stripper drum beats and Canned Heat vocals,” and a frontman in Hughes who is known for his over-the-top stage histrionics and evangelistic interaction with his fans, the band’s live performances are a sight to be seen.
EODM has released four studio albums to date — Peace Love Death Metal, Death By Sexy, Heart On, and Zipper Down — and has toured the world extensively over the past two decades. A brand new studio album is in the works for a worldwide release in 2023.
EODM first appeared on Homme’s The Desert Sessions Volumes 3 & 4, released in 1998. Over the next few years, Homme experienced huge success with QOTSA but returned to EODM in 2004 to release their debut Peace Love Death Metal in March 2004. Songs like “I Only Want You” and “Miss Alissa,” from the album were used in TV commercials and the album became a source for film, video game and movie trailers.
The band followed up their debut with Death By Sexy in 2006, and Heart On in 2008. After years of touring the US, Europe and the rest of the world, the band went back to the studio and started work on Zipper Down. That album eventually saw the light of day in fall 2015
While the band was on stage at the Bataclan in Paris, on Nov. 13, 2015, terrorists stormed the venue and attacked the audience. Only 3 weeks later, the band returned to the stage with U2 in Paris in their first concert appearance since the attack. The bands performed a cover of Patti Smith’s “People Have the Power” together before EODM performed “I Love You All the Time.” In a statement following the performance, Hughes thanked U2 and said that the band would return to Paris in February 2016 to finish their interrupted show. In December 2015, the band announced the full resumption of their European tour, which they had renamed the “Nos Amis Tour” (“Our Friends Tour”). The tour included a date at the Olympia in Paris on Feb.16. Ticket holders from the November show at the Bataclan were invited to attend the Paris concert for free.
A documentary directed by Colin Hanks about the band and the aftermath of the Bataclan attack, titled Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends), premiered on HBO in early 2017. The following year, EODM scored the movie Super Troopers 2.
Eagles of Death Metal Present Boots Electric Performing The Best Songs We Never Wrote was released in June of 2019, featuring 13 covers of songs that have inspired Hughes over the years. The band completed a sold-out headline tour of Europe following the album’s release.
Event Info & FAQ
Seating
Feel free to bring your own blankets, chairs, etc!ADA Seating Available – please email ‘EVENTS@SFPARKSALLIANCE.ORG’
Food & Drink
There will be food & drink for sale at the event.All Ages
Bring your whole crew, family, and an open heart as we unite to celebrate the magic of music and community! Be. Hear. Now.
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
Categories: *Top Pick*, In Person, Live Music, Outdoors, San Francisco
