SF’s “Make Music Day” Free Outdoor Citywide Summer Concert Festival (2023)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

“Make Music” San Francisco Summer Solstice Music Festival

If you start hearing music pouring out of parks, plazas and porches on the first official day of summer, your ears might have just stumbled upon “Make Music” day. This free music celebration started in France in 1982 and now takes place in more than 1,000 cities in 120 countries around the world, including San Francisco. Free pop-up concerts are planned throughout the day at a diverse set of venues including bars, restaurants, sidewalks and even ice cream shops – with larger events taking place at multiple stages in Golden Gate Park, Presidio Tunnel Tops, Lakeside Landing, UN Plaza and SF’s rooftop Salesforce Park.

Make Music San Francisco is a live, free musical celebration on June 21, the longest day of the year, with concerts on streets, sidewalks, and parks across the city.

Free Concerts in SF’s Parks, Plazas and Venues

	Fillmore Street 2200 Fillmore Street San Francisco, CA  Sidewalk  In-person	5:00 PM – 6:00 PM MiFaSol Band KidsFolkPop
	Garden Stage (JFK Promenade) JFK Promenade At 14th Avenue San Francisco, CA  Park  In-person	12:00 PM – 12:45 PM Stevie Coupons BluesRock 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Jon & The Baptists RockBlues 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM No Country BluesRockExperimental 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM Swiss Indie-RockBluesFunk
	Golden Gate Park Bandshell 50 Hiagiwara Tea Garden Drive, SF, CA San Francisco, CA  Park  In-person	12:00 PM – 12:45 PM Jesse Loren Strickman Singer / Songwriter 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Evan Bachman Singer / Songwriter 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM Like Planes Singer / Songwriter 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM Manos Lindas Experimental 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Kevin North Band Rock 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM Great American Robber Barons RockBlues 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM Carry Nation RockBlues 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM DJ Greg Cerrone PopExperimentalElectronic
	Golden Stage – (JFK Promenade) Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA  Park  In-person	12:30 PM – 1:15 PM Frances Ancheta Becker RockBluesSinger / Songwriter 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM Ryvo BluesSinger / SongwriterRock 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM Mike Cunningham BluesRockSinger / Songwriter 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM Donovan Plant and The Leafs BluesIndie-RockSinger / Songwriter
	Guitar Center – San Francisco 1645 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94109 San Francisco, CA  Retail Shop  Accessible  In-person	7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Free Group Guitar Lesson RockCountryBlues
	Lakeside Landing 2504 Ocean Avenue San Francisco, CA  Shared Spaces  In-person	11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Stephanie Woodford Duo PopSoulR&B 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM Jon Frank Jazz Trio Jazz 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM Phat Luv Band R&BSoulPop
	Nickie’s 466 Haight Street, San Francisco, California San Francisco, CA  Theater or Arts Venue  In-person	7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Middle Dog BluesFolkFunk
	Presidio Tunnel Tops 210 Lincoln Blvd. (Presidio Tunnel Tops) San Francisco, CA  Park  In-person	11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Presidio Tunnel Tops Other
	Salesforce Park 425 Mission Street San Francisco, CA  Park  In-person	11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Jay Sanders Jazz 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM DJ Workshop Jam with STARFARI ElectronicOpen To Anything
	San Francisco Main Library 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA  Library  In-person	12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Purple Glaze Americana / Bluegrass
	San Francisco Public Library Main Branch 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA  Library  In-person	4:00 PM – 5:00 PM San Francisco Symphony Musicians Classical
	United Nations Plaza United Nations Plaza San Francisco, CA  Plaza or Patio  In-person	12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Jazz Mafia BrassJazz

See the full list of free concerts – the list is growing daily!

Performances will take place from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm across San Francisco in community centers, restaurants, shared spaces, back yards, front steps, libraries, local businesses, slow streets, and parks.

Plan your concert experience by visiting the Make Music San Francisco website for your Music Map checklist, an approved list of participants, performance spaces, and collaborating partners.

2023 Make Music Map

Pop up concerts will be held in venues all over San Francisco from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Musicians can be matched with venues here.

Completely different from a typical music festival, Make Music is open to anyone who wants to take part. Every kind of musician — young and old, amateur and professional, of every musical persuasion — pours onto outdoor spaces such from porches to streets to public squares to share their music with friends, neighbors, and strangers. All of it is free and open to the public.

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.