San Francisco Ballet: Free Performance in the Park | Stern Grove Festival
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Stern Grove | 19th Avenue and Sloat Blvd., San Francisco, CA
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2024 Stern Grove Festival (June 23 – August 25)
The Stern Grove Festival returns for its 87th season having presented free concerts in the park every summer since 1938.
2024 Stern Grove Festival
June 23 – August 25, 2024 | 2-5 pm
Stern Grove, 19th Avenue and Sloat Blvd., SF
FREEStern Grove Festival’s 87th season of admission-free concerts kicks off on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Concerts take place every Sunday at 2 pm from June 23 to August 24.
And new for this year, Stern Grove Festival hosts its first-ever two-day farewell fundraiser “The Big Picnic” on Saturday and Sunday, August 24-25, 2024 to close out the season.
Free RSVPs open for the first concert on May 23, 2024 at 2pm – 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)
2024 Concert Schedule
- June 23 – Teagan and Sara with opener King Isis
- June 30 – Chicano Batman with opener Lido Pimienta
- July 7 – SF Symphony with Special Guest Jessica Vosk
- July 14 – The Commodores with opener The Grease Traps
- July 21 – Masego with opener Satya
- July 28 – Franc Moody with opener Drama
- August 4 – Alex G with opener Fake Fruit
- August 11 – Herbie Hancock with opener SFJAZZ Collective
- August 18 – Lucinda Williams with opener Jobi Riccio
- The Big Picnic: August 24-25
- August 24: Sylvan Esso with opener Poolside
- August 25: Chaka Khan
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The incomparable San Francisco Ballet returns to Stern Grove Festival for its only summer appearance. Led by Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson, the Ballet performs a selection of works from their current repertory. The afternoon’s program includes:
* Lambarena (Choreographer Val Caniparoli, Composer Johan Sebastian Bach and traditional African music (as arranged by Pierre Akendengue and Hughes de Courson)
* Rush (Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, Composer Bohuslav Martinu)
* Excerpts from Theme and Variations (Choreographer George Balanchine, Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
* And more to be announced– Artist Talk at the Trocadero Clubhouse at 12 noon with San Francisco Ballet.
– Performance begins around 2pm
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*
