The Stern Grove festival has announced its 80th anniversary lineup of free concerts for 2017, including Mavis Staples, Amadou and Mariam, Eric Burdon and The Animals, WAR, Fantastic Negrito, Brazilian Girls, Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers, Los Ángeles Azules and more.
The festival kicks off June 25 with Kool & the Gang and local soul act Quinn DeVeaux. As ever, since 1938, the San Francisco Symphony performs in the grove, this year on July 9, and the San Francisco Ballet performs July 30.
Find the full lineup below.
June 25 – Kool & the Gang and Quinn DeVeaux
July 2 – Fantastic Negrito and Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers