82nd Annual Stern Grove Festival Of Free Concerts Starts Sunday

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A series of free, outdoor concerts kicks off Sunday at San Francisco's Stern Grove featuring big-name acts all summer long.

The 82nd annual Stern Grove Festival will feature 10 separate concerts held on Sundays, running through Aug. 18.

This Sunday's concert, sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, will feature Grammy award-winning jazz rap fusion group Digable Planets and Oakland-based hip-hop group Bang Data. The concert begins at 2 p.m.

"We believe that experiencing high-quality live music promotes health, happiness, and well-being. Our concerts bridge cultural and generational gaps and bring people together, which is healing and important in our society today, and they are just downright fun!" said Stern Grove
Festival Executive Director Bob Fiedler in a statement.

Future performances happening this summer include the San Francisco Ballet, the San Francisco Symphony and The Isley Brothers.

The festival has been taking place since 1937, after Rosalie Meyer gifted the Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove to the city with the condition that free concerts be held there every summer.

— Bay City News

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