{"id":236004,"date":"2026-03-25T15:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/236004\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:57:18","slug":"next-massive-free-concert-announced-for-san-franciscos-embarcadero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/236004\/","title":{"rendered":"Next massive free concert announced for San Francisco’s Embarcadero"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the past few years, San Francisco has doubled down on bringing live music to the masses. With a combination of\u00a0free concerts<\/a> spread throughout the city and huge takeovers of Civic Center<\/a> and Golden Gate Park<\/a>, SF has flexed a diverse set of musical muscles.\u00a0Embarcadero Plaza, under the shadow of a very big naked statue<\/a> in front of the Ferry Building, has become one of the most notable sites for a free party, with last year\u2019s\u00a0Back to Baysics event from Dirtybird Records drawing thousands.<\/p>\n

Outside Lands<\/a> promoter Another Planet Entertainment, in coordination with San Francisco Recreation and Parks, just announced its\u00a0next big Embarcadero party<\/a>: a collaboration with Om Records on May 9 from 1 p.m. to 5\u00a0p.m. Much like\u00a0Dirtybird, Om has deep roots in San Francisco\u2019s house music community. Founded after a chance meeting in an apartment on Haight Street in 1995, the label has released over 800 records, from renowned names like Groove Armada, J Boogie\u2019s Dubtronic Science and 40 Thieves, which just released a new single \u201cD\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu.\u201d Those three are part of Om\u2019s 30th anniversary album. Other notable names associated with the label include Underworld, Dirty Vegas,\u00a0Bassnectar, Kaskade\u00a0and Mark Farina, who released his seminal Mushroom Jazz series through the label. Another Planet has yet to announce the artists on the bill, but one can expect some heavy hitters, plus an after-party at the Great Northern.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear whether Golden Gate Park will see another \u201csummer of music,\u201d similar to what the park had last year with major bookings like the Dead & Co. and Zach Bryan, who bookended Outside Lands, but fans of free music will be happy to hear that the Illuminate Live series will continue to activate the Golden Gate Bandshell with over\u00a0125 free concerts<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n

Editor’s note: This story was updated at 1 p.m., March 24 to clarify that Dead & Co. performed at Golden Gate Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the past few years, San Francisco has doubled down on bringing live music to the masses. With…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144,923],"class_list":["post-236004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-sfgculture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}