Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival

Outside Lands Announces 2013 Lineup: Paul McCartney, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Kaskade, and More

Outside Lands festival organizers today announced the lineup for the 2013 event, and it looks like a big one. Headliners include Paul McCartney, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Willie Nelson, Hall & Oates, and more. The festival takes place Aug. 9-11 in Golden Gate ... More >>

Outside Lands 2013 Lineup Clues: the National, Wavves, Youth Lagoon, Zedd, and Willie Nelson

Last week, we rounded up some of the likely big names for this year's Outside Lands lineup, which included Paul McCartney, Phoenix, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Baauer. The lineup will be announced tomorrow. But before then, festival organizers have been dropping hints on Instagram. Based on thos ... More >>

Outside Lands 2013: Five Bands To Expect on the Lineup

It's official: The Outside Lands lineup will be announced a week from today, on April 16, 2013. And while some hints about this year's bill have spilled out on the Internet so far, it seems high time to round up what we know so far. Here, then are six artists we're pretty sure are on the 2013 Outsid ... More >>

Outside Lands Announces 2013 Festival Dates

The Outside Lands music festival isn't going anywhere -- in fact it's looking to get even bigger in future years. And organizers just announced the dates for next year's festival in Golden Gate Park. Here's hoping you didn't have any wedding plans or European trips scheduled. See also: * Slideshow: ... More >>

Our Street Food Scene Might Be Too Twee For Its Own Good

In an interview with Food Republic, Petey Dammit, the bassist for San Francisco garage rockers Thee Oh Sees hits the nail on the head when it comes to the downside of having such an ethnically diverse and inventive street food scene here in town: It can leave the plain old meat and potatoes eaters w ... More >>

Top 5 Awesomely Silly Dancing GIFs From the Outside Lands Festival

One thing crowds at San Francisco's Outside Lands festival do pretty well is get down. Despite the relentless wind, heavy fog, and numbing temperatures, we saw plenty of good moves last weekend -- and some ridiculously silly enthusiasm from certain crowd members. (It helped that Big Boi stuck to p ... More >>

The Pot's Has Bad Grammar, Good Food

A deep love of correct grammar kept us away from The Pot's for the last few years, but we relented over the weekend as its shiny lights beckoned from the fog after the Outside Lands festival. Turns out that spelling was a bad reason to stay away from a quality all-you-can-eat hot pot experience. Th ... More >>

In Praise of Artists Touring With Nothing New to Promote

The idea introduced by the Don't Look Back concert series, an offshoot of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival, has found its way into the broader live music circuit over the last few years: a band, currently operational or not, comes together to play one of its most influential albums all the way th ... More >>

The Best Things We're Eating and Drinking at Outside Lands: Day 2

We're eating like crazy at Outside Lands and bringing you the good and the bad. Check out yesterday's recommendations for fried pickles, Outside Lands saison beer, Malaysian nachos, and more. Lamb Poutine from The Whole Beast Make trek up to Michael Mina's pop-up at Outside Lambs for this meaty and ... More >>

The Best Things We're Eating and Drinking at Outside Lands

With 65 restaurants, 16 breweries, and 49 wineries on the grounds this year, Outside Lands has expanded to be one of the biggest food festivals in San Francisco. At the festival, you can visit Beer Lands, Wine Lands, Choco Lands, Lamb Lands (!), food stands from critically acclaimed restaurants, foo ... More >>

Outside Lands: The Summer Music Festival Where It's 50 Degrees and Blowing

One thing everyone in San Francisco learns very quickly is that, in this city, you always have to be prepared for the cold. Even on a day that begins with total sunshine. Outside Lands -- set in the western half of Golden Gate Park, on the front lines of fog banks rolling in off the Pacific -- is n ... More >>

Outside Lands 2012: An Updated Guide to All Our Coverage

Well, hi. We're going nuts covering the Outside Lands Festival this weekend. To help you find it all, here's an updated list of all our coverage so far. This post will be updated as we put up new stuff. Enjoy and see you out there! Festival Reviews Friday, Aug. 10 Outside Lands: The Summer Music F ... More >>

Outside Lands Promoter Allen Scott on the Festival's Evolution and What to Expect This Year

Allen Scott is Executive Vice President of Another Planet Entertainment, the Berkeley-based production outfit that puts on S.F.'s Outside Lands music festival (with help from others). Many people work to put on the festival, but it's partially Scott's baby: He helps decide who plays, what changes fr ... More >>

Even Scalped Outside Lands Tickets Are the Best Festival Deal of the Summer, Experts Say

If you didn't manage to get Outside Lands tickets before they sold out, and you still want to go the festival, we've got some good news for you: Experts say that even a scalped ticket to the three-day festival this weekend is the best music festival deal of the summer. The data comes courtesy of Se ... More >>

It's Outside Lands Week in S.F., and We'll Be Covering it All Right Here

The fifth-installment of the Outside Lands music festival begins this Friday, Aug. 10 -- which, hey, is only three days from now! To get you ready, we'll be previewing the confab all week here on All Shook Down, with artist interviews, advice on which acts to catch, info from the festival organizers ... More >>

Lars Ulrich Talks Outside Lands, the Next Metallica Record, and Playing S.F.

Ahead of Metalica's headlining Saturday-night set at Outside Lands this year, drummer Lars Ulrich held a conference call with reporters to talk about Metallica's preparations for the festival. Answering questions from numerous media outlets, Ulrich spoke about his love for the Outside Lands festival ... More >>

Outside Lands Introduces Beer Lands to Fest, Summer Pairings Series Starts This Weekend

Outside Lands returns to Golden Gate Park on August 10-12 and makes a bid for being one of the city's biggest food fests with even more edible options than ever. A Taste of the Bay Area features 58 local food vendors including new businesses such as the Del Popolo monster pizza truck and brick and m ... More >>

Summer Guide: Choosing the Season's Best Music Festivals

Graphic: How Does Outside Lands Compare to the World's Biggest Music Festivals?

​ Lots of people, including us, think that this past year's Outside Lands Music Festival was the best one yet. But how does the four-year-old event in S.F.'s Golden Gate Park compare to the world's biggest music festivals? Hint: We have much better wine, and we care about Foursquare a lot mor ... More >>

Missed Outside Lands? People-Watch With Us!

Christopher Victorio​So maybe you missed Outside Lands, or maybe you were there but don't remember any of it. It happens. Those of us who were there (and mostly conscious) know that it was an overwhelming spectacle of sounds, tastes, and, of course, crazy only-in-San-Francisco outfits. If yo ... More >>

Thirteen Lesser-Known Artists You Should See at Outside Lands 2011

From SF Weekly's latest print music section: tUnE-yArDs is one act you shouldn't miss at Outside Lands​Outside Lands Must-Sees: You're obviously going to catch the headliner sets at this weekend's Outside Lands Festival, so we'll assume you're already more than familiar with Arcade Fire, Muse ... More >>

Outside Lands Food Gets Even Better

W. Blake GrayThe huarache Alambre from El Huarache Loco​Outside Lands last year had what might have been the best lineup of food purveyors ever at a music festival -- not hard because at most big outdoor shows, people are happy if they can even get food. This year the music lineup is signifi ... More >>

The Food at Outside Lands Is Gonna Be Even Better This Year

The huarache Alambre from El Huarache Loco, which you can eat at Outside Lands this year.​ Ostensibly one goes to Outside Lands for the music, right? I mean, spending three days in Golden Gate Park amid throngs of crazy young ravers, rock dads, children of rock dads, hipster trash, and jaded a ... More >>

5 Things to Like About the Outside Lands Festival Schedule

Outside Lands: Now without (hopefully) the painful decision-making!​ The schedule for this year's Outside Lands festival hit the web earlier today. But you can stop gritting your teeth and clutching the edge of that desk: Although many festival schedules are an exercise in painful decision-mak ... More >>

Taste the Smug: Feeling Fine at an Outside Lands Pairing Event

Hard times at an Outside Lands pairing event.​ It wasn't until my second glass of Chardonnay, while remembering my drive to Scribe Winery in the Prius, taking Instagram photographs of beautiful scenery on my iPhone, and savoring Korean BBQ from Namu, that I was reminded of the South Park episo ... More >>

Outside Lands 2011: Phish, Muse, Arcade Fire, Black Keys, Deadmau5, and More

Three days of this for 2011!​As promised, Outside Lands' avatar Ranger Dave announced the lineup this morning for the festivals fourth incarnation, to be held August 12-14, 2011. Your headliners: Phish, Muse, and Arcade Fire. Also playing: the Black Keys, Deadmau5, MGMT, Girl Talk, Decemberists, a ... More >>

Outside Lands Will Be Three Days Again This Year -- But Who Will Headline?

Outside Lands in the sunshine (pleasant sigh).​Outside Lands avatar Ranger Dave took to Twitter this morning to announce the dates for this year's festival: August 12-14. The numbers savvy among you will have already figured this out, but we'll spell it out for the rest: For Year Four, Outside Lan ... More >>

Outside Lands Day Two: Al Green, The Devil Makes Three, and A Mass of Humanity

​Outside Lands Day Two Sunday, August 15, 2010 Better than: watching bootleg videos of the gig on YouTube at home by yourself. Open-air music festivals are as much about atmosphere as they are bands. At Outside Lands Day Two, this meant The People -- aka the plebs, the great unwashe ... More >>

Disappointing Outside Lands lineup selling lots of tickets

Christopher VictorioNo, he's not gonna be there this year​ Disappointed Outside Lands fan, we share your woe: The lineup this year -- at least concerning headliners -- just doesn't woo us like it has in years past. Not to slam the bands at the top of the bill. My Morning Jacket, Furthur, Al Green ... More >>

Outside Lands Goes on Sale Today. Behold These Tasty Food and Music Pairings

Tamara PalmerPica Pica Maize Kitchen's cachapas: Goes great with Colombian rock.​While we're both a music and food writer by trade, we were sent to Outside Lands last year with a specific mission to eat, and it was refreshing to have so many truly good edible distractions that we barely cared ... More >>

Exclusive: Outside Lands Full Lineup Unveiled

Without any further ado, the full line up for San Francisco's own Outside Lands Music Festival, presented in a very endearing video format brought to by The Eclectic Method.The lineup is not too shabby. Who we're most excited about? Kings of Leon, The Strokes, My Morning Jacket, Gogol Bordello, Ca ... More >>

The Ghosts of Outside Lands Past

Now that this year's Outside Lands lineup has been released in full and stayed true to its lil-bit-hippie-lil-but-hip-hop roots and the folk vs. funk vibe, will you be forking over some coin when the tickets go on sale tomorrow? How do you think this year's lineup fares with those of previous years? ... More >>

Bay Area Music Links: Outside Lands Lineup Leaked

Love and Happiness: Al Green's on the Outside Lands lineup​Outside Lands lineup accidentally revealed in latest issue of Spin. [SF Appeal] Local faves The Dodos record at Daytrotter with Magik*Magik Orchestra. [Daytrotter] Big tours hitting the Bay Area this summer include Lady Gaga, Justin Bie ... More >>

Outside Lands Day Two: Street Sweeper Social Club, Trombone Shorty, Black Eyed Peas, The Mars Volta

EKAphotography​Outside Lands Day 2: Street Sweeper Social Club, Trombone Shorty, Black Eyed Peas, The Mars Volta, & more, Saturday, August 20, 2009.Better Than: sitting in the park, waiting for you.The first day of Outside Lands was a huge freakin' success, especially if you stayed at the Twin ... More >>

Baseball, Aggro Cyclists, Rock Music Fans -- Is It a Perfect Storm of Friday Night Traffic?

May the force be with you​Sorry for the lame headline cliche -- it's Friday afternoon, people. Normally that's good news. But if you count yourself in the pariah caste of San Franciscans who still commute by automobile, this evening may be a little less pleasant than usual. Public transit riders - ... More >>

Outside Lands Picks Part 1: Five Ways to a Fitter You

The Outside Lands alternative: In the Pines

Chron Disses, Praises Outside Lands

"Richmond then divulges that she herself has used Porta Potties at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass..."

Tenacious D the Sunday Night Headliner for Outside Lands

​Tenacious D have been announced as the Sunday night replacement act for the Outside Lands festival. The final spot for the August 30 concert was supposed to go to the Beastie Boys--but, as many of you'll recall, that group had to cancel all shows when Adam "MCA" Yauch was diagnosed with cancer a ... More >>

Outside Lands Asks Public for Headliner Suggestions

Now that the Beastie Boys have pulled out of Outside Lands, announcing the bad news that MCA has to undergo treatment for cancer of the parotid (salivary) gland, the festival has turned to the public to ask what artists should be considered as replacements for Sunday night's big finale. Outside Land ... More >>

No Beastie Boys at Outside Lands: MCA Has Cancer

Bad news from the Beastie Boys camp this morning. Adam "MCA" Yauch has been diagnosed with cancer--he has a tumor in his left parotid (salivary) gland. The good news is doctors found the cancerous tumor early, it doesn't sound to have spread to other parts of his body, and surgeons and are prepared ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Why Outside Lands Looks Juicy to Big Promoters

By Peter Jamison We reported this week on the ungainly turf war that has erupted among bureaucrats and entrepreneurs over the future of Outside Lands, the popular three-day music festival whose inaugural run was overseen in August by Berkeley-based Another Planet Entertainment. Despite the event' ... More >>

Outside Lands Ouster?

City officials, Examiner hassle local promoter that created music fest.

Outside Lands, News & Booze, Rock Make Street Fest: Your Monday Morning Hangover

Outside Lands Day 3: Andrew Bird is Good, Jack Johnson is Charming, and Wilco Still Plays Too Long

Outside Lands Day 2: Can't Find My Way Home

Outside Lands Day 3: Andrew Bird Rocks, Crowd Plays Guitar Hero

Outside Lands Kicks Off In Golden Gate Park

Outside Lands Update: Set Times Schedule