They’ll be factors throughout the 2026 Outside Lands when it’d really feel like each single individual within the Bay Area is in attendance at this mammoth three-day music pageant in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
Yet, we’ve achieved the mathematics and that’s not really the case. There might be loads of native music followers who don’t really attend this pageant, which is predicted to attract 70,000-plus individuals per day from Aug. 7 to 9. (The festival also includes night shows Aug. 6-9.)
Those not going to the pageant nonetheless have some wonderful decisions for dwell music that week. Here are simply three choices:
1. Lionel Richie; Earth, Wind & Fire
This is among the strongest doubleheaders of the yr, with Richie set to allure followers with such clean R&B/pop favorites as “All Night Long (All Night)” and “Hello” and EWF bringing the boogie on “September,” “Shining Star” and others.” (7:30 p.m. Aug. 6, Chase Center, San Francisco chasecenter.com)
2. Benson Boone
The back-flipping pop troubadour, who rose to fame on TikToK, involves city for 2 large exhibits in help of his second studio album, “American Heart.” (8 p.m. Aug. 7, SAP Center, San Jose, sapcenter.com; 8 p.m. Aug 8, Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, golden1center.com)
Weren’t we simply speaking about nice doubleheaders? Well, right here’s one other one that includes two Bay Area classic rock legends. (7 p.m. Aug. 8, Toyota Amphitheatre, Wheatland; 7 p.m. Aug. 9, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, livenation.com)
