From Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan to Jerry Garcia Day to a cat video festival, there is a lot to see and do in the Bay Area this weekend and beyond.
Willie Nelson, who performed at the Farm Aid Music Festival in Noblesville, Indiana, in 2023, brings his Outlaw Music Festival Tour to the Bay Area this weekend.First up at the Mountain View venue is the Outlaw Music Festival Tour on Saturday. Country music’s No. 1 living legend — Willie Nelson — once again headlines this trek.
Meanwhile, the 22nd annual Jerry Day celebration and concert kicks off 11 a.m. Saturday at Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park, San Francisco, featuring Melvin Seals and JGB, Stu Allen and Mars Hotel, Grahame Lesh, Elliott Peck, Alex Jordan and more .Sure, we can all try to immerse ourselves in artistic ventures that reflect profoundly on the human condition or promote compassion and empathy among people in these tense and challenging times.
To be clear: No musical qualifications are necessary, just the burning urge to rock out without embarrassment. To temper the madness a bit, the museum has booked a few professional drummers who will play on the hour, including Chiyo Nukaga Jacobus and James “Stick Nasty” Small. Time slots for playing the seven-piece, purple-sparkle drum set are limited and sign-ups will be accepted on a first-come basis. And if it needed to be said, Lars Ulrich will not be in attendance.Noon to 8 p.m.
Founders Nadkarni and Koletkar are still in the lineup, along with Deeptanshu Jha, Ibhaan Kulkarni, Maryam Moosavi, Maddie Kelly, Abby Govindan, Anu Bee, Deeptanshu Jha, and many more. The goal, organizers say, is “creating a space where laughter knows no borders.”For opera lovers, August starts with “Don Giovanni,” sung by the artists of the Merola Opera Program. Also this week: The San Francisco Symphony celebrates three beloved female pop/rock icons.
Weisman her will debut “180 Days. To Die. To Live.,” in which an omnipresent narrator follows two terminally ill characters pondering legal end-of-life options. The piece, onstage in Berkeley Aug. 23-25, was inspired by Weisman’s husband and a mutual friend; both were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.A Summer with the Symphony signoff:
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