Stern Grove Festival Announces Summer Line-Up, 6/20-8/22
The Stern Grove Festival, San Francisco's premier admission-free outdoor performing arts festival, begins its 73rd season on June 20. It will run Sundays at 2:00PM through August 22, 2010 at Sigmund Stern Grove, 19th Ave. & Sloat Blvd. in San Francisco.
Minutes away from central San Francisco sights, Stern Grove attracts world-class artists and hosts annual performances by the acclaimed San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, and San Francisco Ballet. Other performances include artists ranging from Los Lobos, Lucinda Williams and Arrested Development to Diana Krall, Carlos Santana, and Hugh Masekela to Isaac Stern, Denyce Graves, and Joan Baez in years past, and this year, from They Might Be Giants to the San Francisco Symphony, from Afro-pop chanteuse Angélique Kidjo to folk-rock icon Rickie Lee Jones.
The 2010 Stern Grove line-up is as follows. All concerts are FREE and take place at Stern Grove, 19th Ave. & Sloat Blvd. in San Francisco, CA:
06/20/2010: Angélique Kidjo with Sarazino
06/27/2010: HAPA with Academy of Hawaiian Arts Admission
07/04/2010: San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra with A Celebration of American Music Featuring Patricia Racette and John Relyea
07/11/2010: San Francisco Symphony with Donato Cabrera, Conductor
07/18/2010: Caravan Palace with DePedro
07/25/2010: Jovanotti with Bomba Estéreo
08/01/2010: Rickie Lee Jones with Meklit Hadero
08/08/2010: San Francisco Ballet with Helgi Tomasson, Artistic Director
08/15/2010: Maceo Parker with Darondo
08/22/2010: They Might Be Giants with Rouge Wave
For more information, please visit www.sterngrove.org.
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