Festival No. 0000405 · Est. 2008
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- Venue
- Golden Gate Park
- Address
- 1000 John F. Kennedy Dr. 94118
- City
- San Francisco, US
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About the artists
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Alabama Shakes formed in Athens, United States, in 2009. Plays blues rock, rock, soul, southern rock. -
Allen Stone was born in Chewelah, United States, on 13 March 1987. Plays blue-eyed soul, gospel, pop soul, r&b, soul.
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Amadou & Mariam formed in Bamako, Mali, in 1980. Plays african blues, desert blues.
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Andrew Bird was born in Lake Forest, United States, on 11 July 1973. Plays baroque pop, folk rock, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock.
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Animal Kingdom formed in 2008.
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BECK was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 8 July 1970. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, anti-folk, chamber folk, electronic, electronica, experimental hip hop, experimental rock.
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Big Boi was born in Savannah, United States, on 1 February 1975. Plays hip hop.
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Big Gigantic formed in Boulder, United States, on 31 August 2007. Plays dance, electronic.
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Bloc Party formed in Reading, United Kingdom, in August 1999. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, art rock, dance-punk, indie rock, indietronica, new rave, post-punk revival.
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Bomba Estéreo formed in Bogota, Colombia, in 2005. Plays cumbia, latin.
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Caveman formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2010. Plays indie rock.
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City and Colour was born in St. Catharines, Canada, on 29 September 1980. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, folk, folk rock, indie folk.
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Cory Chisel was born in Appleton, United States, in 1982.
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Die Antwoord formed in 2008. Plays electronic, hip hop, hip house, instrumental hip hop, pop rap, rave, trap.
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Dispatch formed in 1996. Plays acoustic rock, rock, roots rock.
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Dr. Dog formed in West Grove, United States, in 1999. Plays baroque pop, indie folk, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic, psychedelic rock, rock.
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Electric Guest formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2011.
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Explosions in the Sky formed in Austin, United States, on 4 July 1999. Plays ambient, instrumental, post-rock.
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Father John Misty was born in Rockville, United States, on 3 May 1981. Plays experimental rock, folk rock, indie rock, psychedelic rock.
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Fitz & The Tantrums formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2008. Plays blue-eyed soul, electronic, indie pop, pop, pop rock, pop soul, soul, synth-pop.
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Foo Fighters formed in Seattle, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, grunge, hard rock, indie rock, pop rock, post-grunge, rock.
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Franz Ferdinand formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2001. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, art rock, dance-punk, dance-rock, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica.
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Fun. formed in New York, United States, in 2008. Plays pop rock.
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Geographer formed in San Francisco, United States, in 2008.
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Grandaddy formed in Modesto, United States, in 1992. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, indietronica, lo-fi, progressive pop, space rock, space rock revival.
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Jack White was born in Detroit, United States, on 9 July 1975. Plays alternative rock, art rock, blues rock, country, experimental rock, folk, garage rock, garage rock revival.
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Jovanotti was born in Rome, Italy, on 27 September 1966. Plays funk, hip hop, house, pop, pop rap, rock.
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Justice formed in Paris, France, in 2003. Plays dance, electro, electro house, electro-disco, electronic, french electro, french house, house.
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Metallica formed in Los Angeles, United States, on 28 October 1981. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, blues rock, groove metal, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, metal.
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Michael Kiwanuka was born in Muswell Hill, United Kingdom, on 3 May 1987. Plays soul.
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Mimosa was born in Oakland, United States. Plays dubstep, electronic.
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MSTRKRFT formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2005. Plays dance-pop, electro house, electroclash, industrial techno, minimal techno.
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Neil Young was born in Toronto, Canada, on 12 November 1945. Plays blues, classic rock, contemporary folk, country, country rock, folk, folk rock, hard rock.
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Norah Jones was born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, United States, on 30 March 1979. Plays americana, blues, christmas music, contemporary jazz, country, country pop, easy listening, folk.
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Of Monsters and Men formed in Keflavik, Iceland, in 2010. Plays folk, folk pop, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, pop, rock.
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Passion Pit formed in Cambridge, United States, in 2007. Plays indietronica.
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Portugal. The Man formed in Wasilla, United States, in 2004. Plays experimental, indie pop, indie rock, math rock, neo-psychedelia, pop, progressive.
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Reggie Watts was born in Stuttgart, United States, on 23 March 1972. Plays electronic, neo soul, soul, trip hop.
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Regina Spektor was born in Moscow, United States, on 18 February 1980. Plays alternative rock, anti-folk, art pop, chamber pop, folk, indie pop, indie rock, piano rock.
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Santigold was born in Philadelphia, United States, on 25 September 1976. Plays electronic, hip hop, indie rock, new wave, pop.
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Sean Hayes was born on 27 August 1969.
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Sharon Van Etten was born in Clinton, United States, on 26 February 1981. Plays country folk, folk, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
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Sigur Rós formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 4 January 1994. Plays ambient, ambient pop, art pop, art rock, dance, dream pop, electronic, electronica.
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Skrillex was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 15 January 1988. Plays afro house, bass house, breakbeat, breaks, brostep, club, complextro, dance.
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Stevie Wonder was born in Saginaw, United States, on 13 May 1950. Plays contemporary r&b, funk, pop, pop soul, soul.
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Tame Impala was born in Sydney, Australia, on 20 January 1986. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, dream pop, indie rock, indietronica, leftfield, neo-psychedelia, pop.
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Tanlines formed in Brooklyn, United States, on 9 April 2008.
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Tennis formed in Denver, United States, in 2010. Plays dream pop, indie pop, lo-fi, synth-pop.
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The Be Good Tanyas formed in Vancouver, Canada, in 1999. Plays folk.
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The California Honeydrops formed in Oakland, United States, in November 2007. Plays blues.
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The Kills formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays garage punk, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, rock.
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The M Machine formed in San Francisco, United States, in 2011. Plays alternative dance, deep house, electro house, indietronica, progressive house, tech house.
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Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman was born in New York, United States, on 30 May 1964. Plays folk, folk rock, rock.
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Trampled by Turtles formed in Duluth, United States, in 2004. Plays bluegrass, folk rock, progressive bluegrass, progressive folk.
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Two Gallants formed in San Francisco, United States, in 2002.
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Wallpaper formed on 6 June 2001.
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Washed Out was born in Perry, United States, on 3 October 1982. Plays chillwave, dream pop, electronic, neo-psychedelia.
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White Denim formed in Austin, United States, in 2006. Plays indie rock, psychedelic rock, rock.
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YACHT formed in 2002. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, dance, dance-punk, dance-punk revival, electronic, electropop, experimental.
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Yellow Ostrich formed in Appleton, United States, in 2009, and split up in December 2014, after 5 years. Plays rock.
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Zola Jesus was born in Phoenix, United States, on 11 April 1989. Plays alternative rock, electronic, experimental, experimental rock, indie rock, indietronica.