2025 Stern Grove Festival: Free Concert in the Park

2025 Stern Grove Festival (June 15 – August 17) Courtesy of Stern Grove Festival The Stern Grove Festival returns for its 88th season having presented free concerts in the park every summer since 1938. 2025 Stern Grove Festival June 15 – August 17, 2025 | 2-5 pm Stern Grove, 19th Avenue and Sloat Blvd., SF FREE Stern Grove Festival’s 88th season of admission-free concerts kicks off on Sunday, June 15, 2025 . Concerts take place every Sunday at 2 pm from June 15 to August 17 . And back for this year, Stern Grove Festival hosts a two-day farewell fundraiser “The Big Picnic” on Saturday and Sunday, August 16-17, 2025 to close out the season. Typically, the Stern Grove Festival announces the full lineup in late April / early May. This year, they’ve In a rare occurrence, Stern Grove has announced its first big headliner for the 88th season way ahead of its typical festival announcement timeline. The Festival just announced that Oakland legends, The Pointer Sisters , will be headlining Stern Grove Festival on August 10, 2025 . We’ll keep an eye out for the full 2025 lineup when it drops and the RSVP ticket dates link. 2025 Concert Schedule June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 August 3 August 10: THE POINTER SISTERS The Big Picnic: August 16 & 17 Typically, free RSVPs open for the first concert one month before the season opener, so most likely, you can RSVP on May 15, 2025 at 2pm. Usually, you can reserve up to 4 spots. RSVPs open up one month in advance of each concert. Check Eventbrite to see when they start posting RSVP links. And we recommend acting quickly. RSVPs tend to go quickly (or if you’re a baller and you have $2,000 or more to donate, you can reserve a table for up to 10 people) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Stern Grove Festival (@sterngrovefestival) Upcoming 2025 Stern Grove Festival (June 15 – August 17) Events Sun 6/15 2025 Stern Grove Festival Season Opening (June 15 – August 17) Sun 6/22 2025 Stern Grove Festival: Free Concert in the Park Sun 6/29 2025 Stern Grove Festival: Free Concert in the Park Sun 7/6 2025 Stern Grove Festival: Free Concert in the Park Sun 7/13 2025 Stern Grove Festival: Free Concert in the Park Sun 7/20 2025 Stern Grove Festival: Free Concert in the Park Sun 7/27 2025 Stern Grove Festival: Free Concert in the Park Sun 8/3 2025 Stern Grove Festival: Free Concert in the Park Sun 8/10 2025 Stern Grove Festival: The Pointer Sisters Sat 8/16 2025 Stern Grove Festival’s “The Big Picnic” Season Farewell Concert Sun 8/17 2025 Stern Grove Festival’s “The Big Picnic” Season Farewell Concert Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur. Report Error in Post Cost: FREE* *Free, but donations are appreciated. Advanced Tickets required Categories: **Annual Event** , *Top Pick* , In Person , Live Music , Outdoors , San FranFREEsco Venue : Stern Grove Address : 19th Avenue and Sloat Blvd., San Francisco, CA Other Events on This Day Sunday, August 3, 2025 All Day Bank of America’s “Museums On Us” Free Museum Weekend (2025) FREE* *Free for Bank of America or Merrill Lynch Card Holders. Some venues may be closed on certain days; please confirm directly with participating museums. 11:00 am Oakland Museum of California’s Free First Sundays (OMCA) FREE* *Free admission; additional $6 fee for access to special exhibitions 6:00 pm FREE: Oakland “HellaSecret” Comedy Show (Sunday) FREE* *Limited free tickets with code FUNCHEAP (donations appreciated). Otherwise use code FUNCHEAP5 for $5 off early bird and general admission tickets < Saturday, August 2 Monday, August 4 >