Janelle Monae To Kick Off Stern Grove Festival
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Musician Janelle Monae will kick off the opening day of San Francisco's Stern Grove Festival on June 19.
The admission-free festival, now in its 79th season, will kick off with headliner Janelle Monae at 2 p.m. Local soul and funk band Midtown Social will be the opening act.
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Seating is first-come, first-served.
At 11:30 a.m., Stern Grove Festival will hold The Big Picnic, a fundraising event with tickets starting at $250 and benefiting the festival and its mission to present admission-free concerts and outreach programs to Bay Area residents.
Stern Grove tweeted this on Wednesday evening:
Big news about The Big Picnic! @JanelleMonae headlines free concert opening day, June 19 https://t.co/7LQ2sBeYo9 pic.twitter.com/idK3FGhQ1a
— Stern Grove Festival (@sterngrovefest) February 18, 2016
More info about the festival can be viewed here.
