Last weekend, at the Harvard Athletic Complex, was the Boston Calling 2020 festival. Oops, I mean Boston Calling 2021. Ok, let’s try that again. Last weekend was the 2022 edition of the Boston Calling festival. Like so many other events, this festival has been twice delayed since 2020, but this Memorial Day weekend, crowds finally descended upon the grounds of Harvard for a weekend of great music.

On June 11, 2022 The Metro Film and Arts Foundation, with support from the J & J Arts Initiative, is presenting an evening of music, dance, theatre, poetry, comedy and animation arts with Breaking Down Walls: Celebrating Our Shared Humanity Through the Arts at The Cowell Theater in Fort Mason, San Francisco. The Breaking Down Walls project showcases how the performing arts can create common ground for recognition and celebration of our shared humanity.

It was never supposed to happen. No one was supposed to reimagine Terry Riley's "A Rainbow In Curved Air"—a piece of music that, until now, has existed in its own class of expression. No one was supposed to scale the perilous heights of the citadel and come back with another document of the strange festival scenes within.

Rock & Roll Hall of Famers KISS and Sixthman, creators of unforgettable festivals on sand and at sea for more than two decades, have unveiled the full lineups for the eagerly awaited KISS Kruise XI, sailing from Los Angeles, CA to Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada, Mexico aboard Norwegian Jewel for two weeks of non-stop rock ‘n’ roll on the high seas set for October 24-29, 2022 (Week 1) and October 29-November 3, 2022 (Week 2).

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dave Mason kicks off his summer tour tomorrow, Wednesday, June 8, in Carmel, CA and continues to the East Coast, the Midwest and Texas before ending in Omaha, NE on July 22 with Sheryl Crow at The Memorial Park Concert. This is a testament to Dave Mason’s six-decade endurance as an icon in rock history.  Mason is thrilled to get back on the road to see his friends and fans - “There is nothing quite like performing live. I love it!” exclaimed Mason.

Known for high-energy performances, tight three-part harmonies, and masterful improvisational jams, Songs From the Road Band has built up a devoted following through many concert and festival performances each year. Smoky Mountain News calls them a “band of melodic pirates, roaring down the highways and backroads of Southern Appalachia, in search of a stage to play…” Now, the hardworking Asheville-based band has captured a bit of that on-stage energy with their latest single - a longtime crowd favorite.

Acclaimed drummer Nikki Glaspie of The Nth Power will perform on Live with Kelly and Ryan with fellow Austin-based artist Max Frost today, Tuesday, June 7. Recorded live, the performance airs at 9am local time, nationally.

Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs add to their 2022 tour schedule, confirming a run of headline fall dates as well as shows supporting The Who. Kicking off on August 28 in Toronto, the new headline tour includes performances at Port Chester’s Capitol Theatre, Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse and San Francisco’s The Fillmore while The Who dates feature a performance at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl in November. Full tour routing can be found below.

With the sold-out music and arts festival just a few short weeks away, Electric Forest (EF) has revealed the return of Curated Events, additional artists, and the 2022 Food Lineup.

An ne’er before seen and heard assemblage of Phil Lesh & Friends came together at the Frost Amphitheater on the Stanford University campus for a dandy of a show on June 4.