Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Tanner Owens, left, and Nicholas Angeloni of Las Vegas show off their outfits during the Portola Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.Charles Russo/SFGATEThis weekend was San Francisco’s festival equivalent of Barbenheimer. The city…
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Many residents remember last year’s festival for the deep, pulsating bass that infiltrated the city from Noe Valley to Twin Peaks, and even carried across the bay, rattling windows in Alameda and Oakland. While some embraced the sound as a…
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Steve Earle and Bob Weir perform together at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival at Golden Gate Park on Oct. 8, 2017 in San Francisco, California. Despite being a free music festival, Hardly Strictly regularly brings in the biggest names in…
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