San Fran Voice

On Earth Day, the West Coast, the East Coast and the Midwest all come together for a musical celebration and San Francisco is one third of the heart of that celebration.  The Green Apple Music and Arts Festival begins on April 20 and runs through the weekend with a diverse group of musical artists centering the stage of fun in New York, Chicago and here at home.  The goal of the festival is to raise awareness about environmental issues, but this educational event is all about having a good time.

The culminating San Francisco event is the free show on Sunday, April 22^nd at Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park.  The big names featured at the park that day are The Greyboy Allstars, Martin Sexton, Stephen Marley and Bob Weir & Ratdog.  But there are events taking place all throughout the city which are related to or supportive of Green Apple.  Many of San Francisco’s major music venues (The Independent, Mezzanine, The Fillmore) are hosting related events and some of the lesser known spots in the city (such as the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center) are joining in as well. You can get the full list at the San Francisco page of the Green Apple Music Fest site.

Many of the bands playing around town this weekend are Bay Area bands.  Here are the links to some of them:
 

• Ambient Mafia
• And A Few To Break
• Avengers
• Breakfast with Enzo
• Cold Hot Crash
• From Monument to Masses
• Liz Pappademas
• May Lake
• Pansy Division
• Pine Box Boys
• Pollux
• Porch Flies
• Silian Rail
• Tea Leaf Green
• The Dilettantes
• The Plus Ones
• Trainwreck Riders
• Xiu Xiu

Of course, there are other shows happening all week that have no relation to Green Apple Music Festival so if you can’t find something here, check out the lineup on San Fran Voice on Monday to see what else is going on.