About Stern Grove
A San Francisco tradition since 1938 — free summer Sundays in a eucalyptus-grove amphitheater, with headliners who'd cost real money anywhere else.
Free series
This week
Sun Aug 2 — Violent Femmes · FREE
Heads up: the advance lottery for these shows is closed. Your way in is the day-of Community Box Office line — 1,500 free tickets per show, 2 per person, come early. Want the 2027 lottery the day it opens? That's what the email is for. Details on the venue site →
Coming up
Sun Aug 9 — Patti LaBelle · FREE
Heads up: the advance lottery for these shows is closed. Your way in is the day-of Community Box Office line — 1,500 free tickets per show, 2 per person, come early. Want the 2027 lottery the day it opens? That's what the email is for. Details on the venue site →
Sat Aug 15 — Public Enemy · FREE
Heads up: the advance lottery for these shows is closed. Your way in is the day-of Community Box Office line — 1,500 free tickets per show, 2 per person, come early. Want the 2027 lottery the day it opens? That's what the email is for. Details on the venue site →
Sun Aug 16 — Al Green · FREE
Heads up: the advance lottery for these shows is closed. Your way in is the day-of Community Box Office line — 1,500 free tickets per show, 2 per person, come early. Want the 2027 lottery the day it opens? That's what the email is for. Details on the venue site →
Frequently asked
How much are Stern Grove free series tickets?
FREE. Free Sunday concerts through Aug 16 (2026: Suki Waterhouse, Violent Femmes, Patti LaBelle, Al Green). Reserve via lottery ~6 weeks out, or 1,500 day-of Community Box Office tickets, 2/person.
Where do I buy Stern Grove discount tickets?
Directly from the venue — use the official links on this page and pay the venue's own price at their box office or site.
How do I hear when new Stern Grove deals drop?
Deals drop daily and vanish by showtime. RushTix watches the programs and emails SF members when something good opens up — the signup form is on this page.
More ways in
Big nights at Stern Grove. Tiny prices.
Roscoe, your cultural concierge, emails you when a way in opens up — free, always.