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The ultimate guide to summer concerts in Northern California

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There's plenty to see and hear beyond BottleRock.
There's plenty to see and hear beyond BottleRock.Sarah Rice/Special to The Chronicle

Summer sounds

Slather on the sunscreen and hit the road as you find your summer music bliss with our comprehensive list of major Northern California concerts and festivals (listed in chronological order).

Fans get ready for Public Enemy at BottleRock in Napa, Calif., on Friday, May 29, 2015.
Fans get ready for Public Enemy at BottleRock in Napa, Calif., on Friday, May 29, 2015.Sarah Rice/Special to The Chronicle

Strawberry Music Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley (May 26-29)

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Mavis Staples, MerryGold Band, Tim Chaisson, John Cowan, Sarah Potenza, Mary Gauthier, the James Hunter Six, Pokey LaFarge, David Grisman Sextet, the Wood Brothers, others. http://strawberrymusic.com

BottleRock Napa Valley, Napa Expo (May 27-29)

Stevie Wonder, Florence + the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Lumineers, Death Cab for Cutie, Lenny Kravitz, Walk the Moon, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Ziggy Marley, Grouplove, Michael Franti & Spearhead, others. www.bottlerocknapavalley.com

Live at Lagunitas, Lagunitas Brewing Co., Petaluma

Langhorne Slim and the Law (May 30), the Growlers (June 13), James McMurtry (June 20), Thao and the Get Down Stay Down (July 19), Deer Tick (Aug. 9), Blind Pilot (Aug. 15), Parquet Courts (Aug. 23), Charles Bradley (Aug. 29), Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Aug. 30), others. https://lagunitas.com

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Country Summer, Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa (June 3-5)

Lady Antebellum, Craig Morgan, Chris Janson, Chase Bryant, Casey Barnes, the Band Perry, Kip Moore, Chase Rice, Kristian Bush, McKenna Faith, Billy Currington, Josh Turner, Frankie Ballard, Old Dominion. http://countrysummer.com

Railroad Square Music Festival, Santa Rosa (June 5)

The Easy Leaves, Royal Jelly Jive, the Dixie Giants, John Courage, Bootleg Honeys, La Mandanga, Coffis Brothers, Traveling Spectacular, Crow and the Canyon, Ashley Allred, Whiskerman, others. www.railroadsquaremusicfestival.com

HopMonk Novato Cookout Concert Series, Novato

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Peter Case + Dan Bern (June 5), Griffin House (June 19), Chuck Prophet (July 17), Sean Watkins (July 24), Sean Hayes (July 31), Mother Hips (Aug. 14), others. www.hopmonk.com

34th San Francisco Jazz Festival, San Francisco (June 7-19)

McCoy Tyner Tribute with Chick Corea, Kenny Barron, Marcus Roberts, Benny Green, Taylor Eigsti, Joe Lovano with McCoy Tyner, Los Van Van, Joey Alexander, California Honeydrops, Miles Electric, Ravi Coltrane, Freshlyground, Zoë Keating, Brian Blade, Roy Ayers, Fourplay, Davina & the Vagabonds, Cory Henry, Taylor McFerrin, Stanton Moore, Nicholas Payton, Cyril Neville, others. www.sfjazz.org

Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley

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Paul Simon (June 3-4), Bob Dylan (June 9-10), Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (June 11), Twenty One Pilots (July 21-22), Don Henley (July 23), Brand New and Modest Mouse (July 28), the National (July 29), Alabama Shakes (Aug. 12-13), Grace Jones (Aug. 27), others. www.thegreektheatreberkeley.com

Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Healdsburg (June 3-12)

Julian Lage Trio, Claire Daly Quintet, Charlie Hunter Trio, Fred Hersch and Ana Cohen Duo, Joey Alexander Trio, Babatunde Lea, others. www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org

SAP Center, San Jose

Andrea Bocelli (June 4), Sting and Peter Gabriel (July 14), Julion Alvarez (July 15), Nicky Jam (July 24), Adele (July 30-31), Demi Lovato (Aug. 18), others. www.sapcenter.com

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Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, San Francisco

Gamelan Sekar Jaya (June 4), Troker and Subharmonic (July 2), San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band (July 3), the Klezmatics and Charming Hostess (July 9), San Francisco Mime Troupe (July 24), Jane Bunnett and Maqueque (Aug. 20), others. http://ybgfestival.org

Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View

Live 105 BFD with the Offspring (June 4), Steely Dan (June 16), Flight of the Conchords (June 28), San Francisco Symphony (July 4), G-Eazy and Logic (July 8), Darius Rucker (July 15), Korn and Rob Zombie (July 29), Dead and Company (July 30), Jason Aldean (Aug. 19), Heart, Joan Jett and Cheap Trick (Aug. 24), others. www.livenation.com

Thunder Valley Resort, Lincoln (Placer County)

Tesla and Y&T (June 4), Michael Bolton and Christopher Cross (June 10), the Beach Boys with Chubby Checker (June 18), Kenny Rogers (June 24), Diana Ross (July 9), Charlie Wilson and After 7 (July 16), Boston (July 17), Barenaked Ladies, OMD and Howard Jones (July 23), Papa Roach (July 30), Culture Club (Aug. 19), others. www.thundervalleyresort.com

Grand Sierra Resort, Reno

The Cult (June 4), Michael McDonald (June 11), Brit Floyd (July 3), Phillip Phillips and Matt Nathanson (July 15), others. www.grandsierraresort.com

Mountain Winery, Saratoga

The Cult (June 5), Maxwell (June 21), Kenny Rogers (June 29), the Roots (June 30), Foreigner (July 3), Diana Ross (July 10), Goo Goo Dolls (July 12-13), Phillip Phillips and Matt Nathanson (July 20), Hollywood Vampires (July 24), Ziggy Marley (July 31), Huey Lewis and the News (Aug. 7), Grace Potter (Aug. 13), others. www.mountainwinery.com

Huichica Music Festival, Gundlach Bundschu Winery, Sonoma (June 10-11)

Mystic Braves, Dengue Fever, Silver Apples, Fruit Bats, Giant Sand, Vetiver, Cherry Glazerr, Kelly Stoltz, Heron Oblivion, Male Gaze, Mynabirds, Nicole Atkins, Israel Nash, others. www.huichica.com

San Francisco Free Folk Festival, Everett Middle School, San Francisco (June 11)

Reverb Nation, Locomotive Man, David Maloney, Wronglers, Maurice Tani, Pete Kronowitt, Gallowglasses, AsMegias, Jazz Gitan, Shay Black, Robert Thornton Kent, Laura Jue, others. http://sffolkfest.org/2016-new

Novato Festival of Art Wine and Music, Novato (June 11-12)

Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express, Steve Poltz, Shook Twins, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Colin Gilmore, Happy Traum and Adam Traum, Box Set, Tom Freund, others. www.novatoartwinemusic.com

Spirit West Coast, Concord Pavilion (June 12)

MercyMe, Jeremy Camp, Matthew West, Phil Wickham, Jordan Feliz, NF, Blanca, Urban Rescue, For All Seasons, others. www.spiritwestcoast.org

Cache Creek, Brooks (Yolo County)

Guy (June 11), the Spinners (June 18), Society of Seven (July 2), the 5th Dimension (July 16), UB40 (July 23), Asleep at the Wheel (July 24), Gladys Knight (August 5-6), others. www.cachecreek.com

San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo County Fairgrounds

Night Ranger (June 11), Lonestar (June 12), Kansas (June 13), Tower of Power (June 15-16), the Spinners (June 17), Peninsula Symphony (June 18), others. www.sanmateocountyfair.com

Concord Pavilion, Concord

Slipknot (June 13), Bryan Adams (July 9), Sublime with Rome (July 28), New Edition and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds (July 30), Disturbed and Breaking Benjamin (Aug. 19), Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa (Aug. 28), others. www.livenation.com

Alameda County Fair, Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton

Tom Keifer (June 15), Tony Toni Tone (June 16), Con Funk Shun (June 18), Eric Burdon and the Animals (June 19), Joe Nichols (June 22), Tower of Power (June 23), Great White (June 24), Smash Mouth (June 25), LeAnn Rimes (June 26), Kool and the Gang (June 30), the Guess Who (July 2), Crystal Gayle (July 3), others. www.alamedacountyfair.com

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz

Lou Gramm (June 17), Blue Oyster Cult (June 24), the Tubes (July 1), the Family Stone (July 8), Gregg Rolie (July 15), Toad the Wet Sprocket (July 22), Taylor Dayne (July 29), Y&T (Aug. 5), Foghat (Aug. 12), Smash Mouth (Aug. 19), others. www.beachboardwalk.com

Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, Mendocino County Fairgrounds, Boonville (June 17-19)

Don Carlos, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Pablo Moses, Toots & the Maytals, Beres Hammond, Israel Vibration, Alpha Blondy, Cocoa Tea, Inner Circle, Ceu, Jah Shaka, Afrolicious, Zulu Spear, Ras Kush, others. www.snwmf.com

Hickey Fest, the Peg House, Leggett (Mendocino County) (June 17-19)

Mild High Club, Little Wings, Papercuts, Holy Wave, the Seshen, Mirah, Chuck Prophet, Magic Leaves, the Range of Light Wilderness, Sugar Candy Mountain, Naytronix, Flaural, Brass Magic, Once and Future Band, Annie Girl and the Flight, Drug Cabin, others. www.hickeyfest.com

Stanford Jazz Festival, Palo Alto

Jim Nadel and Friends (June 17), Dianne Reeves (June 18), Dick Hyman and Ken Peplowski (July 8), Terence Blanchard (July 16), Victor Lin (July 21), Electric Squeezebox Orchestra (July 24), Billy Hart Quartet (July 31), Ambrose and Friends (Aug. 2), Bobby McFerrin (Aug. 6), others. https://stanfordjazz.org.

Deathstock, Camp Outback, Guerneville (June 17-19)

White Fence, Sonny and the Sunsets, Holy S—, Sarah Bethe Nelson, Mild High Club, Sam Flax, the Memories, Fatal Jamz, Male Gaze, Ganglians, White Fang, CCR Headcleaner, Silver Shadows, others. www.longlivedeathrecords.com

Stern Grove Festival, San Francisco

Janelle Monáe (June 19), George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic (June 26), Hieroglyphics (July 3), San Francisco Symphony (July 10), Joan Osborne (July 17), Julieta Venegas (July 24), the O’Jays (Aug. 7), the New Pornographers (Aug. 21), others. www.sterngrove.org

Jazz on the Plazz, Los Gatos Town Plaza

Duchess (June 22), Mark Winkler (June 29), Lao Tizer (July 6), Nicolas Bearde (July 13), Tierney Sutton (July 20), Bria Skonberg (July 27), Paula West (Aug. 3), Booker T. Jones (Aug. 10), others. http://jazzontheplazz.com

Kate Wolf Music Festival, Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville (Mendocino County) (June 23-26)

Eric Bibb, Harry Belafonte, Neko Case-k.d. lang-Laura Veirs, the Head and the Heart, Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin, the Wood Brothers, Ruthie Foster, Trampled by Turtles, Elephant Revival, Calexico, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, the Brothers Comatose, Linda Tillery, others. http://katewolfmusicfestival.com

Wente Vineyards, Livermore

Chicago (June 28), Diana Ross (July 7), Phillip Phillips and Matt Nathanson (July 19), Boz Scaggs (July 28), Michael Bolton and Christopher Cross (Aug. 3), Huey Lewis and the News (Aug. 10), Lynyrd Skynyrd (Aug. 16), others. https://wentevineyards.com

High Sierra Music Festival, Quincy (Plumas County) (June 30-July 3)

Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Thievery Corporation, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Dr. Dog, the Del McCoury Band, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Greensky Bluegrass, Femi Kuti & the Positive Force, JJ Grey & Mofro, Xavier Rudd, Leftover Salmon, Lettuce, North Mississippi Allstars, ALO, the California Honeydrops, others. http://highsierramusic.com

Marin County Fair, San Rafael

The Wallflowers (June 30), Kool and the Gang (July 1), Sheila E. (July 2), Plain White T’s (July 3), Foreigner (July 4), others. www.marinfair.org/2016

Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, Nev.

Slightly Stoopid (July 2), Widespread Panic (July 6), James Taylor (July 13), Sting and Peter Gabriel (July 15), Tim McGraw (July 23), Don Henley (July 24), Keith Urban (July 27 and 29), Steve Miller Band (Aug. 18), Sammy Hagar and the Circle (Aug. 26). www.caesars.com/harveys-tahoe

Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa Valley

American Authors (July 2), Blues Traveler (July 9), Ingrid Michaelson (July 23), O.A.R. (July 30). www.robertmondaviwinery.com

Burger Boogaloo, Mosswood Park, Oakland (June 25-26)

John Waters, the Seth Bogart Show, King Khan & BBQ, Soda Boys, Shannon & the Clams, the Trashwomen, Dwarves, Buck Biloxi, the Mummies, Angry Samoans, Lyres, Real Kids, Fadeaways, Flamin Groovies, Young Fresh Fellows, the Spits, Thee Oh Sees, Death Valley Girls, others. http://burgerboogaloo.com

Fillmore Jazz Festival, San Francisco (July 2-3)

Kim Nalley, Eoin Harrington Band, Soul Power, Matt Jenson’s Mix Up Mix Up, Terrence Brewer Quartet, La Orquesta El Vuko, W-Beez, Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, Akira Tana Secret Agent Band, others. www.fillmorejazzfestival.com

Weill Hall, Green Music Center, Sonoma

Steve Tyrell and the Santa Rosa Symphony (July 4), the Mando Kings (July 10), Boz Scaggs and Robert Cray Band (July 14), Hollywood Vampires (July 22), Taj Mahal Trio and Hot Tuna (July 23), “Weird Al” Yankovic (July 30), Los Tigres del Norte (Aug. 5), Lindsey Stirling (Aug. 11), Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma (Aug. 19). http://gmc.sonoma.edu

Phono del Sol, Potrero del Sol Park, San Francisco (July 9)

Chairlift, Alvvays, Born Ruffians, Mr. Little Jeans, the Seshen, the She’s, Hot Flash Heat Wave, Dick Stusso, others. www.phonodelsol.com

Mendocino Music Festival, Mendocino

Bach Violin Sonatas, featuring Stephen Prutsman and Geoff Nuttall (July 9), Peter Mawanga (July 9), Festival Orchestra (July 10), Gloria Cheng (July 11), Paul McKenna Band (July 11), Side Note (July 13), Clairdee (July 15), Christopher Atzinger (July 16), Nora Jane Struthers and the Party Line (July 17), Buckwheat Zydeco (July 22), others. http://mendocinomusic.org

SFJazz Summer Sessions, SFJazz Center, San Francisco

Jamie Davis and Clairdee (July 14), Kim Nalley (July 15), Paula West (July 16), Tierney Sutton (July 17), Ximena (July 21), La Santa Cecilia (July 22), Lila Downs (July 23-24), Dr. John (July 26-30), Dirty Dozen Brass Band (July 31), Snarky Puppy (Aug. 4-7), Evolution of Cuban Piano (Aug. 10-14), others. www.sfjazz.org

California Worldfest, Fairgrounds, Grass Valley (Nevada County) (July 14-17)

Boz Scaggs, Nahko and Medicine for the People, Third World, Delhi 2 Dublin, Emel Mathlouthi, Awa Sangho, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, Boogat, MaMuse, My Bubba, SambaDa, others. http://worldfest.net

Wanderlust, Squaw Valley, North Lake Tahoe (July 14-17)

Stephen “Ragga” Marley, Yeasayer, Beats Antique, Tasha Blank, DJ Drez, Kaminanda, Magic Giant, Son Little, Gaudi, Tasha Blank and the Get Down Crew, others. http://wanderlust.com

Festival Napa Valley, Napa (July 15-24)

Kathleen Battle, Sarah Chang, Kristin Chenoweth, Yelena Dyachek, Michael Fabiano, Festival Orchestra Napa, Eoin Harrington, Daniel Hsu, Alexi Kenney, Isabel Leonard, Sergio Mendes, Chris Noth, Carlo Ponti, others. http://festivalnapavalley.org

Northern Nights, Cook’s Valley Campground, Mendocino/Humboldt county line (July 15-17)

Gorgon City, Griz, Claptone Immortal, Amon Tobin, the Knocks, SNBRN, Troyboi, the Coup, Stephen, Xylo, Lafa Taylor, Bass Physics, Sugarbeats, Prince Fox, Fort Knox Five, Nombe, Machinedrum, Daktyl, others. http://northernnights.org

Guitarfish Music Festival, Cisco Grove Campground, Cisco Grove (Placer County) (July 28-31)

ALO, the Greyboy All Stars, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, Orgone, Lyrics Born, Hamsa Lila, Poor Man’s Whiskey, Afrolicious, Mumbo Gumbo, Wheeland Brothers, Doobie Decibel System, Yak Attack, Jankytown Orchestra & the Jankasarous Art Car, Gene Avarro Jr. & the Family, Dirty Revival, Aphrodesia, others. www.guitarfishfestival.com

Outside Lands, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (Aug. 5-7)

Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Lionel Richie, Lana Del Rey, Duran Duran, J. Cole, Zedd, Ryan Adams and the Shining, Major Lazer, Air, Sufjan Stevens, Chance the Rapper, Beach House, Miguel, Halsey, Big Grams, Grimes, Jason Isbell, Miike Snow, Third Eye Blind, Kehlani, the Last Shadow Puppets, others. www.sfoutsidelands.com

San Jose Jazz Summer Fest, Plaza de Cesar Chavez, San Jose (Aug. 12-14)

Funky Meters, Galactic, Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, Tiffany Austin Quintet, Miguel Zenon Quartet, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, others. https://sanjosejazz.org

Symbiosis Gathering, Woodward Reserve Regional Park, Oakdale (Stanislaus County) (Sept. 22-26)

FKA Twigs, RL Grimes, Santigold, Warpaint, Gaslamp Killer, Gramatik, others. https://www.tixr.com/groups/symbiosis

Aidin Vaziri is The San Francisco Chronicle’s pop music critic. Email: avaziri@sfchronicle.com Twitter: MusicSF

 

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Aidin Vaziri is a staff writer at The San Francisco Chronicle.

He can be reached at avaziri@sfchronicle.com.