San Francisco’s 12th annual Outside Lands Music Festival will return to Golden Gate Park for their 2019 event, set to go down on August 9th-11th.
On Friday, Outside Lands announced that their 2019 event will be headlined by iconic singer-songwriter Paul Simon. While no longer touring following last year’s Homeward Bound — The Farewell Tour, Paul Simon has previously stated his commitment to perform the occasional concert in benefit of philanthropic organizations he supports, particularly those in the area of environmental protection and ecology. Outside Lands’ location in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, combined with the shared environmental initiatives of the festival producers provided Paul Simon this perfect opportunity. Simon will be donating the entire net proceeds from his Outside Lands performance to local environmental non-profit organization(s) to be announced shortly.
Today, the three-day music festival has revealed their impressive 2019 lineup, with Childish Gambino, Twenty One Pilots, The Lumineers, Flume, Blink-182, Kygo, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Leon Bridges, Kacey Musgraves, Lil Wayne, and Hozier sitting at the top of the bill.
Outside Lands will additionally see performances by RL Grime, Ella Mai, Counting Crows, Flying Lotus 3D, Alina Baraz, Mavis Staples, Bebe Rexha, Sheck Wes, The Neighbourhood, Santigold, Better Oblivion Community Center, Toro y Moi, Denzel Curry, Lauren Daigle, San Holo, Judah & the Lion, Big Wild, Bob Moses, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Wallows, Yaeji, Masego, Phosphorescent, Tierra Whack, DJ Koze, NoMBe, Nahko and Medicine For The People, Aurora, Justin Martin, Dean Lewis, Bea Miller, Shallou, Luttrell, The California Honeydrops, Cautious Clay, half•alive, The Marías, Brasstracks, CupCakKe, Cherry Glazerr, P-Lo, Caamp, Weyes Blood, PJ Morton, The Funk Hunters, Still Woozy, Taylor Bennett, MorMor, Miya Folick, ALLBLACK, SYML, Leven Kali, Alex Lahey, Jupiter & Okwess, Delacey, Altin Gün, Grateful Shred, Amo Amo, Boyfriend, The Seshen, Rainbow Girls, and Sandy’s.
In addition to a world-class music lineup, Outside Lands will once again feature Grass Lands, a curated area focused on cannabis. Newly introduced in 2018, the cannabis discovery area will again bring some of the most exciting developments in that field with more to be announced soon. Also returning will be The Barbary offering some of the world’s most loved and respected comedians and podcasts, along with the D.A.V.E. series (Discussions About Virtually Everything), which opens and expands festival goers minds on issues affecting them and their community.
Outside Lands is committed to preserving Golden Gate Park and promoting sustainability in San Francisco and beyond. The festival hopes to motivate other events around the world to follow suit in their efforts to increase environmental consciousness, waste diversion rates, and earth-friendly programs.
A variety of different ticket package options are now on sale here.
For more information on Outside Lands 2019, head to the festival’s website.
