North Beach Festival Main Stage: Broadway & Columbus
Mark Holzinger brings his award-winning Western Swing guitar duo to the Main Stage at Broadway & Columbus, drawing on more than three decades of professional experience spanning jazz, blues, rockabilly, and classic country guitar tradition. A San Francisco institution and Western Swing Hall of Fame inductee, Holzinger has worked with respected artists including Don Burnham...
Jinx Jones and the Kingtones bring a guitar legend to the Main Stage at Broadway & Columbus, headlined by a two-time Ameripolitan Music Award nominee for Male Rockabilly Artist of the Year whose career has touched nearly every corner of the electric guitar tradition. From playing alongside Chuck Berry, Solomon Burke, and Roy Buchanan to...
My Blue Soul brings their high-energy brand of soul, blues, and classic rock to the Main Stage at Broadway & Columbus, led by the dynamic singer, dancer, and songwriter Carmin D'Leto at the helm of an eight-piece powerhouse that can expand to eleven with added singers and horn players for a full Soul Orchestra experience....
Rudy Colombini and The Unauthorized Rolling Stones bring 25 years of full-throttle rock 'n' roll to the Main Stage at Broadway & Columbus, delivering the raw power, danger, and electricity that define a true Rolling Stones concert experience. At the center is frontman Rudy Colombini — a performer with explosive charisma and total command of...
Delta Wires bring their big, high-energy harmonica and horns blues sound to the Main Stage at Broadway & Columbus, representing the best of the Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area blues tradition. A seven-piece harmonica-driven band with a sassy brass section, they tip their collective hats to everything from the Mississippi Delta to the south side of...
The Charles Unger Experience brings a true San Francisco jazz institution to the Main Stage at Broadway & Columbus, led by saxophonist, bandleader, composer, and Bay Area legend Charles Unger — a major force on the local music scene for over 40 years. Playing alto, tenor, and soprano saxophone across jazz, R&B, and World Beat,...
The Vivants bring their roots-soaked sound to the Main Stage at Broadway & Columbus, a San Francisco acoustic quartet whose musical faith is firmly planted in the inspiring traditions of Southern music and showmanship. Their recently completed third album, Bluegrass Special, shimmers with bluegrass, old-time country, and gorgeous sister-harmonies throughout — a record that captures...
Howell Devine bring their hypnotic Hill Country and Delta Blues to the Main Stage at Broadway & Columbus, a trio whose rollicking, deeply rhythmic take on rural blues stands in stark contrast to anything else on the festival circuit today — a sound distinctive enough to make them the first blues act signed to the...
The Zydeco Flames bring their sizzling roots rhythms to the Main Stage at Broadway & Columbus, widely regarded as the West Coast's premiere Zydeco band and a group that consistently packs the house everywhere from contemporary clubs to major festivals and traditional dancehalls. Their sixth album, Fire It Up, delivers hot Zydeco in the tradition...