Sun Jun 21 - Sun Aug 23 72nd Season Stern Grove Festival Admission-Free Concerts Website

Description June 21 - August 23, 2009 Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Sigmund Stern Grove, 19th Ave. & Sloat, San Francisco Admission-Free Stern Grove Festival is San Francisco's celebration of community, nature, and the arts. Every summer, Stern Grove Festival brings world-class performing arts to you, admission-free, in one of the country's most beautiful and unique natural settings. Year after year, summer after summer, this is YOUR Festival! 2009 Season * June 21, 2009 ROBERTA FLACK / Davell Crawford * June 28, 2009 LES NUBIANS / Asa * July 5, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY / Inouye Jazz * July 12, 2009 JOAN BAEZ / Blame Sally * July 19, 2009 SERGENT GARCIA / Curumin * July 26, 2009 THE LYRICS BORN REVUE, THE MIGHTY UNDERDOGS, AND MORE * August 2, 2009 KAILASH KHER’S KAILASA / Delhi 2 Dublin * August 9, 2009 TOTÓ LA MOMPOSINA / Nation Beat * August 16, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET / Helgi Tomasson, Artistic Director * August 23, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO OPERA Stern Grove was purchased by Rosalie M. Stern and given as a gift to the City of San Francisco in 1931, in memory of her husband Sigmund, a prominent civic leader. George Greene originally homesteaded the Grove - a tract of sand dunes and marshes - in the 1840's. The Greene family planted the first eucalyptus trees in the Grove and built the Trocadero Inn, a popular recreation spot until its closure in 1916. Marveling at the Grove's natural acoustics, Mrs. Stern determined that the site would be preserved as a park in which the public could enjoy admission-free music, dance, and theater performances. On June 4, 1932, Stern Grove was dedicated. Two weeks later, the San Francisco Symphony played the first concert in the Grove. Mrs. Stern, then President of the San Francisco Recreation Commission, formed the non-profit Stern Grove Festival Association in 1938, stipulating that all concerts were to be free to the public and designed for everyone's enjoyment. The organization's mission guides the Festival to this day: * Provide high quality performances, free of charge, for all Bay Area residents and visitors * Provide paid performance opportunities for professional artists and performers * Serve diverse audiences by presenting a season of varied genres and artists * Enhance San Francisco's renown as a cultural center

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