Portola Music Festival

Festivals are supposed to be equal parts music and atmosphere. Portola Festival 2025, Goldenvoice’s fourth go at turning San Francisco’s Pier 80 into a flagship electronic gathering, nailed the first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Festivalgoers dance inside the Despacio tent at the Portola Music Festival on Saturday Sept. 20, 2025. (Charles Russo/SFGATE) On ...

SF Station: Exclusive Q&A: Portola Music Festival Charts Course for 2025 Music Experience

As the 2025 festival season unfolds across California’s vibrant music landscape, we reconnected with Danny Bell, Senior Vice President at Goldenvoice and the visionary founder behind Portola Music ...

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MSN: Did Portola Music Festival get quieter this year? Here's what we know

Portola Music Festival was a little quieter this year, according to the San Francisco Entertainment Commission, which reports a significant drop in noise complaints compared to 2024. The electronic ...

Did Portola Music Festival get quieter this year? Here's what we know

As far as San Francisco music festivals go, it doesn’t get any louder than Portola. Now in its fourth year, the electronic music festival on Pier 80 thrown by Coachella promoter Goldenvoice has a ...

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Yahoo: How Is the Portola Lineup Designed? The Festival’s Founder on His ‘Mad Scientist’ Approach

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Every festival booker has their own process,” says Danny Bell, the founder and booker of San Francisco’s Portola. “Mine is ...

How Is the Portola Lineup Designed? The Festival’s Founder on His ‘Mad Scientist’ Approach

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SFGate: The quietest performers at SF’s Portola Festival are its unsung stars

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