Stern Grove Festival Featuring: Lucinda Williams with Jobi Riccio

Ticket Information

All Stern Grove Festival concerts are FREE but we require tickets.

-Get tickets 1 month prior to the show date at 2pm

-Limit 4 tickets per reservation

-Children 2 years and up require a ticket

-Eventbrite is the sole ticket provider of Stern Grove Festival and we reserve the right to refuse entry for tickets purchased or aquired through third parties.

If tickets show as sold out, keep checking back often. After the initial release, we secretly and randomly release thousands of tickets leading up to the show date. Keep trying!

Lucinda Williams

One of the most celebrated singer/songwriters of her generation, Lucinda Williams is also a fiercely independent artist who had to fight for the creative freedom that allowed her to do her best work. The daughter of a well-respected poet, Williams brought a literacy and sense of detail to her music that was unpretentious but powerfully evocative and emotional, and a number of major artists covered her tunes while she was still establishing herself as a musician. As a vocalist, Williams used the rough edges of her instrument to her advantage, allowing the grit to heighten the authenticity of her performance. Early in her career, critics compared Williams to  and , praise that flew in the face of her originality; if she was clearly informed by the blues and the giants of the singer/songwriter community, her execution put her in a class of her own that was beholden to blues, folk, country, and rock without swearing full allegiance to any of them.

Jobi Riccio Bio

Born and raised in Morrison, Colorado – a tourist town in the foothills outside of Denver that’s home to Red Rocks Amphitheater – Jobi Riccio grew up surrounded by music and found inspiration in artists ranging from Sheryl Crow to Joni Mitchell. Sonically, Jobi’s music exists between worlds, melding the classic craftsmanship of her songwriting with modern indie-leaning production to forge a lush, expansive sound that feels traditional and experimental all at once. She has received acclaim for her songwriting, including winning the 2019 NewSong Music Competition, performing at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, receiving the 2019 Lee Villiare Scholarship from her alma mater Berklee College of Music, and being named a finalist in the 2018 Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Songwriters Showcase. In 2023 Jobi was awarded the Newport Folk Festival John Prine Fellowship.

Her debut album, “Whiplash” (out September 2023 on Yep Roc) introduces influences from a variety of genres, while still holding space for Riccio’s love for all decades of country and Americana music.

About Stern Grove Festival

Stern Grove Festival is an annual San Francisco summer tradition spanning 87 years and counting. This free concert series is presented by Stern Grove Festival Association, a non-profit organization whose mission is to make live musical experiences accessible to all. All shows take place at Sigmund Stern Grove, a beautiful outdoor amphitheater located at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard.

For more information on getting to the Grove, policies, and our VIP picnic tables visit www.sterngrove.org.

Make a general donation here, and help keep Stern Grove Festival admission-free for all.