STERN GROVE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES
RELEASE OF FIRST LIVE RECORDING CD

SAN FRANCISCO, March 9, 2010

Stern Grove Festival announced today the release of its first-ever CD featuring live recordings of performances from the 2009 Stern Grove Festival season. The CD, Live! From Stern Grove Festival features 12 tracks by artists who performed during the Festival’s 72nd Season in 2009, including Joan Baez, Rupa and the April Fishes, Lyrics Born, Blame Sally, Les Nubians, Totó La Momposina, and more. This limited-edition CD is not for sale and is only available to Members of Friends of Stern Grove Festival with a charitable gift of $50 and above to the Festival, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization.

“We are thrilled to make this CD available to supporters of Stern Grove Festival,” said Steven P. Haines, the Festival’s executive director. “It’s a wonderful showcase of talented musicians and a great memento for any Festival fan. We are excited that we can now capture that experience to share with our fans.”

Stern Grove Festival plans to create a live recording CD each year as a gift to donors of $50 or more to the organization. For more information and to listen to audio samples, visit www.sterngrove.org/livecd.html.

About The Stern Grove Festival Association

Founded in 1938, the Stern Grove Festival Association presents a summer series of admission-free, world-class performing arts in Stern Grove, a beautiful outdoor amphitheater in San Francisco. The Festival's upcoming 73rd Season will run every Sunday from June 20 through August 22, 2010. The lineup for the 73rd Season will be announced on May 1, 2010. For more information visit www.sterngrove.org.

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