Every season, audiences enjoy informative pre-concert Troc Talks with featured Festival artists at the Grove’s Trocadero Clubhouse.  

In 2008, Troc Talks included Booker T. Jones, Seun Kuti, San Francisco Symphony, Allen Toussaint, Rachid Taha, Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Voices of Latin Rock, One Hawai’i, and San Francisco Opera.The new schedule of Troc Talks for the 72nd Season will be posted on May 1, 2009.