AUGUST 20

THE BIG PICNIC

STARRING

THE FLAMING LIPS

WITH ALAN PALOMO (NEON INDIAN DJ SET)

DJ FOODCOURT

 

RESERVATIONS OPEN JULY 20 AT 2PM

WHAT IS THE BIG PICNIC?

The Big Picnic is our annual fundraising event to raise funds and continue to present admission-free concerts to the people of the Bay Area.

While the concert is free and open to the public, reserved picnic tables are available for $5,000-$10,000 for up to 10 guests as part of the Festival’s fundraising efforts.


For more information, please email bigpicnic@sterngrove.org.

 
 
 

THE FLAMING LIPS

Released in July 2002, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots remains the commercial high-water mark in The Flaming Lips’ wild four-decade journey, giving the GRAMMY® award-winners their first RIAA certified Gold Record. As the eagerly awaited follow-up to 1999’s masterwork, The Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi proved that singer/guitarist Wayne Coyne and multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd had yet another masterpiece in them.

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is a sci-fi-themed quasi-concept album that cast The Flaming Lips’ most playful and profound songs to date in a wondrous swirl of ambient electronics, digital beats, and psychedelic splendor. The record yielded the band’s top-streamed track, “Do You Realize??” (a timeless stargazing anthem that, in 2009, was named the Official Rock Song of the band’s native Oklahoma) and also landed the Lips their first-ever Grammy Award® win for the cosmic album-closing instrumental “Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia).”

ALAN PALOMO

(Neon Indian DJ Set)

Born in Monterrey, Mexico, raised in San Antonio TX and now based in Los Angeles, Alan Palomo is a musician, producer, DJ, composer, screenwriter and director. His albums under the moniker Neon Indian have been acclaimed by fans for the last decade, including a collaboration with Flaming Lips, who he is excited to share the stage with at Stern Grove Festival.  As astute & dynamic a DJ as he is a performer, Alan's recent heat-making DJ sets include those at George Clanton's Electronicon Festival in 2022 and Noise Pop 2023's opening night. 

DJ Foodcourt

 
 

THANK YOU TO OUR BIG PICNIC CONCERT SPONSORS!

 

RESERVE A TABLE

Support Stern Grove Festival’s Annual Fundraiser by purchasing a table now. Tables start at $5,000.

Click for more info.

RESERVATION INFORMATION

  • Free reservations open online via Eventbrite
    on July 20 at 2pm

  • Reservations are required but don't guarantee entry. Entry is on a first-come, first-served basis

  • Limit 4 reservations per person

  • Senior and ADA seating is available on a first come first served basis once on site and is available for 1 senior and 1 guest

  • Children 2 years and up require a reservation

  • Entrances open at 12 noon. Concert starts at 2pm

  • Enter through designated entrances only:
    #1. 19th & Sloat
    #2. Vale Ave.
    #3. 23rd & Wawona

  • You may bring your own food and beverages

DONATE

Stern Grove Festival relies on donations to cover the costs of presenting free concerts and education programs.

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