The ultimate guide to summer concerts in Northern California

The ultimate guide to summer concerts in Northern California

Slather on the sunscreen and hit the road as you find your summer music bliss with our comprehensive list of major Northern California concerts and festivals (listed in chronological order).

Strawberry Music Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley (May 26-29)

Stevie Wonder, Florence + the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Lumineers, Death Cab for Cutie, Lenny Kravitz, Walk the Moon, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Ziggy Marley, Grouplove, Michael Franti & Spearhead, others. www.bottlerocknapavalley.com

Langhorne Slim and the Law (May 30), the Growlers (June 13), James McMurtry (June 20), Thao and the Get Down Stay Down (July 19), Deer Tick (Aug. 9), Blind Pilot (Aug. 15), Parquet Courts (Aug. 23), Charles Bradley (Aug. 29), Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Aug. 30), others. https://lagunitas.com

Railroad Square Music Festival, Santa Rosa (June 5)

The Easy Leaves, Royal Jelly Jive, the Dixie Giants, John Courage, Bootleg Honeys, La Mandanga, Coffis Brothers, Traveling Spectacular, Crow and the Canyon, Ashley Allred, Whiskerman, others. www.railroadsquaremusicfestival.com

HopMonk Novato Cookout Concert Series, Novato

34th San Francisco Jazz Festival, San Francisco (June 7-19)

McCoy Tyner Tribute with Chick Corea, Kenny Barron, Marcus Roberts, Benny Green, Taylor Eigsti, Joe Lovano with McCoy Tyner, Los Van Van, Joey Alexander, California Honeydrops, Miles Electric, Ravi Coltrane, Freshlyground, Zoë Keating, Brian Blade, Roy Ayers, Fourplay, Davina & the Vagabonds, Cory Henry, Taylor McFerrin, Stanton Moore, Nicholas Payton, Cyril Neville, others. www.sfjazz.org

Paul Simon (June 3-4), Bob Dylan (June 9-10), Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (June 11), Twenty One Pilots (July 21-22), Don Henley (July 23), Brand New and Modest Mouse (July 28), the National (July 29), Alabama Shakes (Aug. 12-13), Grace Jones (Aug. 27), others. www.thegreektheatreberkeley.com

Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Healdsburg (June 3-12)

Julian Lage Trio, Claire Daly Quintet, Charlie Hunter Trio, Fred Hersch and Ana Cohen Duo, Joey Alexander Trio, Babatunde Lea, others. www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, San Francisco

Gamelan Sekar Jaya (June 4), Troker and Subharmonic (July 2), San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band (July 3), the Klezmatics and Charming Hostess (July 9), San Francisco Mime Troupe (July 24), Jane Bunnett and Maqueque (Aug. 20), others. http://ybgfestival.org

Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View

Live 105 BFD with the Offspring (June 4), Steely Dan (June 16), Flight of the Conchords (June 28), San Francisco Symphony (July 4), G-Eazy and Logic (July 8), Darius Rucker (July 15), Korn and Rob Zombie (July 29), Dead and Company (July 30), Jason Aldean (Aug. 19), Heart, Joan Jett and Cheap Trick (Aug. 24), others. www.livenation.com

Tesla and Y&T (June 4), Michael Bolton and Christopher Cross (June 10), the Beach Boys with Chubby Checker (June 18), Kenny Rogers (June 24), Diana Ross (July 9), Charlie Wilson and After 7 (July 16), Boston (July 17), Barenaked Ladies, OMD and Howard Jones (July 23), Papa Roach (July 30), Culture Club (Aug. 19), others. www.thundervalleyresort.com

The Cult (June 5), Maxwell (June 21), Kenny Rogers (June 29), the Roots (June 30), Foreigner (July 3), Diana Ross (July 10), Goo Goo Dolls (July 12-13), Phillip Phillips and Matt Nathanson (July 20), Hollywood Vampires (July 24), Ziggy Marley (July 31), Huey Lewis and the News (Aug. 7), Grace Potter (Aug. 13), others. www.mountainwinery.com

Huichica Music Festival, Gundlach Bundschu Winery, Sonoma (June 10-11)

Mystic Braves, Dengue Fever, Silver Apples, Fruit Bats, Giant Sand, Vetiver, Cherry Glazerr, Kelly Stoltz, Heron Oblivion, Male Gaze, Mynabirds, Nicole Atkins, Israel Nash, others. www.huichica.com

San Francisco Free Folk Festival, Everett Middle School, San Francisco (June 11)

Reverb Nation, Locomotive Man, David Maloney, Wronglers, Maurice Tani, Pete Kronowitt, Gallowglasses, AsMegias, Jazz Gitan, Shay Black, Robert Thornton Kent, Laura Jue, others. http://sffolkfest.org/2016-new

Tom Keifer (June 15), Tony Toni Tone (June 16), Con Funk Shun (June 18), Eric Burdon and the Animals (June 19), Joe Nichols (June 22), Tower of Power (June 23), Great White (June 24), Smash Mouth (June 25), LeAnn Rimes (June 26), Kool and the Gang (June 30), the Guess Who (July 2), Crystal Gayle (July 3), others. www.alamedacountyfair.com

Lou Gramm (June 17), Blue Oyster Cult (June 24), the Tubes (July 1), the Family Stone (July 8), Gregg Rolie (July 15), Toad the Wet Sprocket (July 22), Taylor Dayne (July 29), Y&T (Aug. 5), Foghat (Aug. 12), Smash Mouth (Aug. 19), others. www.beachboardwalk.com

Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, Mendocino County Fairgrounds, Boonville (June 17-19)

Don Carlos, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Pablo Moses, Toots & the Maytals, Beres Hammond, Israel Vibration, Alpha Blondy, Cocoa Tea, Inner Circle, Ceu, Jah Shaka, Afrolicious, Zulu Spear, Ras Kush, others. www.snwmf.com

Mild High Club, Little Wings, Papercuts, Holy Wave, the Seshen, Mirah, Chuck Prophet, Magic Leaves, the Range of Light Wilderness, Sugar Candy Mountain, Naytronix, Flaural, Brass Magic, Once and Future Band, Annie Girl and the Flight, Drug Cabin, others. www.hickeyfest.com

Stanford Jazz Festival, Palo Alto

Jim Nadel and Friends (June 17), Dianne Reeves (June 18), Dick Hyman and Ken Peplowski (July 8), Terence Blanchard (July 16), Victor Lin (July 21), Electric Squeezebox Orchestra (July 24), Billy Hart Quartet (July 31), Ambrose and Friends (Aug. 2), Bobby McFerrin (Aug. 6), others. https://stanfordjazz.org.

White Fence, Sonny and the Sunsets, Holy S—, Sarah Bethe Nelson, Mild High Club, Sam Flax, the Memories, Fatal Jamz, Male Gaze, Ganglians, White Fang, CCR Headcleaner, Silver Shadows, others. www.longlivedeathrecords.com

Janelle Monáe (June 19), George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic (June 26), Hieroglyphics (July 3), San Francisco Symphony (July 10), Joan Osborne (July 17), Julieta Venegas (July 24), the O’Jays (Aug. 7), the New Pornographers (Aug. 21), others. www.sterngrove.org

Kate Wolf Music Festival, Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville (Mendocino County) (June 23-26)

Eric Bibb, Harry Belafonte, Neko Case-k.d. lang-Laura Veirs, the Head and the Heart, Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin, the Wood Brothers, Ruthie Foster, Trampled by Turtles, Elephant Revival, Calexico, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, the Brothers Comatose, Linda Tillery, others. http://katewolfmusicfestival.com

High Sierra Music Festival, Quincy (Plumas County) (June 30-July 3)

Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Thievery Corporation, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Dr. Dog, the Del McCoury Band, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Greensky Bluegrass, Femi Kuti & the Positive Force, JJ Grey & Mofro, Xavier Rudd, Leftover Salmon, Lettuce, North Mississippi Allstars, ALO, the California Honeydrops, others. http://highsierramusic.com

Slightly Stoopid (July 2), Widespread Panic (July 6), James Taylor (July 13), Sting and Peter Gabriel (July 15), Tim McGraw (July 23), Don Henley (July 24), Keith Urban (July 27 and 29), Steve Miller Band (Aug. 18), Sammy Hagar and the Circle (Aug. 26). www.caesars.com/harveys-tahoe

American Authors (July 2), Blues Traveler (July 9), Ingrid Michaelson (July 23), O.A.R. (July 30). www.robertmondaviwinery.com

John Waters, the Seth Bogart Show, King Khan & BBQ, Soda Boys, Shannon & the Clams, the Trashwomen, Dwarves, Buck Biloxi, the Mummies, Angry Samoans, Lyres, Real Kids, Fadeaways, Flamin Groovies, Young Fresh Fellows, the Spits, Thee Oh Sees, Death Valley Girls, others. http://burgerboogaloo.com

Fillmore Jazz Festival, San Francisco (July 2-3)

Kim Nalley, Eoin Harrington Band, Soul Power, Matt Jenson’s Mix Up Mix Up, Terrence Brewer Quartet, La Orquesta El Vuko, W-Beez, Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, Akira Tana Secret Agent Band, others. www.fillmorejazzfestival.com

Steve Tyrell and the Santa Rosa Symphony (July 4), the Mando Kings (July 10), Boz Scaggs and Robert Cray Band (July 14), Hollywood Vampires (July 22), Taj Mahal Trio and Hot Tuna (July 23), “Weird Al” Yankovic (July 30), Los Tigres del Norte (Aug. 5), Lindsey Stirling (Aug. 11), Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma (Aug. 19). http://gmc.sonoma.edu

Chairlift, Alvvays, Born Ruffians, Mr. Little Jeans, the Seshen, the She’s, Hot Flash Heat Wave, Dick Stusso, others. www.phonodelsol.com

Mendocino Music Festival, Mendocino

Bach Violin Sonatas, featuring Stephen Prutsman and Geoff Nuttall (July 9), Peter Mawanga (July 9), Festival Orchestra (July 10), Gloria Cheng (July 11), Paul McKenna Band (July 11), Side Note (July 13), Clairdee (July 15), Christopher Atzinger (July 16), Nora Jane Struthers and the Party Line (July 17), Buckwheat Zydeco (July 22), others. http://mendocinomusic.org

Jamie Davis and Clairdee (July 14), Kim Nalley (July 15), Paula West (July 16), Tierney Sutton (July 17), Ximena (July 21), La Santa Cecilia (July 22), Lila Downs (July 23-24), Dr. John (July 26-30), Dirty Dozen Brass Band (July 31), Snarky Puppy (Aug. 4-7), Evolution of Cuban Piano (Aug. 10-14), others. www.sfjazz.org

Stephen “Ragga” Marley, Yeasayer, Beats Antique, Tasha Blank, DJ Drez, Kaminanda, Magic Giant, Son Little, Gaudi, Tasha Blank and the Get Down Crew, others. http://wanderlust.com

Guitarfish Music Festival, Cisco Grove Campground, Cisco Grove (Placer County) (July 28-31)

ALO, the Greyboy All Stars, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, Orgone, Lyrics Born, Hamsa Lila, Poor Man’s Whiskey, Afrolicious, Mumbo Gumbo, Wheeland Brothers, Doobie Decibel System, Yak Attack, Jankytown Orchestra & the Jankasarous Art Car, Gene Avarro Jr. & the Family, Dirty Revival, Aphrodesia, others. www.guitarfishfestival.com

Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Lionel Richie, Lana Del Rey, Duran Duran, J. Cole, Zedd, Ryan Adams and the Shining, Major Lazer, Air, Sufjan Stevens, Chance the Rapper, Beach House, Miguel, Halsey, Big Grams, Grimes, Jason Isbell, Miike Snow, Third Eye Blind, Kehlani, the Last Shadow Puppets, others. www.sfoutsidelands.com

Funky Meters, Galactic, Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, Tiffany Austin Quintet, Miguel Zenon Quartet, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, others. https://sanjosejazz.org

Aidin Vaziri is The San Francisco Chronicle’s pop music critic.