05/12/2026
See you at the Retro-Future R***e THIS Saturday, May 16th! Free live music from Mitch Rocket, LAZER BEAM, Dinner Date, and Miss Hits! Sponsored by Illuminate LIVE ❤️
Spring has sprung, the clocks have turned forward, and the future of the past is fast approaching. It is time for the RETRO-FUTURE R***E 2026!
On the stage where iconic musicians like Jerry Garcia, Santana, and Jefferson Airplane entertained hundreds of thousands of San Franciscans in years past, something new is bubbling up. This free concert will take place Saturday May 16th, 2-6pm and will feature 4 Bay Area bands that exemplify the diversity of San Francisco’s vibrant music scene.
The third year of the Retro-Future R***e will be the biggest yet, with heavy hitters Lazer Beam, Miss Hits, Mitch Rocket, and Dinner Date gracing the stage at the Golden Gate Park Bandshell. The music will range from delicate indie pop to heavy desert rock, from jazzy complexity to sleek simplicity. All the decades of San Francisco’s musical past will be in attendance. Will you?
Food trucks will be on site to provide lunch. Bring drinks, snacks, kids, parents, dogs, and the whole family! And should you desire, come dressed as a shiny chrome vision of a future that could have been. A splendid time is guaranteed for all!
Retrofuturism: “a movement in the creative arts that visualizes the future through the lens of a past era's technological and cultural understanding. It represents the "remembering of anticipation"—how previous generations envisioned what was to come. This aesthetic is characterized by blending old-fashioned or "retro" styles with futuristic technology.”
