The 3rd Annual Retro-Future Revue | May 16
Where the past meets the future and tradition meets innovation.
Past and future will collide at the historic Golden Gate Park Bandshell on Saturday, May 16th 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. The third year of the Retro-Future Revue 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 lullaby-like indie rock, to heavy desert rock guitar riffs, to futuristic R&B/soul. Throughout, elements of San Francisco’s storied musical past will be interwoven with vital new ideas.
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 in a shiny chrome vision of a future that could have been. A splendid time is guaranteed for all!
Your musical entertainment will be:
2:00pm – Dinner Date
3:00pm – Mitch Rocket
4:00pm – Miss Hits
5:00pm – Lazer Beam
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.”
The Retro-Future Revue is presented by Illuminate the Arts and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, along with KXSF 102.5FM – San Francisco Community Radio and Mitch Rocket.
