Academy of Sciences resumes NightLife Live concert series for first time in 4 years

Headliners for the monthly shows at the California Academy of Sciences include Tommy Guerrero, No Vacation and Tanukichan.

A scene from a past California Academy of Sciences’ Nightlife Live concert series.

Photo: California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciencesis resuming its NightLife Live after-hours concerts this year for the first time since 2019.

The four-part live music series plans to return to the venue in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on Thursday, July 13, with a headlining set byTommy Guerrero, a native multi-instrumentalist and skateboarding icon.Ritmos Tropicosmos, a seven-piece psychedelic cumbia group from Oakland, is scheduled to open the show.

Tommy Guerrero, a San Francisco multi-instrumentalist and professional skateboarder, is scheduled to perform at the California Academy of Sciences on Thursday, July 13.

Photo: California Academy of Sciences/Photo by Claudine Gossett

Additional performances are scheduled for Aug. 10, featuring the San Francisco indie-pop actsNo VacationandSour Widows; Sept. 14, with local hip-hop and R&B actsA-1 & Baghead,ASTUandIsaiah Mostafa; and Oct. 12, withTanukichan, which features classically-trained multi-instrumentalist and Bay Area native Hannah van Loon in collaboration with Grammy-nominated musician Chaz Bear ofToro y Moi.

Each Nightlife Live event features DJ sets inside the natural history museum as well as jazz and lounge performances in the Philippine Coral Reef courtesy ofMellow Sessions. The evening parties will also include a curated local art exhibition in collaboration with Oakland's artist-run galleryHelvella Art.

A scene from a past California Academy of Sciences’ Nightlife Live concert series.

Photo: California Academy of Sciences

Reach Aidin Vaziri: avaziri@sfchronicle.com

More Information

NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences:6-10 p.m. Thursdays, with live concerts scheduled on July 13, Aug. 10, Sept. 14 and Oct. 12. Ticket prices vary. Guests must be 21 and older. California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, S.F.www.calacademy.org/nightlife

  • Aidin Vaziri
    Aidin Vaziri

    Aidin Vaziri is a staff writer at The San Francisco Chronicle.