Assemble your feral friends and get prepared for an incredible edition of Portola Festival with all the essential info you’ll need ahead of the weekend!
Making its highly anticipated return to the Bay Area for year three, Portola Festival has been stirring up some chaotic energy over the past year. First announcing an ungodly lineup in May, Goldenvoice has since pulled out all the stops with everything from a new concept known as the Raccoon Social to a stacked Portola week of shows leading up to the festival itself.
This year’s edition brings a range of electronic and live music artists to choose from, ranging from Rufus Du Sol, Gesaffelstein, and Justice to Nia Archives, Rebecca Black, and HorsegiirL. To add the cherry on top, this year’s lineup is made up of almost 50% women and femme-identifying performers. We also can’t forget about the endless savory local food vendors or the secret speakeasy.
With such unforgettable Portola experiences over the last two years, we’re sure this year’s experience will be even better. Download the Portola app to plan your set times and meals, or take our preferred approach and follow the music. Be sure to check out our five femme acts to catch this weekend, and we’ll see you on the dancefloor!
Portola Festival 2024 – Essential Info:
Dates: September 28-29, 2024
Hours: 1pm-11pm, daily
Venue Address: 401 Cesar Chavez St, San Francisco, CA 94124
Tickets: Purchase HERE
Portola Festival 2024 – Set Times:
Portola Festival 2024 – Festival Map:
Portola Festival 2024 – Rail Map:
Reminder to Mind Your Belongings:
Unfortunately, during recent festival seasons, many have reported pickpockets, bag slashings, and theft of wallets, smartphones, purses, and other valuables. While this small number of bad apples in the bunch doesn’t define an entire crowd, some opportunistic people come to these events to take advantage of unsuspecting partygoers. It’s essential to mind your valuables while at Portola Festival.
Looking for tips to keep your belongings safe? Check our post highlighting some ideas!
Portola 2024 – Dos & Don’ts:
Prohibited Items
- Advanced first aid kits (advanced first aid kits include but not limited to hemostatic gauze or powder, tourniquets, compression bandages, decompression needles, or chest seals)
- Aerosol products/aerosol cans
- Air horns
- Animals
- Audio recording devices
- Bicycles, skates, scooters, or skateboards
- Blankets
- Body armor
- Coolers
- Chains or chain wallets
- Chairs
- Detachable lens cameras
- Discriminative or appropriative items
- Drones or remote control aircraft, cars, or toys
- Fireworks, explosives, or road flares
- Flags
- Flyers, samples, giveaways, or promotional items
- Glass bottles or containers
- Glow sticks, light sticks, or LED gloves
- Hammocks
- Hula hoops
- Hoverboards or Segways
- Illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia
- Instruments
- IV bags
- Kites or sky lanterns
- Laser pointers
- Markers or paint pens
- Massagers
- Outside food or beverage
- Non-personal protective equipment (PPE) masks (costume)
- Selfie sticks, tripods or narcissists
- Smelling salts
- Stuffed animals
- Tailgating
- Tents or sleeping bags
- Tourniquets
- Toy Guns, water guns, or slingshots
- Totems
- Umbrellas
- Video cameras
- Wagons
- Walkie talkies
- Weapons (guns, knives, ammo, pepper spray, mace, etc.)
Permitted Items
- Backpacks (medium) 18″x13″x8.5″
- Band-Aids
- Binoculars
- Breast pumps (manual, battery-operated, and powered devices)
- Cameras (non-pro digital, disposable, Polaroid, and film)
- Chapstick and lip balm
- Dancing shoes
- Earplugs
- Eye drops
- Face masks (PPE, non-costume)
- Fanny packs and hip bags
- GoPros
- Gum (sealed packs)
- Hand sanitizer
- Hats
- Hydration packs (empty)
- Inhalers
- Makeup
- Mobile phone chargers
- Parasols
- Water bottles (empty and reusable)
- Personal medication (name on medication must correlate with person’s DL or state ID)
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) masks
- Purses and handbags (12”x6”x12”)
- Stored breastmilk or formula
- Sunblock (non-aerosol)
- Sunglasses
- Towels (small to medium size)
