2016: The Year of Concerts
As we wrap up the year, I wanted to look back, presenting 178 photos of concerts I was lucky to attend. 🙏
🗓 This year I
- Volunteered and bought tickets, last-minute and months in advance
- Got soaked from hoses of water during S20 Festival in humid, 90°F Bangkok weather
- Was drenched miserably on at Treasure Island Music Festival’s 10th and final Anniversary
- Bought an iPhone 7 to upgrade my photos after having an iPhone 5s 📱
- Saw performers multiple times including Wet (2), Bob Moses (2), The Knocks (2), and St. Lucia (3).
😅 And made amateur mistakes like
- Missing Dillion Francis because I forgot my ID
- Deciding to not go to Wet on Valentine’s Day at The Independent (but got to see at Outside Lands and The Mezzanine)
- Forgetting Coldplay because I was in LA, even though I planned Coldplay out in advance (but didn’t buy tickets)
- Leaving Treasure Island Music Festival early because it was completely rained out, missing Sigur Rós
I’d also like to address my concert opinions in award style bullets.
🏆 Live Concert Awards 2016 (LCA’16)
- Best Stage Presence goes to St. Lucia
- Best Crowd goes to The Knocks
- Best Sound goes to Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals
- Best Visual Effects goes to Troye Sivan and M83
- Best Opener goes to Shallou
- Best Small Act goes to Roosevelt
- Best Major Tour goes to Beyoncé
- Best Festival goes to S20 Festival
- Concert of the Year goes to Bob Moses
Got a favorite concert this year? Let me know. And now, the 178 concert photos of 2016.
Majical Cloudz
January 26 at The Chapel



Matt Nathason
February 3 at Ferry Plaza


Troye Sivan
February 8 at The Fox Theater Oakland



The Knocks
February 11 at The Independent





St. Lucia
March 6 at The Independent






Fall Out Boy
March 27 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium










Father John Misty
April 2 at The Fox Theater Oakland







S20 Songkran Music Festival
April 12 in Bangkok, Thailand







ZHU
April 26 at The Fox Theater Oakland







Beyoncé
May 16 at Levi’s Stadium










Disclosure
May 20 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium










Bob Moses
May 27 at The Mezzanine





AlunaGeorge
June 3 at The Regency Ballroom






Chairlift at Phono Del Sol Music Festival
July 9 at Potrero del Sol



The National
July 29 at The Greek Theater Berkeley








OutsideLands 2016
August 5 in Golden Gate Park








August 6 in Golden Gate Park













August 7 in Golden Gate Park






Roosevelt (with Shallou)
September 21 at The Chapel





Flume
September 24 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium






Phantogram
October 5 at The Fox Theater Oakland




St. Lucia
October 7 at The Fox Theater Oakland




Bon Iver
October 20 at The Fox Theater Oakland







Kanye West
October 23 at Oracle Arena







M83
October 27 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium








Wet
November 4 at The Mezzanine




Bob Moses
November 5 at The Fox Theater Oakland







Rüfüs du Sol
Wednesday November 30 at The Fillmore






