KFOG KaBoom

"KFOG KaBoom" is an annual outdoor concert held by KFOG in San Francisco during May. It is followed by a nighttime fireworks show synchronized to a soundtrack. The extravagant fireworks display draws over 350,000 people. The lineup for the 2007 edition included Ozomatli, Guster, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. In 2007, KaBoom began charging admission due to rising costs.

Through 1998, the event was known as the Sky Concert, but was renamed in 1999. [http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1999/July/Day-21/i18486.htm] Reportedly this was due to copyright conflicts over the name.

Previous artists (in order of appearance):

*1994 (Sky Concert) - The Subdudes, NRBQ
*1995 (Sky Concert) - Timbuk3, The Freddy Jones Band [http://groups.google.com/group/ba.music/browse_thread/thread/4164243c8caf86b/572b466455d02528]
*1996 (Sky Concert) - The Odds, Robben Ford and The Blue Line
*1997 (Sky Concert) - The Odds, Wilco, Keb' Mo' [http://search.sfweekly.com/1997-05-28/music/the-house-of-tudor/]
*1998 (Sky Concert) - Pete Droge, The Scott Thomas Band, Roomful of Blues
*1999 - Wes Cunningham, The Boneshakers, Wilco
*2000 - Pat McGee Band, Shannon Curfman, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
*2001 - Old 97's, Mother Hips, Blues Traveler [http://alex.pecanbiz.com/KFOG_SF_May01/sanfran.html]
*2002 - Zero 7, Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise, Boz Scaggs [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DEFD9153AF934A35757C0A9649C8B63]
*2003 - Keller Williams, Nickel Creek, Susan Tedeschi, Steve Winwood [http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/2003.asp]
*2004 - Train, The Waifs, Robert Randolph & the Family Band [http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/2004.asp]
*2005 - John Butler Trio, Kathleen Edwards, Wallflowers [http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/2005.asp]
*2006 - Jackie Greene, KT Tunstall, Los Lonely Boys [http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/2006.asp]
*2007 - Ozomatli, Guster, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
*2008 - Collective Soul, Los Lobos, Matt Nathanson

References

External links

* [http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/post.asp KaBoom Website]