From one of pop music’s biggest stars to an opera about Mount Everest and a music festival inspired by Leonard Cohen, there is a lot to see and do in the Bay Area this weekend. Here is a partial roundup. Sabrina Carpenter wasn’t supposed to play the 2024 Outside Lands Festival.
What turned into her headlining set originally belonged to Tyler, The Creator. But then the massive hip-hop star took himself off the lineup, calling Outside Lands “a commitment that (he) no longer could keep.” Fortunately, Carpenter was willing to fill the void and ended up making her festival headlining debut at the three-day event in August at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
And she did a fantastic job, wowing a massive gathering of exuberant fans with a dizzying pop music spectacle that featured equal amounts of hits and star power. That performance came just prior to the vocalist releasing her sixth full-length album, “Short n’ Sweet,” on Aug. 23, which has propelled the 25-year-old Pennsylvania native into the ranks of the top pop stars on the planet.
The album, featuring the multiplatinum No. 1 hits “Please Please Please” and “Espresso,” helps explain why the Short N’ Sweet Tour has turned into one of the year’s toughest tickets. Expect to see a very full house when Carpenter returns to San Francisco for a gig on Nov.
9 at Chase Center. 7 p.m.
; tickets are $475 and up (through resale markets, subject to change); ticketmaster.com. The last time San Francisco had snow .