KFOG KaBoom

{{Short description|Outdoor concert in San Francisco, California (1994-2010)}}

KFOG KaBoom was an annual outdoor concert held by KFOG in San Francisco and which occurred in May from 1994 to 2010. It was followed by a fireworks show{{Cite web | title =KFOG KaBoom! | publisher =Teevan Productions | url =http://teevanproductions.com/kfog.html | accessdate =August 31, 2011 }}[https://archive.org/search.php?query=KFOG%20kaboom%20AND%20collection%3Aopensource_movies Internet Archive: Open Source Movies] synchronized to a soundtrack broadcast by the station. The extravagant fireworks display drew over 350,000 people.[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/culture/detail?blogid=3&entry_id=4239 350,000 people and KFOG KaBoom] In 2007, KaBoom began charging admission due to rising costs.[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nwzchik/detail?blogid=32&entry_id=16469 "this is the first year the station is charging" Suzanne Herel @ sfgate.com]

Through 1998, the event was known as the Sky Concert, but was renamed in 1999.{{Cite web|url=http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1999/July/Day-21/i18486.htm|title=Govinfo}} Reportedly, this was due to the name being too generic {{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} and may conflict with Keilwerth S.K.Y. Concert Saxophones.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

In 2010, the Port of San Francisco informed KFOG that Piers 30/32 in downtown San Francisco could no longer support the heavy equipment and vehicles necessary to produce large events.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kfog.com/Pages/KFOGKaBoom2010.aspx |title=KFOG KaBoom! |access-date=2011-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927113939/http://www.kfog.com/Pages/KFOGKaBoom2010.aspx |archive-date=2011-09-27 |url-status=dead }} In May of that same year, KaBoom was moved from the pier location to the parking lot of Candlestick Park.

In the spring of 2011, KFOG announced that a proper venue for the show could not be found, and that KaBoom for 2011 was cancelled. No announcement has since been made for KaBoom since 2012.[http://www.kfog.com KFOG 104.5/97.7 FM: World Class Rock|accessdate=May 11, 2011] KFOG itself would sign off in September 2019, ending any chances of a reboot for the event.{{cite news|last=Barney|first=Chuck|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/26/bay-area-radio-station-kfog-pronounced-dead/|title=Bay Area radio station KFOG pronounced dead|website=The Mercury News|date=26 August 2019|access-date=5 September 2019}}

Artist Lineup:

• 1994 (Sky Concert) - The Subdudes, NRBQ
• 1995 (Sky Concert) - Timbuk3, The Freddy Jones Band{{Cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/group/ba.music/browse_thread/thread/4164243c8caf86b/572b466455d02528|title = Timbuk3/Freddy Jones Free Concert}}
• 1996 (Sky Concert) - The Odds, Robben Ford and The Blue Line
• 1997 (Sky Concert) - The Odds, Wilco, Keb' Mo'{{cite web |url=http://search.sfweekly.com/1997-05-28/music/the-house-of-tudor/ |title=San Francisco Music - the House of Tudor - page 1 |website=search.sfweekly.com |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090518034306/http://search.sfweekly.com/1997-05-28/music/the-house-of-tudor/ |archive-date=18 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}
• 1998 (Sky Concert) - Pete Droge, The Scott Thomas Ban, 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{{Cite web |url=http://alex.pecanbiz.com/KFOG_SF_May01/sanfran.html |title=San Francisco |access-date=2007-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724015109/http://alex.pecanbiz.com/KFOG_SF_May01/sanfran.html |archive-date=2008-07-24 |url-status=dead }}
• 2002 - Zero 7, Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise, Boz Scaggs{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DEFD9153AF934A35757C0A9649C8B63 | work=The New York Times | first=Christopher | last=Hall | title=WHAT'S DOING IN; San Francisco | date=April 7, 2002}}
• 2003 - Keller Williams, Nickel Creek, Susan Tedeschi, Steve Winwood{{cite web|url=http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/2003.asp |accessdate=December 29, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820062427/http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/2003.asp |archivedate=August 20, 2008 |title=KFOG KaBoom! 2003 }}
• 2004 - Train, The Waifs, Robert Randolph & the Family Band{{cite web |url=http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/2004.asp |title= KFOG KaBoom! 2004|website=www.kfog.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820062136/http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/2004.asp |archive-date=August 20, 2008}}
• 2005 - John Butler Trio, Kathleen Edwards, Wallflowers{{cite web |url=http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/2005.asp |title= KFOG KaBoom! 2005|website=www.kfog.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902134405/http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/2005.asp |archive-date=September 2, 2007}}
• 2006 - Jackie Greene, KT Tunstall, Los Lonely Boys{{cite web |url=http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/2006.asp |title= KFOG: KaBoom! 2006|website=www.kfog.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514033038/http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/2006.asp |archive-date=May 14, 2008}}
• 2007 - Ozomatli, Guster, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
• 2008 - Collective Soul, Los Lobos, Matt Nathanson
• 2009 - Chuck Prophet, Los Lonely Boys, Susan Tedeschi{{cite web |url=http://www.kfog.com/Pages/KFOGKaBoom2009.aspx |title=KFOG KaBoom 2009 |website=www.kfog.com |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708220509/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.kfog.com/Pages/KFOGKaBoom2009.aspx |archive-date=8 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}
• 2010 - Melissa Etheridge, John Butler Trio, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals