San Francisco Chronicle

June encore set for Clusterfes­t

- By Peter Hartlaub Peter Hartlaub is The San Francisco Chronicle’s pop culture critic. Email: phartlaub@sfchronicl­e.com Twitter: @PeterHartl­aub

The Clusterfes­t comedy and music festival will return to downtown San Francisco for its second year June 1-3, organizers announced Tuesday, Jan. 30.

Now called Comedy Central Presents Clusterfes­t — organizers are dropping “Colossal” from the moniker — the three-day event plans to take over Civic Center Plaza and the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium again for a weekend of comedy, music and other wacky attraction­s for pop culture enthusiast­s.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1. Three-day general admission early bird tickets go for $199.50, while weekend VIP passes start at $599.50. A layaway plan that provides the option to split the cost of purchased tickets into multiple payments over time is also available for the first time this year.

Co-producers Superfly and Another Planet Entertainm­ent have not announced any performers yet, but last year’s inaugural festival included comedy headliners Kevin Hart, Bill Burr and Jerry Seinfeld, plus dozens more on two outdoor stages in front of City Hall and inside the auditorium. Music in 2017 featured sets by Ice Cube, Vince Staples, Jidenna and Lizzo.

Organizers didn’t immediatel­y confirm that Clusterfes­t would be back in San Francisco at the end of the 2017 festival, which attracted more than 45,000 people to the weekend-long event.

For tickets and updates on Clusterfes­t 2018, go to www.clusterfes­t. com.

 ?? Peter DaSilva / Special to The Chronicle 2017 ?? Festivalgo­ers take photos of the Colossal Stage in San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza during the first Clusterfes­t comedy and music festival last June.
Peter DaSilva / Special to The Chronicle 2017 Festivalgo­ers take photos of the Colossal Stage in San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza during the first Clusterfes­t comedy and music festival last June.

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