- Back in the 1800s, the area of the park where the festival takes place was actually referred to as the “Outside Lands” due to its location away from the masses of the city.
- The park is the third most visited park in the nation, and it has been home not only to millions of people, but also to concerts, picnics, and games.
- The first Outside Lands Music Festival occurred from August 22 to 24, 2008, and included over 60 musical acts from around the world, as well as several art installations.
- The festival grounds include the Polo Fields (home to the Lands End Stage), Hellman’s Hollow/Speedway Meadow (Twin Peaks and Panhandle stages), and Lindley Meadow (Sutro and Presidio stages).
- In 2015 the festival crowds numbered in the low 200,000s.
- Since Outside Lands first started in 2008, it has given the city’s Recreation and Park Department $10 million.
- Outside Lands is said to generate $70 million dollars every year to the San Francisco economy.
Kasia Pawlowska loves words. A native of Poland, Kasia moved to the States when she was seven. The San Francisco State University creative writing graduate went on to write for publications like the San Francisco Bay Guardian and KQED Arts among others prior to joining the Marin Magazine staff. Topics Kasia has covered include travel, trends, mushroom hunting, an award-winning series on social media addiction and loads of other random things. When she’s not busy blogging or researching and writing articles, she’s either at home writing postcards and reading or going to shows. Recently, Kasia has been trying to branch out and diversify, ie: use different emojis. Her quest for the perfect chip is never-ending.