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Entertainment Commission approves Goldenvoice permit for Portola Music Festival at Pier 80 with sound conditions
Summary
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission voted to approve Goldenvoice’s Portola Music Festival permit for Sept. 20–21 with staff-recommended sound-mitigation measures and monitoring; commissioners cited fewer complaints than in prior years but residents urged stricter enforcement.
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission on March 18 approved a one-time permit for Goldenvoice to hold the Portola Music Festival at Pier 80 on Saturday, Sept. 20, and Sunday, Sept. 21, with staff-recommended conditions on hours, sound checks and monitoring.
The permit, which the presenter said expects 40,000 patrons per day (about 80,000 total), keeps the same hours Goldenvoice used last year: music from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. to 10:55 p.m. on Sunday, with outdoor music ending by 10:45 p.m. on Sunday. The application includes sporadic sound checks in the days before the festival, five fixed sound-monitoring terminals (three in San Francisco, two in Alameda), roaming dB…
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